A short history of intranets and what's next with social, mobile and cloud The history of the Internet, the World Wide Web and corporate intranets share a common heritage. Some where along the way intranets parted way, but the trinity of social, mobile and cloud is bringing them back together again. Before we look at what this means for intranets, I want to spend some time considering their history. In this post:Where did intranets comes from?What is an intranet?But intranets are Websites, not email an...

Source: chieftech.com.au Posted by admin 240 days, 14 hours, 19 minutes ago

View and rate the entries here. Entries with the top ratings will go through to panel of judges who’ll decide the winner.  

If you think your intranet should be included, then be sure to enter.Glasgow Housing Association

“Holmes, our intranet, is very beautiful. We tried to keep the design clean, colourful and uncomplicated. We tried to make our intranet usable and used.  We used Holmes to open conversation with all 1700 staff – blogs, news, walls, comments, likes and shares are far more popular than w...

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The strong communities of the past, where family, businesses, church, school, and courthouses were all part of a village, have faded in importance in modern society, where we can easily reach beyond the local. In its place, for many people, is the company, which in large part is replacing the old village. There are some differences, but also many similarities.

Whereas the village was a place you were born into, a company is something you choose to join. The village is the place where you live, shop, and work, while the company is a vehicle for a set of profit objectives. A village came together to solve a societal problem, but the company comes together to solve a customer problem. A village seeks to educate its citizens to increase the benefit to society, while the company educates and trains its workers to be more effective employees.

Source: www.forbes.com Posted by admin 248 days, 14 hours, 29 minutes ago

It can be argued that the culture of innovation within the voluntary sector has morphed from the common-or-garden business development mandate. But because the word conjures up ideas of freedom, risk and creativity, its popularity is going from strength to strength.

However, its meaning can be fuzzy. For some organisations, innovation can mean product or business development while others focus on embedding a wider culture of encouraging inventive and efficient approaches. Fundraising innovation consultant, Lucy Gower, says that despite more than five years of the concept's development there's no clear blueprint. "Each charity differs in its profile and strategy," she says. "It was being talked about more than five years ago and people still haven't worked out how to do it."

Source: www.guardian.co.uk Posted by admin 253 days, 22 hours, 35 minutes ago

Nancy Goebel from the Intranet Benchmarking Forum wrote an excellent article on “Intranet governance in the social media age” where governance models align more with the purpose and use of social intranets: Concerns about how to govern social media in the workplace are often cited as one of the main barriers for not doing it. And as organisations do start to experiment with social media inside the firewall, governance often amounts to bolting additional policies...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by admin 253 days, 22 hours, 43 minutes ago

Has your intranet got content littered all over it which isn’t very useful to people needing to use it?

By litter I mean no or little thought has been given by the owner on how people need to have this information presented so it is easy to use. Examples can include:

Links to documents instead of content on an intranet page
Poorly worded content that doesn’t make sense
Poorly constructed content that is hard to follow
Poorly presented content with the wrong balance of images, text, and video

I wonder how many intranet professionals are nodding their heads as they recognise some of these examples being on their own intranets!

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 262 days, 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

Modern CIOs must reconcile the gap between their role as protector of corporate information assets and the need to drive organizational innovation and openness. Although bridging these two dimensions of the CIO mandate is difficult, this struggle creates perhaps the greatest opportunity that most CIOs will ever see in their lifetime.

Social networking is a primary force in the push toward information transparency. As Facebook reaches a billion users, social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn have created a sustained and undeniable effect on society, transforming expectations of privacy and information control, while obliterating the once-sacred separation between work and home life.

Source: blogs.wsj.com Posted by admin 265 days, 13 hours, 53 minutes ago

Since 1995, Gartner has used the Hype Cycle Model to characterise the over-enthusiasm and subsequent disappointment that typically happens when new technologies are introduced. Every year, Gartner issue a Hype Cycle special report, showing how far along the cycle technologies have moved, helping CIOs to decide if technologies are worth investing in yet.

Their 2012 report, published recently, shows that over the past year big data, 3D printing, activity streams, Internet TV, Near Field Communication (NFC) payment, cloud computing and media tablets have moved quickly through the cycle, and are expected to reach the ‘plateau of productivity’ – the point where benefits are widely demonstrated and accepted – in just a few years.

Source: intranetizen.com Posted by admin 265 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes ago

SharePoint 2010 gives you the opportunity to upgrade your technology to meet the current and future needs of your business’ intranet. You can make other changes to improve business effectiveness at the same time. In my last two posts in this series I gave some tips on the user and publisher experience your business needs so it is ready to use SharePoint 2010. This post covers governance.......

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 287 days, 21 hours, 36 minutes ago

Related Articles The biggest misconception about communicators? Anyone can do their job Conference alert: How to liven up corporate writing Online course: Podcasting made easy 5 tips to design a corporate, but fun intranet Conference alert: Cutting-edge tools and trends communicators must know boxarticlefooterbluegree Related Articles By Category Internal Intranets boxarticlefooterblue The top 20 alternatives to SharePoint SharePoint isn't the only intranet software out there. If you're looking for an alternative, consider this recommended list. By Andrew Wright | Posted: August 3, 2012 Printer Friendly Version Email A Friend 3 inShare A recent poll on the Intranet Professionals LinkedIn group asked, "On what technology is your intranet based?" The poll received 379 responses. The results are below:

Of the 379 respondents, 195 indicated they use a version of SharePoint, while 184 use an alternative. That means around 50 percent of organizations use SharePoint for their intranets.

Of the people who selected "other," 146 listed the technology they use in the comments section.

What technologies, other than SharePoint, do organizations use to develop their intranets? Below are the most popular based on the poll results.

Here are some notes on how I ranked the technologies...

Source: www.ragan.com Posted by admin 291 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes ago