Web-Enabled Applications Programmed on the Net: How to Become a Web-Enabled Enterprise

Explaining the benefits and possibilities open to a Web-enbled organization, this text shows managers how to take full advantage of Internet-based technologies. Coverage includes best practices, and shows how to integrate existing applications with web-based systems. Case studies and checklists are provided as are explanations of the importance of the Intranet and use of groupware across the Web. The book includes WEAPON (Web-enabled application programmed on the Net), a framework - or a set of standards - that corporate information systems shops can use to transform the company into a Web-enabled enterprise. It also covers intranets, groupware, commerce and Internet client/server.