
Chapter 6: Intranets, Extranets, and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
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Intranet and Extranet Selection Criteria
It is important to ensure that both intranets and extranets:
• Are easy to set up, configure, and support.
• Deliver the needed functionality. The company must decide whether
applications will be mostly dynamic discussion- and collaboration-based
or more static and publishing-based.
• Support third-party solutions and tools.
• Provide reliable quality of service.
• Scale as the business and the number of network users grow (or shrink).
It also is critical to allocate adequate staff to maintain and update content, or
intranets and extranets ...