Military applications of intranet technology : Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

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by  Booth, Charles W.;Gutsch, Barbara J.

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MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF INTRANET
TECHNOLOGY: FLEET NUMERICAL METEOROLOGY
AND OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER
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Charles W. Booth
Barbara J. Gutsch
September 1997
Thesis Advisors: James C. Emery
Frank J. Barrett
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Intranets are rapidly becoming a corporate internal information-sharing medium. Intranet technology is the same robust,
proven, industry standard technology that is used on the Internet. The technical aspects of implementing the technology are
simple. The organization andmanagementaspects are significantand are key to its successful implementation. This internal use of
Internettechnology iseasy, inexpensive, and has produced savingsandbenefits forcorporate organizations.
This thesis reviews corporate and government intranets and examines the feasibility ofimplementing this technology and
benefiting from it, in a military organization. Specific applicability of initranet technology was examined at Fleet Numerical
Oceanographic and Meteorology Center, while maintaining the vision of its applicability to other military organizations. Fleet
Numerical Oceanographic and Meteorology Center has the requisite technical and organizational infrastructure necessary to
successfully implement intranet technology. The management and technical skill sets necessary to successfully implement this
technology at any military command operating a computer network should be available, or easily trained. Fleet Numerical
Oceanographic and Meteorology Center and the U.S. Military should establish the organizational plans and infrastructure to
implement and exploitthis empowering information sharingmedium.
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Intranet, FleetNumerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, FNMOC, Internet, Organizational Change, PAGES
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MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF INTRANET TECHNOLOGY: FLEET
NUMERICAL METEOROLGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER
Charles W. Booth
Commander, United States Navy
B.S., United States Naval Academy, 1980
Barbara J. Gutsch
Lieutenant, United States Navy
B.S., Arizona State University, 1984
M.B.A., New Hampshire College, 1989
Submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe
requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
From the
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
September 1997