The NPS Locator system
By: Jeffrey E. Forte
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Description: The purpose of this thesis is to design, develop and implement a personnel locator system at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). A prototype locator System was developed and implemented on the NPS TCP/IP network. The locator provides information such as email, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and building and office locations, as well as facilities such as hotlinks for email applications and homepages. In addition, the NPS Locator automatically updates its personnel information on a configurable time schedule. This thesis includes a discussion of the prototype development to include requirements, tools, and design. Some program code is included as appendices. This paper also discusses the benefits and considerations of intranet technology, and explores a popular Web application architecture on which the NPS Locator is based. Finally, this thesis makes recommendations for improvements to the NPS computing environment to allow for future intranet development.
Notes: "December 1997."

Thesis advisor(s): James C. Emery, C. Thomas Wu.

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35).

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