AN OUTLOOK ON INTRANET MANAGEMENT

The growing trend of corporate organizations to embrace intranet techn ology is accelerating the computing paradigm shift from a desktop-cent ric model to a network-centric one. Intranet revamps the enterprise LA N and WAN by adorning them with the glaze of Internet attire. As with any kind of network, intranet reliability is subordinate to the attent ion and effort put into its management. Since what characterizes an in tranet is not only its network infrastructure but also its information content and the way it is created, shared, and stored, intranet manag ement must extend beyond typical network management issues and encompa ss service management. In this article, the authors elaborate an intra net management and reflect on the challenges it poses.