Intranets in Business

1. Intranets What is an intranet? How does it benefit your organization? www.bambootechie.com www.bambootechie.com

2. Definition Intranet is the generic term for a collection of private computer networks within an organization. An intranet uses network technologies as a tool to facilitate communication between people or work groups to improve the data sharing capability and overall knowledge base of an organization's employees. That’s the technical definition of an intranet; in simpler term, imagine an intranet as an internal network of your organization; think back about your school days, remember the log-in system of your school (student account, email, calendar, directory) ? Yes, that’s an intranet, in this case, the students, faculties and staffs would have different levels of access to the network! www.bambootechie.com

3. Benefits - Communication Many schools and non-profit groups have deployed them, but an intranet is still seen primarily as a corporate productivity tool. We will go through a list of the benefits that this technology can offer: Communication: Just think how telephones, emails and digital calendars have revolutionized the way we communicate. Now, an Intranet can connect all of those tools and create a network that only your company employees can access. Intranet also provides discussion groups, chats, user profiles, Intranet forms, and bulletin boards. Using intranet tools help in conveying and distributing necessary information or documents among the employees of an organization. Using smartly, this results in easy communication and sound relationship between the employees and top level management. www.bambootechie.com

4. Time Saving - Productivity • Time Saving: Time is money! Using Intranet technology allows to distribute valuable information among the employees in a fast and efficient manner. Intranet saves time by interactivity, i.e. employees can access information at a relevant times that suit them, rather than sending and waiting for email and email replies.Productivity: Intranet technology provides fast information to employees and helps to perform their various tasks with responsibility. An employee can access any data from any database of the organization without wastage of time. Employees working on projects can collaborate easily, ensuring better and faster results. www.bambootechie.com

5. Reduce Costs • Reduce Costs: An important benefit of Intranet is that it is cost-effective. This can be attributed to the fact that it is paperless. As Intranet supports online publishing, it definitely cuts down the printing and distribution costs as well. All the documents of the company can be published through the Intranet using web pages, as compared to spending money on printing documents. The information can be accessed from the respective workstations of the employees. Intranet results in reduced costs for corporate training, administrative and operational purposes.Incorporated and Distributed Computing Environment: Intranet supports an active distribution of stored information through different types of operating systems and computer types, from which the employees can access information. Intranet results in distributing information at a lower cost due to the web architecture feature of intranet. www.bambootechie.com

6. Collaboration – Rich in Format • Increases Collaboration: As intranet allows all employees to access data, this helps build team work within the organization. Also certain contents of intranet like declaration section, help desk, FAQ, handbook of employee, etc., aids in collaboration among the employees.Rich in Format: Intranet allows employees to view documents in various rich format applications as well as video and audio. Multimedia programs can be used with intranet as well, allowing for better communication and information being shared very fast. www.bambootechie.com

7. Final Words • The Intranet has become more and more sophisticated  over the years. What should you expect of a future intranet? • Social Media have revolutionized the way marketing has been done in the past decade. Expect the future intranets with the features of social sharing tools. Two-way communications within an organization will triumph along with closer collaborations among your employees. • Would the future Intranet look better? Sure, just imagine Skype or Yahoo Messenger without emotion icons. Users might be the center, instead of the content. • A company data base with training videos or online lectures is common; but how about an internal radio station? (or 3D conference calls?) Why not? • Let us help you build the Intranet that would benefit your organization, pain-free! Visit www.bambootechie.com www.bambootechie.com