Intranet Solutions
An Intranet is the application of web-based technologies inside a business network. Information here is private to the business, and less restricted by the bandwidth limitations and security problems of the World-Wide-Web. The concept of a "portal" being a doorway from which many services can be delivered directly to staff from an single "home-page" from a web browser or your email client (e.g. Outlook). The key here is information sharing and responsiveness to changing business needs. Important reasons for deploying an Intranet include:
  • A single access point to many sources of business information, both static documents and dynamically created reports or charts.
  • No need to deploy specialised application software on each desk-top, i.e. zero-deployment costs, with none of the hassle of conflicting component versions ("DLL Hell").
  • Centralised storage and access to information, allowing control and security of knowledge to be enforced.
  • Reduced processing power requirements (and hence cost) for each workstation.
  • Enhancements are easily added and deployed.
  • Integrates within a web browser, or replacing "Outlook Today".

The Self-Service, Business Portal

Your business can make considerable savings on internal administration costs by implementing an Intranet where employees are "empowered" to enter information directly into the company internal systems using forms available from their Intranet. This information makes its way into supporting database systems, and if necessary can be routed for authorisation by appointed members of staff, and consolidation into the appropriate control, CRM, or financial database. Such self-service systems are not only applicable to the employee intranet, but can also be extended to the customer and supplier interfaces - providing a fully integrated business control system, minimising re-keying mistakes, improving productivity and quality of service, and offering considerable cost benefits to all concerned. So powerful are such mechanisms that they have been branded as the next "killer application" for the Internet era.

Our Business Intranet Solution

Our Business Intranet runs under Windows 2003, and provides configurable access to the following features:

  • Contacts, with import from Exchange / Outlook contact lists and broadcast emailing facilities
  • Events, News, and Announcements
  • Documentation Libraries, with email notification of updates
  • Staff Lists with configurable details and picture
  • Team Calendar, permitting group scheduling.
  • Favourite Web Links, with publishing into Intranet
  • Surveys, with configurable questions and result analyses
  • Discussion Board, with multiple discussion threads
  • Task Lists, recording percentage completion, and prioritised
  • Help Desk, issues and SLA monitoring
  • Remote Access, allowing secure access from home or from remote offices

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