Intranet strategies

In business, an intranet strategy is the use of an intranet and associated hardware and software to obtain one or more organizational objectives. An intranet is an access-restricted network used internally in an organization. An intranet uses the same concepts and technologies as the World Wide Web and Internet. This includes web browsers and servers running on the internet protocol suite and using Internet protocols such as FTP, TCP/IP, HTML, and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

Role of intranets

Intranets are generally used for four types of applications:

1) Communication and collaboration

2) Web publishing

3) Business operations and management

4) Intranet portal management

Why have an intranet strategy?

Having a strategy pre-supposes a planned, orderly process with proper costing and budgeting, it involves consulting with the parties who are going to be using the intranet, allows for an efficient integration with existing systems and phasing-out of older ones, has long term benefits when the intranet needs to be scaled or made more secure, maintains control and quality in the hands of the designated department that "owns" it, and creates for the provision of feedback to monitor whether the "investment" is living up to the organization's expectations.[1]


Potential advantages of using intranets

Potential disadvantages of intranets

See also

References

  1. Implementation strategies Accessed: December 20, 2006
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