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Implementing Extranets

  • 1st Edition - August 28, 1998
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Randall Covill
  • Language: English

Many companies are attempting to meet their communication and collaboration needs by implementing extranets rather than by implementing new proprietary networks. Extranets use the… Read more

Description

Many companies are attempting to meet their communication and collaboration needs by implementing extranets rather than by implementing new proprietary networks. Extranets use the Interent to connect remote offices and sites as well as business partners. As a result, extranets are standards-based and much less expensive to implement than are new proprietary networks.

A great deal of controversy and technical innovation surrounds the implementation of extranets because many people feel that extranets do not yet meet the requirements of many commercial and individual users for access, availability, reliability, security, performance, ease of management, and ease of administration.



Implementing Extranets directly addresses the great extranet controversy by providing practical examples and advice about overcoming the present limitations of extranets. This book will be of great interest to planners, designers, and implementors of extranets as well as to end users and business managers who wish to use extranets to meet their communication and collaboration needs.

Key features

Uses a practical approach to understanding and overcoming the present limits of extranets
Provides a practical understanding of how extranets can and cannot be used for communication and collaboration
Offers a state of the art view of extranets

Readership

Planners, designers, and implementors of extranets
End users and business managers who wish to implement extranets

Table of contents

The Internet as an Extranet*Return on Investment Analysis of Extranets*The Challenge of Using an Extranet*Accessing the Internet as an Extranet*Availability and Reliability of Extranets*Security of Extranets*Performance and Extranets*Extranet Management*Extranet Administration*Future Challenges and Directions of Extranets*Deciding to Implement an Extranet

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 28, 1998
  • Language: English

About the author

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Randall Covill

Affiliations and expertise
Marketing Programs Manager for Networks and System Integration Services, Digital Equipment Corporation