The phrase "an extranet" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a private network that uses internet protocols and the public telecommunication system to share part of an organization's information or operations with external partners.
Example: "Our company has set up an extranet to facilitate communication and collaboration with our suppliers."
Alternatives: "a private network" or "a secure network".
But by last year he was posting them on the Internet -- in this case, an "extranet," a private network.
DC: Our company is considering setting up an office Intranet, and then expanding it to an Extranet.
Direct connectivity, an extranet, or a third-party messaging infrastructure is used when connecting to systems outside the firm.
Mr. Morse said the organization might also build an extranet, or password-protected Web site, so its grant recipients can communicate more effectively with each other and with the Pew trusts.
Indeed, new ones are being introduced, such as FX Connect, part of Global Link, an "extranet" run by State Street, an American bank that leads the world in providing custody services.
EVERY day Cisco Systems, acme of the new-economy corporate model, posts its requirements for components on an extranet, a dedicated Internet-based network that connects the company to 32 manufacturing plants.
Local clinicians entered data onto a SAPG extranet, a secure website for supporting quality improvement projects provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement [ 11].
"In effect," she writes, "Dell posts its actual manufacturing schedule on a private extranet -- a walled-off bit of the Internet -- for suppliers".
Despite higher rankings of various communication strategies during the SARS outbreak, such as email, meetings, teleconferences, and other web sites, users generally perceived a local Extranet as a useful support for the dissemination of local information during public health emergencies.
A person's SCR will be accessible through a secured extranet (N3) by a wide range of NHS staff and is intended to support care when other records are unavailable (for example, in emergency and unscheduled care).
In addition, the findings indicate that users envisioned an expanded role of a local Extranet to support public health communication and education beyond the management of emergencies.
