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An extranet is a controlled private network that allows access to partners, vendors and suppliers or an authorized set of customers – normally to a subset of the information accessible from an organization's intranet. An extranet is similar to a DMZ in that it provides access to needed services for authorized parties, without granting access ...
An extranet is an extension of an intranet that allows secure communications to users outside of the intranet (e.g. business partners, customers). [ 84 ] Unofficially, the Internet is the set of users, enterprises, and content providers that are interconnected by Internet Service Providers (ISP).
An intranet is a computer network for sharing information, easier communication, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders. [1] The term is used in contrast to public networks, such as the Internet, but uses the same technology based on the ...
Cloud computing[1] is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. [2] Large clouds often have functions distributed over multiple locations, each of which is a data center.
A screened subnet is an essential concept for e-commerce or any entity that has a presence in the World Wide Web or is using electronic payment systems or other network services because of the prevalence of hackers, advanced persistent threats, computer worms, botnets, and other threats to networked information systems.
An Inter-organizational system is an information system shared by one or more suppliers and customers. Organizations might pursue an interorganizational system for the following reasons: Reduce the risk in the organization. Pursue economies of scale. Benefit from the exchange of technologies. Increase competitiveness. Overcome investment barriers.
SharePoint is a collection of enterprise content management and knowledge management tools developed by Microsoft.Launched in 2001, [6] it was initially bundled with Windows Server as Windows SharePoint Server, then renamed to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, and then finally renamed to SharePoint.
For reasons of cost, efficiency and security, virtual data rooms have widely replaced the more traditional physical data room. [1] [2] A virtual data room is an extranet to which the bidders and their advisers are given access via the internet. An extranet is essentially a website with limited controlled access, using a secure log-on supplied ...