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In short, an extranet is a private network deployed over the Internet. By taking
advantage of the Internet, companies can greatly reduce the costs of deploying
applications to employees in dispersed locations. These cost savings come in many forms:
At the same time, extranet applications have the added benefit of being accessible from anywhere with Internet access – such as client sites or employees' homes. In this manner, your employees can still be connected no matter where they happen to be, and your clients can be allowed to view information related to them, such as order or pricing information. This can make your company even easier to deal with and more responsive to customers' needs, thus giving you a competitive advantage. In order to deploy these types of systems, Beacon Interactive uses Windows NT Server, Internet Information Server, and Microsoft Active Server Pages. These powerful tools enable quick and efficient access to data, while being flexible enough to deploy full-fledged applications over a web-based platform. The main concern when deploying an extranet is security. No one wants their private data to be visible to everyone on the Internet, and for this reason there have been strong pushes in encryption technologies that help to protect data passing over the public Internet. Using Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol and the Secure Sockets Layer, companies can implement extranet systems with little fear of data intrusion or theft. If you would like more information about how you could put an extranet to work for your business, please contact us.
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