It combines all of a company’s computerized functions into a single, integrated software program that runs off a single database

It allows personal computers to obtain needed information from huge databases in a central computer

It is a network of networks, connecting hundreds of thousands of corporate, educational, and research computer networks around the world.

It is a companywide network, closed to public access, that uses the infrastructure and standards of the Internet and the Web

It is a private network that uses Internet technology and the public
telecommunication system to securely share part of a business’s information