"Corporate intelligence network" sounds like a very fancy and upscale

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Most modern computer networks use protocols based on packet-mode transmission. A network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network. To capture information from their external business environment, zona-viral Citibank designed a series of menus which defined their strategic external information needs. An outside firm was contracted out to scan, synthesize and digest the material and provide it in electronic format for the system.

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"Corporate intelligence network" sounds like a very fancy and upscale title that only the Fortune 50 firms could afford. Every company, however, regardless of the size or complexity of organization, has a need to develop a process for its information gathering and dissemination. Smaller firms, in particular, have a need for a process to track their business environment, their competition, their markets, their field sales activity, and new developments in technology. For these firms, an intelligence network, no matter how simple in design, can be the key to survival. The following sections outline the survey results through the first half of 1988. For perspec-tive, data are included from 1985 to show the growth of business intelligence networks.