Intranet Blog

We got our office iPad yesterday and after everyone finished playing with it then I took a look at interact on it and it look fantastic.  Here is a short video of interact intranet software using the iPad Safari browser.

Interact is compatible with all major browsers including browsers on the iPhone and iPad

Over the last 10 years we have successfully fulfilled a huge amount of requirements for our clients of all sizes. We now work on Enterprise level intranets more frequently and have been successful in deplying intranets to organisations of 5000+ users across multi-regions and multi-languages. 

So what are Enterprise-level Intranet’s? Well one way to approach this is by asking the following;

• Are you a large organisation with multiple offices in a variety of countries?
• Are you looking for a standardised easy-to-use shared intranet communication platform for all your employees?
• Do you require a multi-language intranet with language translation technology? 
• Do you have a need to push global communications to each country using an alternative method than email?

If the answer to some, if not all, of these questions is yes then it’s an Enterprise-level Intranet that you need.

 Choosing Languages in Interact Enterprise Edition

Interact 4.0 has been developed from the outset with enterprise Intranets in mind.  Some of the many exciting features and benefits for larger organisations include;

• Multi-Lingual Support - Providing on-the-fly translation technology to help usability and communication in multiple languages.
• Localised Intranets - The ability to roll-out a new intranet per country or location using the same single platform with just a few clicks saving valuable IT time for deployment.
• Global Communication & Collaboration - Letting employees from multiple countries to communicate and collaborate promoting shared ideas and a sense of company cohesion.
• Employee Visibility - Providing your staff with full visibility of employee information from any country including click-through organogram structures improving inter-country communication.
• Email Reduction - Targeting rapid global communications through local intranets (per country) at low cost easing the traditional load on corporate email traffic and bandwidth.

by Steven Osborne, Odyssey Interactive Ltd

Having been able to get in the garden with the recent good weather (although this weekend it reset to typical Bank Holiday mode) I was contemplating the similarities between Intranet Management and horticulture.

Spring gives you the time to review the garden, to reflect on how it fared and the show it produced over the last year and to make plans for the seasons ahead.  What worked well, what combinations of colour and foliage worked, was there constant interest or were there times when the garden was merely functional not interesting?  What plants struggled to achieve their potential, could they be revived by moving them, or would their replacement by a more suitable plant be the answer?   Some plants will need replacing, so that a valuable spot in the garden produces a worthy display, others may benefit from some care or attention; pruning or fertilising in order for them to achieve their best.

Similar considerations can be given to the Intranet.  What sections have done well, what sections are looking tired and straggly.  Can it be refreshed through some judicious pruning, replanting, or is more radical surgery required.  Does the homepage look interesting and lively, or is some content past it best.  Do the paths signposted by your global navigation leads to areas of the intranet worth visiting or do they lead to long forgotten and abandoned sections, which if refreshed or replaced with more suitable content could make the intranet a more informative and productive place.

However, like with gardening, don't look for work.  Don’t look to do it all at once, and don’t just plan for one season.  Take the long term view, but do pay attention to those areas that detract from the overall objective.  The garden should be an interesting, productive, social space, so should the Intranet.

So take some time to look around, see what needs to be done and make plans and sow seeds for future success.