A practical guide to intranet planning
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Description: One problem an intranet planner faces is that it takes too long to research the subject initially, the intranet      planner needs to get the big picture; not implementation details. This thesis will help the reader quickly      grasp intranet concepts, terminology, and major issues, in order to save time in formulating an effective      strategy. The thesis defines internet, intranet, and extranet, from physical and organizational viewpoints,      and introduces the issues discussed in later chapters. The control issue is shown to be the common theme      in debates about centralized versus distributed computing, thin versus fat client, closed versus open      access, supplier push versus user pull, and management control versus employee empowerment. There is      a discussion of what Web technology does well, how to integrate it with existing technology, Java, and top      down versus bottom up intranet development Network architecture and firewalls are discussed, as well      as, network security threats and what can be done to counter them.
Notes: Thesis advisor, G.M. Lundy.

Thesis (M.S. in Software Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95).

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