The end-user uses a Web browser that can run Java applications to do all tasks. Businesses can gain many benefits from using intranets for computing needs. One benefit is that little hardware upgrade or scrapping is necessary to implement an intranet.
Companies can often utilize their existing network backbone without starting from scratch.
Just as users of many different types of computers can access the same information on the Web, so too will all the users of an intranet be able to all use the same data and applications. As long as a machine can run a Web browser and Web protocols, it is fully functional in the intranet environment. Since most corporate network end-user machines are already capable of using Web protocol and browsers, existing systems do not need to be scrapped. At most, some software needs to be updated. Future NC s promise to be cheaper than current client computers, so that corporations could expand their intranets inexpensively.