!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a private [network] accessible only to an [organization|Organizational Entity]'s staff.[1]

Generally a wide range of information and services from the [organization|Organizational Entity]'s internal IT systems are available that would not be available to the public from the [{$pagename}]. 

A company-wide [{$pagename}] can constitute an important focal point of internal communication and collaboration, and provide a single starting point to access internal and external resources. 
In its simplest form an [{$pagename}] is established with the technologies for [Local Area Network]s ([LAN]s) and [Wide Area Networks] ([WAN]s).

[{$pagename}] began to appear in a range of larger organizations from [1994|Year 1994].[1]

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* [#1] - [Intranet|Wikipedia:Intranet|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-02-20