As an example of this revolution is that half of the new sites are intended for internal use. An Intranet is the use of technologies of Internet, especially the web browser on a client software, on a private, but not necessary local, network.
Intranets provide inexpensive, standard environments for managing corporate information.
The make it quicker and easier for people to access the information they need to make more informed decisions, faster. Every one of the published surveys indicates that Intranets are going to be big. Organised by Business Intelligence and held in London on February 97, this conference had 215 participants from different countries and organisations. The term Intranet is presently being applied to a varied mix of applications that have very different purposes, features, information content and implementation approaches. Intranets help to reduce or remove organisation barriers and boundaries.