If you work inside a large organisation or business, particularly one spread across multiple branches, it's highly likely that it deploys a subnet.

We are looking for a Senior IT staff member with proven experience in all the areas indicated above and experience working within a large and geographically disbursed environment.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the top-secret world created to respond to the terrorist attacks has grown into an unwieldy enterprise spread over 10,000 U.S. locations.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the top-secret world created to respond to the terrorist attacks has grown into an unwieldy enterprise spread over 10,000 U.S. locations

You may be dealing with a distributed enterprise, as is the case in many vertical markets, and such sites must be managed collectively if the policy requires it.