Building a Strategic Extranet Author:Bryan Pfaffenberger Strategic extranets, at the vanguard of enterprise computing, can open the door to flexible, interactive global alliances, and Building a Strategic Extranet will show you how. Author Bryan Pfaffenberger, Ph.D., cites real-world examples and profiles successful corporations like Wal-Mart and Federal Express to demonstrate how strategic ext... more »ranets can streamline communication, boost productivity, and foster maximum competitiveness. Through a detailed comparative analysis, Pfaffenberger explores how distributed publishing and push technologies can provide extranets with essential content direction.
Building a Strategic Extranet also discusses
Turning an intranet into an extranet Extranet security issues such as encryption fundamentals and controlling access Virtual private networks (VPN) The impact of extranets on business and society Extranet topology options Serving external users Exploring the Network Computer (NC) alternative Plus, Building a Strategic Network includes a guide to extranet resources with sections on selecting servers and browsers, server hardware, network operating systems, mainframes and minicomputers, proprietary remote access solutions, TCP/IP stacks, and ways to deal with digital telephone lines.« less