an intranet is the sign of a lazy IT department. put that stuff up on the internet, let employees access the resources they need wherever they are, from whatever device they are using.
every discussion i've ever seen about advancing the state of the web, the sticking point has always been "what about intranet/corporate networks?". well, if you run an intranet, fuck you. stop using the idea that you control the endpoint as an excuse to write crappy apps. you shouldn't be controlling that end point, you should be giving your users freedom to access your services in as many ways as possible rather than limiting their productivity by restricting their usage to your approved endpoints.
Not that simple. There are tons of rules and regulations businesses may have to follow. Some data may never leave company premises. Some data may never leave the room it exists.
if data can't leave the room and it's on your network, you are in violation of that policy whether you have an intranet or an internet.
security policies like those are stupid, and an artifact of a time before networks. we shouldn't have to build our networks around outdated policies, security policy should be built to accommodate the technologies of the time.
every discussion i've ever seen about advancing the state of the web, the sticking point has always been "what about intranet/corporate networks?". well, if you run an intranet, fuck you. stop using the idea that you control the endpoint as an excuse to write crappy apps. you shouldn't be controlling that end point, you should be giving your users freedom to access your services in as many ways as possible rather than limiting their productivity by restricting their usage to your approved endpoints.