Extranets: The Complete Sourcebook [Paperback]

Richard H. Baker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 26, 1997

Extranets are soaring because they facilitate a seamless flow of information and commerce among employees, suppliers, and customers. In the first full-scale guide to the subject, Baker describes in depth the many profitable applications for Extranets, from communications and customer service to product development, marketing and sales.

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From the Back Cover

Make communication between your employees, customers, and vendors faster, cheaper, and easier than ever! Extranets, the next generation of Intranet, are dynamic wide area networks that link a company's employees, suppliers, customers, and other key business partners in a secure, electronic on-line environment for business communications. Extranets is the first book ever to show network professionals and nontechnical managers how to create and manage an Extranet for your business. Going far beyond the Internet, e-mail, and conventional Intranets, Extranets provide fast, reliable, secure, and low-cost computer-to-computer communication for a wide range of applications--everything from sales, marketing, fulfillment, on-line publishing, and customer service, to product development, directory and database services, employee communications, workgroup projects, and electronic commerce. Among the topics covered: How an Extranet fits into your overall communications strategy--and how to integrate it with your existing Internet and Intranet access methods; Detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to plan, implement, start, operate, and manage your own Extranet; Securing your Extranet with firewalls, cryptography, secure sockets, and other security measures; How to make electronic commerce a reality in your business--and get your customers and suppliers to conduct transactions on-line NOW! ABOUT THE AUTHOR As editorial director of Courseware Development Group in Houston, Texas, Richard H. Baker designs and develops computer skills training products for Fortune 1000 clients. He is the author of 15 computer books; his McGraw-Hill titles include Wiring the Workgroup, Networking and the Enterprise; How to Build Client/Server Systems That Work, Network Security, and Downsizing; How to Get Big Gains from Smaller Computer Systems.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill (March 26, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070063028
• ISBN-13: 978-0070063020
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,517,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Business Case History of the Evolution of E-Commerce, March 15, 2000

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This review is from: Extranets: The Complete Sourcebook (Paperback)

"~The first real Extranet was built by Federal Express. GE built the first major B2B E-Business site. The principle advantage each site found was a major service enhancement to each of its customers and a major disintermediation of cost for themselves. this is not a technical how to book, but it is a good read to help senior management understand some of the key service examples others have developed in delivering their company a successful e-Business solution. than how to do it.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Base knowledge for the casual reader, April 24, 1999

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This review is from: Extranets: The Complete Sourcebook (Paperback)

I tried to use this as a source for a research paper and almost threw it in the trash. I certainly can't imagine using it to actually construct an extranet. Don't waste your time.