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Intranet is referred as a company-wide software and information distribution system that utilize the Internet tools and equipment. It consists of many interlinked local area networks and also use leased lines in the wide area network.

Intranet is a network based on TCP or IP protocols that belongs to an association, usually a business, accessible only by the organization's members, employees, or others with authorization. Intranets are well being used to deliver tools and applications. Intranets are also being used as culture change platforms.

Advantages of Intranet are:

• Workforce productivity: Intranets can help employees to quickly find and view information and applications relevant to their roles and responsibilities.
• Communication: Intranets provide controlling tools for communication within an organization, vertically and horizontally.
• Web publishing: The use of intranet, authorize information to be available using hypermedia technologies.
• Business operations and management: intranets are being used as a platform for rising and deploying applications to support business operations and decisions across the internet worked enterprise.

Disadvantages:

• Intranets may cause "information overload", delivering too much information to handle.
• By the usage of Intranet the company or business could lose control of the material.

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