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Business Information on the Internet

Course outline What sort of business information is available Static & dynamic webpages - implications for finding information Web directories - UK, worldwide & business research Search engines - expert search tips, search engine limitations Search engine types: general meta searching natural language search engines newsgroup searching finding people News sources - news indices, aggregated sources, global sources Economic information Company research - web databases offering free company financials Marketing, advertising & market research Country and trade information Government information Emerging markets information Commercial database services - a comparison Future developments Links to over 750 evaluated websites, categorised by topic

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Course covered: Developing the business case for senior management How to project manage the introduction of an intranet Exploring the impact on the business process How to identify other beneficial applications of an intranet An overview of the technical issues involved in setting up your own intranet Course outline The business case for senior management The impact of an intranet on the business processes Cost benefit analysis Identifying Intranet costs Preparing an audit Implementation Managing the change Security and legal issues Using an intranet as an information management tool Extranets - electronic commerce Getting the sssentials right Web publishing Performance indicators to measure the effectiveness Database access Technical Issues Discussion of Webserver software Discussion of database integration Creating Web pages NB: the second part of this course was developed and delivered by the IBS Technical Manager

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