The Web browser is the only piece of software, besides the operating system, that needs to be maintained at the user s end. The total cost is reduced, because Web browsers are inexpensive and there is no need to install various native applications for each end-user. Intranets will allow users to learn applications fast. It has been reported that once users are trained in using a Web browser, then learning an application based on it takes almost 70 percent less time than learning a new application with the same functionality. This substantially shorter learning curve results in reduced training costs.
Application development is much easier in an intranet environment.
A number of utilities and code libraries allow intranets to utilize existing databases. The lion s share of the simplified application development is done in Java. Java s similarity makes it easier to learn and facilitates the translation of existing applications into Java. Intranets are easily scaleable, accommodating any number of users by growing and shrinking as necessary. Any number of users can obtain applications at any time.