BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Intranet
- a corporate network of computers utilizing Internet tools and technology for the purpose of communication and information sharing. Intranets have been introduced by many organizations as an aid to internal communication. Where an intranet is extended beyond the employees of an organization, perhaps to suppliers, customers, or distributors, it is called an extranet.
At their best, intranets can combine internal and external information resources in a one-stop information shop, and become the intellectual capital library of an organization, capturing staff knowledge, facilitating teamwork and collaboration, and providing an excellent induction vehicle for new employees. However, if not managed properly, intranets can easily evolve in a haphazard way with no clear objectives, and simply become information dumps. Consequently, staff do not use them and their potential is lost.
Wiktionary Definition for: Intranet
- # computing a private computer network that uses the protocols of the Internet
Additional Resources
- 34 Ideas for Promoting Your Intranet
- The promotion of an intranet is never-ending. From the day it's launched, through to its eventual retirement, an intranet must be constantly advertised to staff. Without this, many staff will remain unaware that the intranet even exists. Others won't recognise the full value of the intranet, or use anything but...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Who Should Own the Intranet?
- One of the first challenges when establishing an intranet is to determine who should have overall ownership of the site, and where the intranet team should be located. While the responsibility for driving the intranet must be given to a single business area, this group must be located within the...
- White papers 2005-02-24
- Five Ways to Identify Intranet Usability Issues
- Many intranets are under-used. Intranet managers lament the low use and discuss how to get staff to 'Use the intranet more', resulting in marketing and promotions activities to increase use. Marketing and promotion activities are wasted however, if staff return to the intranet and find that it doesn't help them...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- How to Scope an Intranet Release
- Intranet functionality is often delivered in stages, with each 'Intranet release' providing additional content or functionality. The most crucial release is often the initial 'Go-live' of the intranet. This must demonstrate the value of the intranet, and build sufficient interest to ensure the site develops further and grows. When developing...
- White papers 2004-10-28
- The Two Faces of Intranet Success
- There are two fundamental aspects that must be satisfied if an intranet is to be succeed: the intranet must meet staff needs; and sufficient content and functionality must be created to meet these needs. These are the 'Two faces' of the intranet, one looking towards staff and organizational needs, the...
- White papers 2003-04-07
- Intranet DASHBOARD Announces the Release of Version 2.0; in Tandem With First Global Comprehensive Intranet Survey Data
- MELBOURNE, Australia & DALLAS -- International award winning intranet software company Intranet DASHBOARD, today released key data from the first global intranet usage and trends survey as part of the launch of Intranet DASHBOARD 2.0.
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- 10 Ways to Continuously Improve Your Intranet
- The amount of work involved in designing a new intranet or redesigning an existing intranet is minor compared to the time needed to maintain an effective intranet over the longer term. In fact, it is common for the initial excitement of a new intranet to fade away as the reality...
- White papers 2004-12-04
- Intranet Content Organization
- One often takes for granted the well-organized nature of content in everyday lives. So, what's the best way to organize intranet content without the fear of being decapitated? Intranet content organization is highly dependent on the purpose of the intranet, industry type, content type and the company's current business practices....
- White papers 2003-09-18
- Establishing an Intranet Community of Practice
- Many intranet teams have struggled with the role of 'Gatekeeper', setting standards and attempting to enforce them on the intranet authors and publishers. An alternative approach involves establishing 'Community of practice' that involves all intranet stakeholders. This group then takes on shared responsibility for maintaining and improving the intranet. This...
- White papers 2004-08-02
- Intranet Authoring: A Hobby?
- The goal of many intranets is to deliver high quality, up-to-date, accurate and useful information to staff. In practice, however, this can be challenging to achieve. Much is expected of intranet authors, and they are vital to delivering an intranet that is useful and used. Yet, in many cases, intranet...
- White papers 2006-03-02
- Monthly Intranet Tasks
- The intranet is not a one-off project. Instead, it must be supported by an ongoing process that ensures that the site continues to be effective. Beyond this, the intranet must also grow to match the ongoing evolution of the organization that it serves. In practice, there are a wide range...
- White papers 2006-09-11
- The Politics of Intranet Ownership
- With the rational consolidation of intranet sites and services under a central site or portal, disparate departments and stakeholders such as corporate communications, human resources, IT and varying business units now must cooperate under a lone umbrella with a single intranet home page. Along with this 'Forced' cooperation comes the...
- White papers
- Intranet DASHBOARD Up Against Microsoft Office SharePoint in the Intranet Journal Product of the Year 2007 — Best Intranet Design Software Awards
- MELBOURNE, Australia & DALLAS -- Intranet DASHBOARD, included in this year's eContent top 100 list and the application powering the largest corporate intranet in the world to date with 130,000 global users, announced today it is a finalist in the Intranet Journal Product of the Year 2007 awards.
- Research articles 2007-01-25
- Creating an "Intranet Concept"
- Intranet teams need to be clear on where they are heading, and what they will deliver. Typically, this involves writing either a bullet-point list of goals or a 20-page intranet strategy. In practice, the list of goals is too short and too abstract, while the intranet strategy documents are often...
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Intranet Trends to Watch For: 2006
- The intranet trends discussed in this paper are based on experiences with large companies across the country and observations of how the intranet ecosystem is evolving to support corporate America. Some of these trends are obvious, especially if a person is an intranet manager in a forward-looking, vibrant company. Others...
- White papers 2006-01-01
- The Importance of Training Staff in the Use of the Intranet
- An intranet, like any other business application or information system, is a tool staff need to learn to use. Without assistance or training, staff do not automatically know how to use it any more than they know how to use the finance system. In many cases, intranets are under-used as...
- White papers 2004-07-02
- Five Key Intranet Policies
- Most intranets have some form of policies and procedures, typically focusing on authoring guidelines and standards. The question is: are these the right policies to have? In many cases, intranet teams have established policies that they find difficult to enforce, while missing the opportunity to develop policies that will be...
- White papers 2006-06-22
- Blogging the Intranet
- While booming on the Internet, blogging on the corporate intranet is only in its infancy. But corporations are taking note. Companies like InfoWorld and Disney are doing it and there are software companies that are selling blogging software specifically for the intranet including Technorati and Six Apart. Corporate intranet blogs...
- White papers
- Intranet Teams: A Leadership and Coaching Role
- The goal of an intranet team is to ensure that the intranet is effective, up-to-date and usable. This has not proved easy to achieve, and many teams have relied on setting policies or standards and attempting to enforce them across the business. This 'Big stick' approach hasn't worked in most...
- White papers 2004-02-06
- Five Intranet Reviews, Five Different Results
- Over the past few years, the authors have conducted a number of intranet reviews across a wide range of organisations, and the results have always been fascinating. This paper presents the findings from five different intranet reviews, with the aim of exposing some of the issues being confronted across different...
- White papers 2005-07-01
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