Network support business in four functions which are:
1. Discovery
2. Communication
3. Collaboration
4. Web services (Web 2.0)
1. Discovery:
Is the ability to access information in databases from all over the world, this information can be about:
a. Education
b. Government services
c. Entertainment
d. Commerce
The tools used in the network discovery are:
a. Search engines and metasearch engines
- It’s a program that help users to search for anything by keywords
b. Publication of material in foreign languages
- Is to have the website translated in many different languages for different readers
c. Portals
- It’s a gate way to f information and knowledge in a form of a webpage, there are four types of portals:
1. Commercial (public) portals
§ Could be about a community or about group of people share same interests (ex: political group, hobby group)
2. Corporate portals
§ It provide information about an organization or corporate, it also offers a self-service opportunity to its customers and employees
3. Industrywide portals
§ It is a portal that serve an entire industry
From my observision, i feel that metasearch engines are more useful because they provide information from many other resources ana that saves users time and effort
ReplyDeleteNetwork discovery tools are amazing
ReplyDeleteIt managed many groups to work together.
And since information overload became very common
It's amazing to be able to categorize some info that fit together.
As a result, finding needed information becomes easier .