Title :
Intranets: technologies, services and management
Author :
Khasnabish, Bhumip ; Saracco, Roberto
Author_Institution :
GTE Labs. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An intranet is a network which facilitates seamless computing and communications-using mostly Internet software and hardware technologies-within a corporation. The key issues, challenges, technological and policy enablers, and driving expectations of customers and/or applications of corporate networks are reviewed. Management of service and information transport are then examined. Various phases in the life cycle of enterprise networks (ENs) are then presented. Finally, one possible path for the evolution of existing ENs to intranets or next-generation ENs is discussed
Keywords :
Internet; business communication; computer network management; open systems; telecommunication services; Internet hardware technology; Internet software technology; corporate networks; enterprise networks; information transport management; intranet; network architecture; open technologies; seamless communications; seamless computing; service management; Computer network management; Computer networks; Fabrics; Humans; Internet; Protocols; TCPIP; Technology management; Telecommunication computing; Virtual private networks;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
