The computer industry has focused its attention on various developments over the years, from the explosion of the PC to the emergence of object-oriented (OO) and Internet technologies. It is rare for a technology to stand out from the rest and completely rearrange the computing landscape, but intranets have done just that. Because they are the universal computing platform sought so long by system innovators, intranets have become the fastest growing computing platform in use today.

CTR's new report, Intranets: Strategies and Technologies for Building Effective Enterprisewide Intranet Systems, examines the tools and techniques that will help you plan, design, and implement an intranet for your organization. The report includes in-depth discussions of how to choose the appropriate intranet technologies, ensure the support of legacy data, analyze client and server activity, and measure system performance and effectiveness. The report also covers the technologies that have enabled intranet application development (AD), such as HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Scripts, Java, and ActiveX.

Intranets apply Internet and Web technologies to the internal needs of the enterprise. While this allows for the free exchange of information within an organization, it also makes the company vulnerable to security breaches. The report examines current intranet security tools, such as firewalls, and explores the security techniques of the future.