EXTRANET AND INTERNET

          According to Tim Eisenhauer, Internet is a network where employees can create content, communicate, collaborate, get stuff done, and develop the company culture.

          An extranet is like an intranet, but also provides controlled access to authorized customers, vendors, partners, or other outside the company.

Extranet, to understand how an extranet works, it can be helpful to break the word down. Extra refers to anything that is crucial to your business, yet exists outside of it such as client, vendors and suppliers. An extranet is basically to allow these individuals, that is clients, suppliers and partners to communicate with you and your employees in a closed virtual space. Extranets serve an extremely important role, as they allow for private communication, collaboration, knowledge sharing, document sharing and data transfer between organizations.

          Intranets and extranets are two different things, and both can be beneficial to businesses in any industry and most especially in corporate communication.

In the past, intranet and extranets were two completely separate entities.

Multiple programs were typically involved and getting them to communicate and integrated was be next to impossible in many cases.

As days goes on these networks become more versatile and useful. This is due to the reason that technology has advanced at an exponential rate over the course of just the past decade.

Nowdays, sharing large files is easier than ever, real time conversations are possible and sharable calendars help keep everyone on the same page.

          There are a great deal of reasons why it might be beneficial for implementing an extranet;

1.It increases customer satisfaction.

One of the key benefit of an extranet is that it can be accessed from any computer at any time of the day or night. It take place and can be accessed 24/7.

2. They are highly secure when properly designed.

Always security is of utmost importance, without security it will be a disaster. Therefore, with extranet things become secured.

For example, emails.

3. An extranet can streamline repetitive communication processes.

When communicating with someone for instance by using email or phone as a conduit, all of your conversation can be well designed and secured in a private network in a virtual space. And also those communications can be stored in one place.

Extranets and intranets are no longer mutually exclusive, and they are highly beneficial when properly implemented. With social intranet software, you can ensure that both internal and external processes are carried out in a smooth manner.

          Generally, learning how to use social intranet software is easy and the sooner you get started, the more your communication and business benefit and grow.

BY KYEJU DIANA

BAPRM 42589