Do you want an Intelligent Search Engine?
Interact 4, unlike some intranet searches, searches ALL content on your intranet including: staff directory, categories, managed documents and plug-in software.
Interact Intranet Feature List
Interact has 100s of simple to use features. Outlined below is an extensive list of these features - all of which are built into the core product. Click to see the 'Full Features List'
Power Features
CMS and Homepage Builder
Interact provides an easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor which allows non-technical users to create attractive and fully 'AA' compliant web pages with minimum training. Choose between 'advanced add' and a step-by-step wizard, and view audit trails with rollback. The product includes all the standard tools you would expect plus; drag and drop picture editing, hyperlink manager, pre-designed smart templates, mandatory read capability, and expiry and review dates with prompts to remind authors that action is required. With Interact you can create many flexible homepage layouts and use over 40 pre-built homepage widgets.
Interact Intelligence Store
Interact includes an intelligence store which anonymously logs every mouse click, learns, adapts and understands how all your content is linked together on the intranet. It then uses its intelligence store to drive collaboration and communication by making relevant suggestions of similar content to users. Importantly it also monitors searches and feedback alerts to continuously improve the findabillity and quality of content.
Enterprise Architecture
Interact has been designed with large enterprise intranets in mind. It is a fully scalable platform and has a sophisticated blueprinting ability so that you can create multiple sites in different languages that have 'shared content' and staff directories. Its global and local administration capabilities make it both easy to use and manage. Interact allows cross country collaboration and aids knowledge sharing and best practice.
Workflow and Forms Application Builder
Interact has a powerful tool to model processes or replicate paper forms and add sophisticated rule based workflow. Use a drag and drop interface to create attractive layouts and any standard field type such as; drop down boxes, radio buttons, date pickers, and file attachments. Link to third-party databases, extract data and make business decisions. Send immediate sign-off alerts and customise completion emails. Export to CSV, ensuring your data can be imported into excel or other databases.
Intelligent Intranet Search
Interact contains a revolutionary search based on its unique intelligence store. It searches all the content on the intranet including the staff directory, calendars, and applications. The search incorporates adaptive learning capabilities and continually optimises search results. Search results can be ranked on a number of criteria including; popularity, keyword density, and ratings. Advanced and Quick search and enables you to use filters to only see a particular type of search results such as blog posts, or calendar entries. Key users can manually influence search results and promote specific content by using 'best bets'.
My Widget
Interact comes with a homepage widget which actively promotes content that users have an interest in by displaying any comments made on users' blogs or blogs they are subscribed to. Similarly, comments on articles the user has commented on and any 'favourite' documents. This means that users are kept up to date with any new posts and can follow progress without having to go and actively seek out the information. 'My Widget' gives users the ability to integrate their personal favourites easily into the intranet and helps avoid information overload by showing them information relevant to them.
Accessibility Tools
Interact is a fully 'AA' compliant out-of-the-box intranet and has been audited and approved by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) for achieving an impressive level of functional accessibility for all users including people with sight problems, hearing, mobility and cognitive impairments. The product makes use of the latest web technologies such as multimedia, while at the same time accommodating the needs of those who have difficulty with or are unable to use these technologies.
Statistics and Search Analytics
Interact contains a unique set of advanced search and statistics metrics which allows you to measure your intranet's return on investment and support your staff in day-to-day work by ensuring your intranet search returns effective results. It helps you understand how users interact with your intranet and enables you to see how effective your intranet content is. You can easily find out which searches yield poor results so that missing content can be added to the intranet. Warnings are automatically sent when content or intranet use is poor and when content is missing keywords.
