Behind the Intranet Boom Behind the Intranet Boom By Joe Mullich Using the Internet for intracompany purposes has obvious benefits. F or all the hoopla over consumer use of the Internet, the real action in Web technology is going on behind corporate firewalls, as is demonstrated by market research as well as anecdotes. There are some evident reasons for all the intranet activity.
Intranets are fast and scalable.
The buy-in for an intranet is usually low, especially for companies that already have the necessary infrastructure in place. Most companies already have the physical environment to support an intranet and plenty of bandwidth to go around. Web browsers and servers are suited for in-house applications such as phone directories that are costly to maintain and update in paper form. Intranets can provide a variety of functions. The simplest ones act as little more than corporate bulletin boards.