How to Jump Start a Web Site?

[Janet Kaul]

There's an article on internal webs in WebWeek, 9/95, by Larry Loeb. Check
it out. Called "Internal Webs: Not Just for Techies."

-Janet Kaul

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> >Hi!  I'm not part of a Library, but I'm requesting permission to tap into 
> >your collective knowledge.  (No... we are not Borg.)  I work in Corporate 
> >America, and I am trying to develop a business case for establishing an 
> >INTERNAL Web site.  Any suggestions on where to go for supporting 
> >information?
> 
> I know Turner Broadcasting and Sun Microsystems both have internal sites.
> Presumably they went through a similar decision process.  I don't have any
> contact information specifically for the people who considered the business
> aspects of the case, but surely your local library has business directories
> that would tell you how to get in touch with TBS.  Of course, since Sun is
> actually in the WWW business with their Java language, their business
> reasons for an internal site are so obvious as to be probably irrelevant to
> your decisionmaking needs.
> 
> I will say one thing, if you have a need for an internal "bulletin board" or
> newsletter of any kind, putting up a website is one of the cheapest and most
> flexible ways to go (assuming you already have your company networked with
> TCP/IP protocols and appropriate web browser software on everyone's desk so
> that all the potential in-house users can actually reach the web server, and
> assuming either your internal network isn't connected to the outside
> Internet, or else you have sufficient security on your network to exclude
> those outside the company who shouldn't be seeing what's on your internal
> server.)
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Genny Engel
> gen at dla.ucop.edu
>