An Intranet is the use of Internet technologies within an organization to achieve better results than the conventional means of data access and transfer.
Intranet helps in cutting costs, easy and fast accessibility information.
Unlike the Internet, which is open to the public, the Intranet is a private web. An Intranet is a controlled environment. The OCST department has the control. As Netscape Navigator is free to educational institutes, the OCST department chose it as the preferred browser for the Intranet. It was chosen over Microsoft Internet Explorer because two software packages used for the Intranet, Opal and Crystal Reports, recommends Netscape Navigator over Microsoft Internet Explorer.