The Intranet is an inter-organizational communication network,
constructed on the platform of the Internet and which enjoys
all its advantages. The extranet is open to clients and
suppliers as well.
The company's server can be accessed by anyone authorized,
from anywhere, at any time (with local - rather than
international - communication costs). The user can leave
messages (internal e-mail or v-mail), access information -
proprietary or public - from it and to participate in "virtual
teamwork" (see next chapter).
By the year 2002, a standard intranet interface will emerge.
This will be facilitated by the opening up of the TCP/IP
communication architecture and its availability to PCs. A
billion USD will go just to finance intranet servers - or, at
least, this is the median forecast.
The development of measures to safeguard server routed inter-
organizational communication (firewalls) is the solution to
one of two obstacles to the institution of the Intranet. The
second problem is the limited bandwidth which does not permit
the efficient transfer of audio (not to mention video).
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