Intranet sites are 'websites' that are used mainly by internal staff members or anyone else to whom you give access to - so they are not public for all to see!
It also has restricted access rights to view and read only, edit rights or no access at all on private material.
So how does an Intranet help your business?
It allows you to do the following
- Share information between team members
- One place for all information (no more files on other peoples desktops you can't find)
- Information available 24/7 in real time
- Live events Calender
- News and updates
- Document storage
- Document Version control
- Teams can have their own sites
- Defines your processes and procedures
- Help desk
- search engine
- and more..........
Its a hub of information and at the same time ensure good business practice. It saves you hours and hours of wasted time and limits unnecessary meetings and long distance phone calls.
What type of business will benefit from an Intranet?
The quick answer is this: Any business, doesn't matter what you do - every business has information.
When is it time to get an Intranet if you are a small business?
Small businesses should consider Intranet
- If you have staff members in various locations on site or working from home
- If you are finding in difficult to maintain correct procedures and protocols
- To improve your business processes
- Your business is loosing money
- You need to save money
- You have many projects on the go at once
- If you have a full time admin assistant - it is time!
If this has interested you and you are now seriously thinking about an Intranet, why not check out Microsoft Sharepoint services 3.0 it is now FREE to downlaod.
You pointed out some good points..i would like to add the Doc management and employee interaction.
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