Utilizing the Internet

Author Note
This paper is being submitted by Ashley White, on July 23, 2012, for Gary Tanner’s Computer Applications and Business Systems Concepts course at Rasmussen College.

Webster defines the “internet” as an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world. Yes, this is true and there are times that the internet is a dear and reliable friend. In personal use of the internet (which is on a daily basis), I have found the internet to be most helpful to me for these reasons, credibility, dependability, variety and convenience. Whether shopping online for a gift or searching the internet for ideas for gifts, the internet is always there to assist at any research need. Just recently, I re-enrolled in school and most of my classes are online, so the internet is of grave importance for the survival of the school year. When using the internet for school, the need to log on to the schools’ website frequently within the day, is important for the overall grades.
Looking now at the business aspects of internet usage, I would still need to use the World Wide Web for many different reasons. One of the major reasons that a business would need to use the internet, and would cause growth, is the building of a website for the business itself. If the internet is being utilized in business to advertise and/or promote business the internet is also beneficial to a business because you can inform, recruit, research, sale, report and/or train. A good example of internet use for business is Webinars. For example, if an owner of a new business needed to train his/her new employees on how they would want conduct in the workplace a Webinar is a most useful internet tool. Because the schedules of employees can sometimes become hectic, the training through the internet via