Publication : Journal “Orissa Review”, Volume LIX No.6 January’ 2004, ISSN: 0970-8669 Abstract : The Internet technology has changed the market requirements. Organisations are now moving from conventional LANs towards the web enabled networking environment. Many organizations already have presence on the World Wide Web, which is the first phase of what is known as “Internet Road Map”. The second phase is “LAN to Internet integration”, offering a variety of network designs, which include mailing and World Wide Web(WWW) services among other Internet applications. This article covers various networking applications such as Intranet, Virtual Private Networks(VPN), Extranet, Internet Security Consultancy, Virtual Meetings, Video conferencing, Telephone Conferencing, Digital Dialing & Web Chart etc. ashis@ori.nic.in