Unit 6 - Internet and Intranet Systems Development - IT
- 1. Internet and Intranet Systems Development Unit 6 By Deep Raj Bhujel
- 2. Intranet • Intranet is the generic term for a collection of private computer networks within an organization. • Intranets utilize standard network hardware and software technologies like Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TCP/IP, Web browsers and Web servers. • An organization's intranet typically includes Internet access but is firewalled so that its computers cannot be reached directly from the outside.
- 3. Applications of Intranet: 1) Communication and collaboration: 2) Web publishing 3) Business operations and management 4) Intranet portal management
- 4. 1) Communication and collaboration: – send and receive e-mail, faxes, voice mail, and paging – discussion rooms and chat rooms – audio and video conferencing – virtual team meetings and project collaboration – online company discussions as events – inhouse blogs
- 5. 2) Web publishing: – develop and publish hyperlinked multi-media documents such as: – policy manuals, company newsletters – product catalogs – technical drawings – training material – telephone directories
- 6. 3) Business operations and management: – order processing – inventory control – production setup and control – management information systems (MIS) – database access
- 7. 4) Intranet portal management: – centrally administer all network functions including servers, clients, security, directories, and traffic – give users access to a variety of internal and external business tools/applications – integrate different technologies – conduct regular user research to identify and confirm strategy (random sample surveys, usability testing, focus groups, in-depth interviews with wireframes, etc.)
- 8. Benefits of Intranet: • Workforce productivity: • Time: • Communication: • Web publishing: • Business operations and management: • Cost-effective: • Enhance collaboration: • Cross-platform capability: • Built for one audience: • Promote common corporate culture: • Immediate updates: • Supports a distributed computing architecture:
- 9. Drawbacks of Intranet: – it is an evolving technology that requires upgrades and could have software incompatibility problems – security features can be inadequate – inadequate system performance management and poor user support – may not scale up adequately – maintaining content can be time consuming – some employees may not have PCs at their desks – The aims of the organization in developing an intranet may not align with user needs
- 10. Protocols used in Intranet: • An intranet uses the same concepts and technologies as the World Wide Web and Internet. • This includes web browsers and servers running on the internet protocol suite and using Internet protocols such as FTP, TCP/IP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and so on.
- 11. Intranet Network Infrastructure: • A network infrastructure is an interconnected group of computer systems linked by the various parts of a telecommunications architecture. • Specifically, this infrastructure refers to the organization of its various parts and their configuration — from individual networked computers to routers, cables, wireless access points, switches, backbones, network protocols, and network access methodologies.
- 12. Why Is the Network Infrastructure Important to Your Intranet? • An intranet is made up of two parts: – the applications (software / protocols) – the network infrastructure on which the applications run. • Applications— the visible part of an intranet —provide the functionality to improve productivity and lower costs. A wide spectrum of Internet/intranet applications is available from many vendors. • The network infrastructure includes the hardware— network interface cards (NICs), hubs, routers, switches, and servers—over which the applications run.
- 13. • Crucial considerations in choosing appropriate hardware include: – Bandwidth availability – Reliability – Value, in terms of both initial cost and ease of use and management – Scalability, to ensure that present and future needs can be met
- 14. Intranet Implementation Guidelines: • When planning an intranet, there are a number of questions to be considered. • These questions will set the tone for how you go about developing your intranet, help you establish guidelines. 1. What is your business case for building the intranet? 2. Who can publish to the intranet? 3. What types of content can be published?
- 15. Content and Content Management: • Content (or digital content) is a substance, and information on the site should be relevant to the site and should target the area of the public that the website is concerned with. • Content management (CM) is the set of processes and technologies that support the collection, managing, and publishing of information in any form or medium. • Digital content may take the form of text (such as electronic documents), multimedia files (such as audio or video files), or any other file type that follows a content lifecycle requiring management. • A critical aspect of content management is the ability to manage versions of content as it evolves.
- 16. Content management is an inherently collaborative process. It often consists of the following basic roles and responsibilities: • Creator - responsible for creating and editing content. • Editor - responsible for tuning the content message and the style of delivery, including translation and localization. • Publisher - responsible for releasing the content for use. • Administrator - responsible for managing access permissions to folders and files, usually accomplished by assigning access rights to user groups or roles. Admins may also assist and support users in various ways. • Consumer, viewer or guest- the person who reads or otherwise takes in content after it is published or shared.
- 17. content management system (CMS) A CMS is a set of automated processes that may support the following features: • Import and creation of documents and multimedia material. • Identification of all key users and their roles. • The ability to assign roles and responsibilities to different instances of content categories or types. • Definition of workflow tasks often coupled with messaging so that content managers are alerted to changes in content. • The ability to track and manage multiple versions of a single instance of content. • The ability to publish the content to a repository to support access to the content. Increasingly, the repository is an inherent part of the system, and incorporates enterprise search and retrieval.
- 18. Intranet Design with Open source Tools: • Drupal: • Joomla:
- 19. Drupal: • Drupal CMS is an open source modular framework and Content Management System written in PHP that can be used to manage your website or blog from an online interface. • Drupal is used as a "back end" system for many different types of websites; ranging from a small personal blog to large corporate sites. • It allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website.
- 20. Joomla: • Joomla CMS is a web application that makes it easy for any person to build a website. • A website created with custom Joomla design allows the user to take control of their website. • The beauty of Joomla is that the designers can leverage the existing framework and user interface to deliver applications to the end users in a familiar, powerful environment. • This process saves time as well as cuts the budget down.