re and workflow solutions. Two-thirds of all large companies either have an internal web server installed of they are considering installing one.The organizations to use Internet technologies on the corporate network generally move traditional paper-based information distribution on-line. Other types of information that might be put on-line would be the following: competitive sales information human resources/employee benefits statements technical support/help desk applications financial company newsletters project managementThese companies typically provide a corporate home page as a way for employees to find their way around the corporate Intranet site. This page may have links to internal financial information, marketing, manufacturing, human resources and even non-business announcements. It may also have links to outside sites such as client home pages or other sites of interests.Both the Internet and Intranets, center around TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) applications. These applications are used for the transport of information for both wide area and local area. Enterprise networks nowadays are a mixture of many protocols. The most popular ones being IPX, IP, SNA and many others. This is all beginning to change by replacing these protocols with one typically being the IP Protocol. IP can handle both LAN and WAN traffic, it is supported by the majority of computing platforms from Macintoshes to Windows NT to the largest mainframe and on top of it all it is the protocol used by the Internet. There are three types of protocols considered under the TCP/IP applications. These are FTP (File Transfer Protocol), SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) and HTTP (Hypertext Transport Protocol). HTTP, or Hypertext Transport Protocol, is a newer Internet Protocol designed expressly for the rapid distribution of hypertext documents. It uses minimum network bandwidth, in addition, its simplicity makes it easier to design...
