Does your business have an Internet strategy? If not, you should get one fast..or at least so say the pundits, according to the publication "Managing Office Technology". 30 million people are using e-mail. There are about 300,000 web sites with about 1000 new site being added MONTHLY. Your customers and suppliers expect you to have a telephone and fax. Increasingly they expect you to have an e-mail address and a web page. Companies like yours are using the Internet for a wide variety of cost-effective applications including training, selling, document distribution, market research, and communications. In the USA, about 2/3 of companies recently surveyed by Forrester Research already have or are considering the use of an Intranet.This presentation will discuss: --What is the Internet--How does it differ from an Intranet and how is it different from the networks your company may already be using--How can your business use the Internet or an Intranet--How can the Internet and an Intranet add value to your business--What will it cost you to set up, maintain and service a Web site and to design a home page--What are the 3D/VRML issues--What's the business model..how do you justify and recover the investment --When's the best time to get started, and how can you avoid technological obsolescence--What are the security issues--Where can you get help to get started and keep running--Are there differences between the European and USA Internet environments what are some examples of successful business uses--What can you expect in the future