Explain the differences between an intranet and the internet.

Today’s organizations engage in a variety of e-business activities to enhance production, marketing, customer relations, and communications. It is important to understand the impact of each area of the e-business system to maximize a company’s operational effectiveness. E-business is more than conducting business via the internet. It involves a multitude of databases, networking technologies, web applications, software, and information systems security measures. What is a relational database and how does it support customer communications? What are the pros and cons of data mining? Explain the differences between an intranet and the internet. How does a LAN support business operations? Identify an information security process or application and why it is important to global businesses.