I'm looking to create a human resources database (and eventually more would be added). My first thought was to run it as an intranet, so that employees could log onto our domain through their browser. This would make things easier for me, since I wouldn't have to deal with programs running on various pieces of ancient hardware. I also want to eventually run linux on my office computer.

My question is, do you guys know where a good place to start would be? I have experience in html and was wanting to use CFML. Do you think that a regular database with simultaneous connections would be better? What are some of the pros and cons of each?

Thanks