An Intranet Case Study

Abstract

The Internet and Intranets, in general, and the World Wide Web, in particular, continues to dominate the trade press, mass-media, conferences, and IT education courses. Given the amount of information, chicanery, and hype we are exposed to daily, there is a lot of confusion for CEOs, CIOs and EIEIOs. Behind the hyperbole, however, there are tools which, if used right, can enable an organisation to leverage its investment in IT and provide new facilities to support business decisions quickly and effectively.

This document examines some pilot work performed on the NSW TAB's Management Information and Administration systems commencing in September, 1996. The purpose of this pilot was to determine the:

• Type of facilities which could be provided;
• Ease of providing them;
• Ability to build on existing skills, infrastructure, and applications;
• Efforts in enhancing and maintaining WWW-based applications.

Following this pilot study, work commenced on rolling out Intranet services throughout the organisation.

Audience: General

Keywords: VM, Intranet, WWW, CGI

Table of Contents

Abstract

Figures

Introduction

Applications and their Operation

The Fifth 'R'

Other Intranet Services

Future Work

Conclusion

Appendix A. Comparison of Procedure Sizes

Appendix B. CGI Listings

Appendix C. Is the New IT Worth the Money?

Appendix D. Webshare

Appendix E. TCP/IP for VSE - Concepts

Appendix F. Salvo

Appendix G. VM and WWW History

Appendix H. References

Appendix I. Sample Configuration File Extracts