At Banco do Brasil, a large financial services company in South America with more than 3,000 branch locations, its internal audit department covers a geographically broad area and serves a considerable number of clients. It decided to develop a(n) _____ to facilitate communication among its 371-member audit group, many of whom travel to company locations outside the country, and to help manage its resources and information across the organization.

a. LAN portal

b. private company network (PCN)

c. intranet

d. electronic data sharing system

e. information network