An Extranet provides you with an Internet site that is accessible to a select group of people.

• An Extranet provides you with the ability to create applications that associates and customers can access, but that are not accessible to the general public.
• Extranets can use encryption and password protection to secure access to the site.
• For business-to-business transactions, Extranets enable secure electronic commerce.
• An Extranet can automate information sharing by providing access to specific information and controlled access to internal databases.