extranet
Sign in to savethumb|A diagram showing an extranet and how it relates to an intranet and the [[Internet.]] An extranet is a controlled private computer network that allows communication with business partners, vendors and suppliers, or an authorized set of customers. It extends an intranet to trusted outsiders. It provides access to needed services for authorized parties, without granting access to an organization's entire network. It can be implemented securely, either with dedicated links or as a VPN.
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- Enterprise applications
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thumb|A diagram showing an extranet and how it relates to an intranet and the [[Internet.]] An extranet is a controlled private computer network that allows communication with business partners, vendors and suppliers, or an authorized set of customers. It extends an intranet to trusted outsiders. It provides access to needed services for authorized parties, without granting access to an organization's entire network. It can be implemented securely, either with dedicated links or as a VPN.
==Enterprise applications== During the late 1990s and early 2000s, several industries started to use the term "extranet" to describe centralized repositories of shared data (and supporting applications) made accessible via the web only to authorized members of particular work groups -- for example, geographically dispersed, multi-company project teams. Some applications are offered on a software as a service (SaaS) basis.