Intranet - A Web site internal to the company and secured behind firewalls from the rest of the world. The Intranet can not only offer information to all employees but provide fully functional and efficient applications accessible to the employees. Internet - A Web site external to the company in the public domain. Anybody can connect to the company site through the Internet. Sites can provide access to important information as well as automate part of the communication process with clientele.
Sites can sell merchandise, offer customer support options, assist with research and much more.
Company Intranet Today's Web technology is much more than a bunch of static Web pages you used to browse. The interface to all applications is standard. Since web applications are served from a central location, costly maintenance and licensing of stand alone applications on the individual desktops is avoided. Ideally for collaborative environments, any changes, in the central databases or pages, are immediately available to all accessing machines. Web technology can be based on non-proprietary open standards, which reduce the cost of future revisions and maintenance and extend the life of applications.