Friday, November 30, 2007
Intranet
An intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet protocols, network connectivity to securely divide part of an organization's information or operations with its employees. Sometimes the term refers only to the most perceptible service, the internal website. The same concepts and technologies of the Internet such as clients and servers running on the Internet protocol suite are used to make an intranet. HTTP and other Internet protocols are commonly used as well, such as FTP. There is often a challenge to use Internet technologies to provide new interfaces with corporate legacy data and information systems.
Intranets can help users to locate and view information faster and use applications related to their roles and responsibilities. With the help of a web browser interface such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, users can contact data held in any database the organization wants to make available, anytime and - subject to security provisions - from anywhere within the company workstations, increasing employees' capability to perform their jobs faster, more accurately, and with confidence that they have the right information. It also helps to improve the services provided to the users.
With intranets, organizations can make more information accessible to employees on a "pull" source rather than being deluged indiscriminately by emails.
Intranets can serve as influential tools for communication within an organization, vertically and horizontally. From a communications standpoint, intranets are useful to communicate strategic initiatives that have a worldwide reach throughout the organization. The type of information that can easily be conveyed is the reason of the initiative and what the initiative is aiming to achieve, who is driving the initiative, results achieved to date, and who to speak to for more information.
Intranets can help users to locate and view information faster and use applications related to their roles and responsibilities. With the help of a web browser interface such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, users can contact data held in any database the organization wants to make available, anytime and - subject to security provisions - from anywhere within the company workstations, increasing employees' capability to perform their jobs faster, more accurately, and with confidence that they have the right information. It also helps to improve the services provided to the users.
With intranets, organizations can make more information accessible to employees on a "pull" source rather than being deluged indiscriminately by emails.
Intranets can serve as influential tools for communication within an organization, vertically and horizontally. From a communications standpoint, intranets are useful to communicate strategic initiatives that have a worldwide reach throughout the organization. The type of information that can easily be conveyed is the reason of the initiative and what the initiative is aiming to achieve, who is driving the initiative, results achieved to date, and who to speak to for more information.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is an Olympic group sport played on sand. Two teams, positioned on either side of a net which divides rectangular court, hit volleyball, usually using the hands or arms. It is evolved from indoor volleyball, and the two sports remain very similar: a team scores points by foundation the ball on the opponents' court, or when the opposing team commits a fault teams can contact the ball no more than three times before the ball crosses the net; and consecutive contacts must be made by unlike players. The most important differences between beach and indoor volleyball are the playing surface, and the team size. There are many minor differences as well, including each half of the court actions 8 by 8 meters.
If a jamming player touches the ball, but it continues onto his side of the net, the block counts as the first contact. Open-hand dinks, where a player uses his or her finger tips to redirect the ball into the opponent's court, are banned. It is legal to cross under the net as long as doing so does not hamper with the opponents' attempt to play the ball. Players are not necessary to rotate positions; they must alternate check, but there are no rotation errors.
If a jamming player touches the ball, but it continues onto his side of the net, the block counts as the first contact. Open-hand dinks, where a player uses his or her finger tips to redirect the ball into the opponent's court, are banned. It is legal to cross under the net as long as doing so does not hamper with the opponents' attempt to play the ball. Players are not necessary to rotate positions; they must alternate check, but there are no rotation errors.