Migrating to the Intranet and Microsoft Exchange

Citation

Poulter, D. (1998), "Migrating to the Intranet and Microsoft Exchange", Internet Research, Vol. 8 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/intr.1998.17208caf.004

Migrating to the Intranet and Microsoft Exchange

Migrating to the Intranet and Microsoft Exchange

R.J. Covill1997Butterworth-Heinemann NewtonButterworth-Heinemann Marketing Services, PO Box 251 Port Melbourne VIC 3207 Australia$59.95ISBN 1-5555-8172-2

Keywords: Computer networks, In-house communications, Online computing

Covill's book is meant for an administrator who is in the beginning stages of planning a migration to an Intranet and/or Microsoft exchange. The author presents these two technologies as complementing one another. The text is light on the details of the technologies but highlights such needed points as:

1. 1.

   Difference between an intranet and the Internet.

2. 2.

   What additional problems may arise from implementation such as viruses.

3. 3.

   Which mail technologies are the most compatible with Microsoft exchange.

4. 4.

   What knowledge level is needed within the information technology department.

The text is well-written from the point of planning. Covill clearly indicates that these technologies will not solve all of the information problems but will make a large contribution to solving them.

The steps in implementation covered are:

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  What are the information needs of the organization?

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  Which technologies will help in meeting these needs?

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  What resistance may be faced ­ from users or management?

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  How to respond to some of the resistance.

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  What are some of the additional technologies that may need to be considered?

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  What are some of the advantages of the new technologies?

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  What can go wrong with these technologies?

Covill presents each one of the steps in several ways to cater to various sizes of organization (small, medium or large). He also presents several tables to assist the reader in planning a migration strategy. The author also gives the reader several methods of obtaining further assistance in the migration process.

This book is excellent for an administrator who wishes to get an overview of the technologies or for the systems person that is just beginning to plan a migration to an intranet or Microsoft exchange.

Dale PoulterInformation Systems SpecialistTexas Tech University LibraryTexas Tech University