White Papers and Reports

Understanding Intranets An overview of the purpose and motivation for an intranet, by Steve Telleen of Intranet Partners. Intranet Organization: Strategies for Managing Change Also by Steve Telleen of Intranet Partners, this book-in-process is a must-read for anyone involved in the management or development of Intranets. The book covers issues of management, the roles of the people involved, logical architectures, security and availability, applications and the impact on how we do work, the future of Intranets and more.? The Intranet:Slashing the Cost of Business International Data Corporation (IDC) has conducted in-depth return on investment (ROI) case studies for Netscape intranet customers Booz Allen & Hamilton, Cadence Design Systems, and Silicon Graphics. IDC found, "Typical implementations are achieving ROIs well over 1000 percent." In their report

you can read IDC's findings on each company, including company background; business challenge; "before Netscape" and "after Netscape"; subjective benefits; and details of the financial impact (ROI, payback period, total costs and savings, and so on). Intranets Redefine Corporate Information Systems White paper from Netscape. The Mission Critical Browser In-depth paper by Lew Shepherdson of Simware. "A guide for CIOs, IS, network managers, systems integrators, value added resellers and consultants as to how Intranets can be used to enable employees, customers and business partners equipped with Web browse rs to access mission-critical enterprise information." Intranets: Internet Technologies Deployed Behind the Firewall for Corporate Productivity Prepared for the Internet Society INET'96 Annual Meeting by Lee Levitt of Process Software, this paper discusses the opportunities for deploying Intranets for a variety of strategic and tactical communications purposes, and explores the use of Intranets and provides a series of recommendations on the busines s, social and organizational issues involved in rolling out an Intranet. The Intranet Implementation of Internet And Web Technologies In Organizational Information Systems This white paper from Hummingbird Communications provides an overview of Internet and Web technologies and their use in developing an organizational information systems, with a focus on the Intranet desktop and its management. Forrester Defines The Full Service Intranet A report from Forrester's Network Strategy Service predicts the emergence of a next-generation Intranet, enhanced by five standards-based services: directory, e-mail, file, print, and network management. The report is available online. Creating Private Intranets: Challenges and Prospects for IS A white paper by David Strom that describes the rise of corporate intranets, provides description of some of their key features, and offers advice about how to manage the transition from mostly SNA networks.