Fundamentals of intranet

Introduction

The history of the Intranet starts right from the days when computer networks came in. However, it could find a name and place for itself quite late. Websters dictionary defines a network as -

Network ="The sharing of resources between two or more people" - Websters It is well known that the Internet has been in existence since the mid1970s, and was developed initially bythe governments as a medium of communication channels at the time of war. It did not gain substantially in popularity until 1989, when for the first time Web Browser software was introduced and the use of the HTML (or Hypertext Markup Language) came in. Slowly the concept of websites and web hosting picked up. The system was designed, from the very start, to be very robust, quick, and easy to use. Additionally, the system was built to be available cross-platform, a fancy way of saying that all computer systems would be able to understand it.

Very quickly, this massive network was destined to become a milestone for the much talked about "information superhighway." This has led to an increasing number of commercial organisations struggling to use information technology services, and since the mid-1990, the number of businesses connecting to the Internet has multiplied several times.