Every enterprise or company needs a secured and restricted network to allow effective communication among the employees. In this digital era, Intranet is serving as one such amazing solution for all the connectivity and communication requirements. If you are thinking to embed New Intranet Portal Software to your digital assets, then there are many things to take care of. This article will give you the...
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Intranet Costs. Hidden costs. Realistic Expectations There’s a statistic floating around on the web that the average intranet costs $40k and takes 15 months to implement. That is a long time! Not to mention the money involved. But, of course, that’s not going to be you, you say. Those aren’t even close to the costs you’re looking at. Hold on a minute though. Could...
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A crucial questioning looming over the implementation of intranet portal is do we really need to invest in collaboration platform?. This question cannot however be answered without a clear understanding of the strategic fit between a collaboration platform and business goals. This is a simple question that needs to be asked not just by large companies, but also by small and medium sized firms. The idea here...
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Every business investment needs relevant return on any kind of investment, in the absence of which buy-in on any given investment is almost impossible to gain. While many organizations are too focused in monetary returns to investment, it’s now time to look beyond figures and think in terms of soft ROI as well, especially when it comes to aspects such as learning, collaboration, etc. The...
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Social. Mobile. Analytics. Cloud. SMAC and the hype around it has seeped into the idea of enterprise collaboration as well. Today, most enterprise collaboration software providers are using the Social or Cloud as their USP. However, as reported in the article ‘Why no one uses the corporate social Network’ published in Harvard Business Review, most companies have failed in technology deployment when it comes to...
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Sharing and managing information in non-profit organizations is equally multifaceted and thus challenging as it is for any other business. For swifter response to the day-to-day challenges faced internally and externally, speedy communication is absolutely necessary. One of the best ways to ensure efficiency and growth is to implement collaboration software like an intranet portal. A platform that supports constant communication and allows swifter collaboration can...
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Today the idea of ‘I am entitled to my opinion’ has oozed out to the extent that every person blogs and micro-blogs his/her thoughts and opinions. There’s been growth splurge in micro-blogging in the past few years. WordPress, Tumblr, Squarespace, Facebook, Twitter, and even LinkedIn have gained extensive popularity for blogging and micro-blogging. These platforms work as tools where individuals can speak, be heard and...
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It is first time in history that five generations are working simultaneously together in the same workplace. The workforce, on one hand, consists of the rule-following workers that are soon going to hit retirement. On the other hand, there’s the young generation that establishes its own work rules. Larry and Meagan Johnson in their book write, Generations, Inc.: From Boomers to Linksters – Managing the...
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Replication of products and services in an age of highly mature technological advancement is very simple. When it comes to the banking and financial sector, the market is highly cramped and competitive. While the sector itself constitutes of different units, be it banking, insurance, finance, mutual funds, etc., each of these units further consist of at least 6-7 players. In this chaotic market structure, some...
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Simple intranet systems can do to corporate governance what investors, clients and employees (ICE), value and appreciate the most, i.e. reinforce the values of accountability, transparency and democracy. In a report published by McKinsey in the year 2009, 67% of the respondents who had been interviewed on corporate governance practices impacting the financial growth of firms, concluded that they consider accountability, transparency and democracy to...
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