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8.3 Internal Use of the Web: An Exploding Market

Predictions for internal web growth spring from an examination of current corporate needs and market demands. Organizations of all sizes are facing major communication challenges, and in today's fast-moving competitive environment, quick and easy access to departmental, corporate, and customer information is essential.

Companies are realizing that many of their current communications vehicles are too limited to cope with today's market environment. Intuitive access to broad types of media make the web an ideal solution to these communication problems. As more companies are realizing its superiority, the number of internal web sites is quietly growing. Enterprise web systems can provide information in a way that is:

But the internal web does more than just solve the problems inherent in existing communications vehicles. It provides:


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Denis Arnaud
12/19/1997