CHAPTER 7: THE INTERNET, INTRANETS AND EXTRANETS

CHAPTER 7: THE INTERNET, INTRANETS AND EXTRANETS   

 According to the reading, I think all these new technological mechanisms, which have been described in the chapter 7, are definitely tools that nowadays lead the world and each process carried out in different areas. So, in regard to this, there are several benefits with the use of each one of them. 

Nowadays all this technology is available to each person and any company in the world. These are technological tools that support different processes. In other words, these are communications that allow the fluent development of business and any type of social interaction in any category.

Today the Internet, Intranets and the Extranets are something like collections of content. But between each one of them, there are also some differences. So, Internet is a computer networking system whereby a person from any computer can access information from another computer and even have a direct communication with other users on other computers elsewhere in the world. Furthermore, Intranet is a set of content shared by a group within a single organization and the Extranet is a set of content shared by a group, but one that crosses enterprise boundaries as shown in the image below. 

 

All these three tools (the Internet and an Intranet and Extranet) share the underlying technology. All have an infrastructure based on standards and technologies that support the sharing of common resources. However, there is important be aware of the differences between these three technological mechanisms, in regard to the use of each one of them. So as you can see in the table below.

	INTERNET	INTRANETS	EXTRANETS
ACCESS	Public	Private	Semi-public
USERS	Anybody	Members of a company	Group of companies that maintain a close commercial relationship
INFORMATION	Fragmented	Owner	Shared within a circle of companies

Now, let me conclude the aim of these three tools is in the ability to share content and resources. So, the benefits of these technological tools well-implemented include the growth of good communication and better social and commercial relations.

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