Through this insider's tour of the U.S. intelligence community's intranet, you'll learn exactly how to build a maximum security intranet that leverages leading-edge technology to organize and deliver extraordinary amounts of information. "Intelink," the U.S. intelligence community's intranet, integrates virtually every piece of information that goes into intelligence gathering, reporting and analysis at the CIA, NSA, FBI and ten other top secret agencies. Now, for the first time, here's the inside story of how they built it. Learn how to build a maximum-security extranet that connects multiple independent organizations; how to migrate to a Web-centric environment; manage access by contractors and other outsiders; choose between off-the-shelf and custom solutions; and much more. Discover how Intelink integrates HTML, SGML, XML, pull and push technologies, interoperable databases and digital libraries to get the right data to the right people at the right time. Then preview the U.S Intelligence Community's strategic plans for intranet technology - and discover how you can use the same ideas to achieve competitive advantage.