1. Employee Collaboration - An
Intranet inter-links all departments by bringing all users on one platform. The
document management feature on most Intranets help users from different
departments work together on any single project, it helps keep a check on;
authorization, feedback, customization, approvals and other customizations
which can be followed and tracked.
2. Transparent Communication- In today’s world with so many options in communicating companies still find it tough to have departments and resources linked. It is essential for employees or clients in different departments/locations to get all communication & information documented on a singular platform and visible to all interested users, an intranet helps make it possible.
3. Employee collaboration &
engagement- Intranets create a culture which thrives on collaboration. An
Intranet helps in important announcements, new initiatives and policies
showcase company history and culture, Employee recognition and Events calendar.
An Intranet can be customized to have any feature that suits your organizations
day-to-day functioning.
4. Knowledge management- One of
the most important functions of an Intranet is its knowledge sharing
capability, information in a company needs to be organized, captured, shared
and retrieved this is done in the form of; comments, discussions, blogs etc.
The Intranet becomes the centralized repository for all such information and
with the search feature it is extremely easy to find any required data.
5. Intranet Transforms Organizational
structure - Most mid-sized to large organization loose thousands of
opportunities because of undocumented skill set, document misplacement and
miscommunication. The whole purpose of an Intranet is to bring structure by
building a centralized platform which makes it easier to find things. The
Intranet search function does just that, if a document or tool is present in a
different department, you should be able to find it.
6. Reasonable Intranet cost-
Most Intranets can be bought and implemented in a nominal budget. Intranets are
mostly small websites or portals. There are no additional costs except for some
minimal charges which come with any application of this magnitude.
7. Better Management- Intranets have
always had multiple functions and features that used to make it a pretty tricky
and strenuous experience for the web administrators to manage. Most intranet
portals today offer a great user interface which makes it very comfortable to
perform almost all day-to-day tasks.
8. Web Based Intranet – All you
need is an internet connection!! This is one of the most beneficial aspects of
an Intranet. After acquiring an intranet you don’t need to worry about setting
it up on any since it is a web based platform the user can simply log in to.
9. Enhanced Resource Delivery –
Large organization often find it hard to find the skills and resources required
for a particular task and end up hiring a third party. With an intranet,
companies can efficiently make resources available to all departments. This
transforms into increased efficiency and cost-saving.
10. No Intranet Maintenance – Most Intranets have little to no maintenance costs. It works across any platform - PC or Mac. IT support is hardly needed and most companies like ours offer subsidized charges for the ITCube intranet portal’s maintenance.
ITCube Solutions, A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner,
has been developing software solutions using Microsoft
SharePoint, .Net, BI and Java Technologies
ITCube has built an Intranet Portal, content management portals,
web-based solutions for document collaboration and web-based search and
reporting systems to name a few. Their
expertise has helped companies meet the challenges of exponential data growth,
critical performance requirements and high usability expectation.
