Internet : The Internet presents tremendous opportunities to reach global and local markets, yet many companies remain unaware of its potential. The new economy is being driven by a profound development: Individuals and companies worldwide are being electronically linked. It is no surprise the rules of the game are changing.

For example, distance has vanished. The world is our customer; geography has always played a key role in determining who competed with whom. Now our business can connect instantly with customers all over the globe.

Intranet : The concept of an Intranet is quite straightforward. Take part of one's internal system, apply security to it, and then place it on the Internet. This brings the power of the Internet to your business processes, and allow everyone to work off the same page, share documents, download documents, post information and track deliveries or requests for assistance. The security applied to the web server, and to the applications running on it, keeps the company data secure. Even the address of the Intranet may be known only to those employees who use the information or the entire Intranet can run of an internal server situated in the main office but in the event of more branches than one it is advisable to host externally with a company that can offer the necessary bandwidth, such as ChakariNet.

The implementation of an Intranet can streamline your internal and external business processes, specifically the communication channels between employees within the same company and clients with the use of Internet Technology. Intranets vary greatly in sophistication, from a simple web site with restricted access to high-end system integration, where documents can be sent to all the members of the group by simply dragging and dropping icons on the computer desktop.

E-commerce : This is a buzz word which is now quite prevalent in the industry - it means "electronic commerce" and is essentially 'doing business' online.

Your products and services can be made available to the internet market by means of online shopping carts, secure bank-certified transactions and certificates, owner managed on-line stores and detailed paperless accounting and sales reporting systems. No more need to physically go into a banking institution or grocery store - you can do all this online from the comfort of your own home or office!

Databasing : This is one of the most valuable and effective tools on the Internet. One can enable any organisational data to be functional, both on your Internet site and/or your Intranet. These may be product related, transactional or accounting related or anything else that has anything to do with reams of data in an organised format.

By having a database, one can present data 'on-the-fly' where the user is able to source what he is looking for by the click of a button. On the other hand, you are able to store data collected from your site about your user's and any data that they enter into your site, giving you a competitive edge when it comes to marketing and selling online.