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Electronic
Publishing Group
Role
of Internet in industrial transformation - Extranets
FExtranets are private networks on Internet that extend beyond a single company to multiple organizations
that must collaborate,
communicate and exchange information, documents, and transactions in order to achieve joint
goals.
FCompanies now investing
in Extranets include Caterpillar, National Semiconductor, John Deere, Olivetti, Sun Microsystems, Mobile Oil, McDonnell Douglas's, Marshall Industries, Lockheed Martin, as examples.
FExtranets
make possible new industrial communities of companies worldwide