Interact Intranet Full Feature List
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‘Easy Add’ Content Wizard |
| Non technical users can add articles that have a BBC style with related links and images | |
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Pre-built content templates (inc. Homepage banners and document templates) |
| Allowing you to easily create stunning intranet content without any design or technical skills | |
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Live Document preview |
| WYSIWYG view of the document as you build it | |
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Automatic Content Profiling |
| Recommends how you catalogue the content, improving Intranet Taxonomy | |
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Content rating |
| Allow users to rate content (Amazon style) and provide a better quality intranet | |
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Keyword Picker |
| An intelligent Keyword suggestion tool ensures the content you add can be easily found | |
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Interact Recommends |
| Uses Interact Intelligence store to automatically recommend content to the users | |
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Document Feedback |
| Allow users to comment on documents - ensuring up-to-date and relevant content | |
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Video library |
| Include videos (for example best practice, training, etc...) | |
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Intelligent Search Engine |
| Search includes all Intranet content and features such as 'best bets'. Read More.... | |
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Spell Check |
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RSS News Feeds |
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Upload PDF, doc, xls, ppt and many other file formats |
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Integrate PowerPoint documents into homepages |
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Integrate movies into intranet |
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Content staging / approval and alerts |
| Ensure content is signed off by authorised users before publication | |
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Media Manager |
| Takes care of all image sizing, cataloging for images, icon library, videos and flash files | |
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Image categorisation |
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Create unlimited intelligent content sections |
Content sections can be created easily with their own homepages, such as:
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Live Graphs |
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Create Departmental Areas |
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WAI 'AA' Compliance |
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Create security / access rights on an article, category or section |
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Profile content by user, department or group |
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Mandatory Read Statistics |
| Ensure critical information is read by those who need to see it.Creates a ‘digital signature’ on documents and articles | |
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Glossary builder |
| Index and group content alphabetically to create glossary of terms or documents | |
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Clever linker (AJAX) |
| Create links to other documents in the site | |
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Enables multiple language areas |
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Show recently added content |
| Create areas to highlight the latest content in graphically appealing elements | |
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My Homepage element |
| Users can create their own homepage area that dynamically pulls information from other areas of the intranet and shows staff favourites, last viewed content, and other useful information. |
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Searchable Staff Directory |
| Search by name, title, job description, interests, or staff skills | |
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Staff Favourites |
| List the staff that you contact on a regular basis and check their movements / send instant messages and get quick access to their contact details | |
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Update own profile - 'MyPage' |
| Users can update their own profile and choose the style they see the intranet in (such as large font). They can also add their own page to the intranet about their job and interests and add a blog | |
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Add additional fields |
| Such as car registration, staff number, language skills | |
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Join / set-up social groups |
| A great way to manage company football clubs or interest groups | |
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List articles added by user |
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Staff skills search |
| Quickly search for staff with key business skills |
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Interact Messenger |
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Discussion Board |
| Create discussion board for business or social purposes. Such as ideas boards, buy / sell boards. Profile the latest articles added to these boards on the homepages | |
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WIKI / Blogs |
| WIKI - Create an area that many people can edit and update and track changes Blog* - Set up a blog for the CEO / MD to communicate on a regular basis the latest news within the company or use it for staff to let other people know what they have been doing on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. | |
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Feedback Board |
| Allow all users to have a say | |
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Ideas board |
| Share ideas, best practice | |
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Review documents |
| Add discussions to documents and articles | |
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Sale / wants area |
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Message forums |
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Classified Ads Board |
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Corporate Calendar* |
| Communicate the latest events timetable - set up as many calendar's as you wish such as Social, product, or marketing. | |
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Corporate Events Logger |
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Meeting Logger |
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Transactional messaging |
| Ensure key workflow messages are not lost. Sign off forms, content, holidays, expenses and many other key forms through the Interact alerts. | |
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Voting and Polling system |
| Collect employees’ views and measure the effectiveness of your intranet | |
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SMS Messaging system* |
| You can send a message to a colleague’s mobile from your desktop through the intranet | |
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Integrates with SKYPE |
Intranet Admin/Technology & Build
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DDA 'AA' Compliant |
Did you know that it is the Law you must not discriminate against people when building an intranet or website?Charities recommend AA compliance. Interact is the only mainstream provider offering AA compliance. | |
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Web 2.0 Technology |
| Interact features the latest in Web 2.0 technology and is built in .Net | |
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Multiligual Interface and content |
| The whole intranet (including administration) can be converted to any language | |
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Configurable Menus |
| Easily add top level menus with categories and sub categories | |
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Easily Create / Manage Homepages |
| Build your own homepages for different groups/departments or sections with the WYSIWIG homepage editor | |
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Multilevel Menu creation |
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Dropdown Menus |
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Manage / add Departments |
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Intranet Updates |
| Software updates automatically made available through intranet on a regular basis | |
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Manage links to 3rd Party web applications |
| Easily add links on the intranet to applications on your systems | |
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Trial additional applications for free |
| Choose when you want to look at expanding your intranet and trialling new software for free | |
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Manage / add bespoke applications |
| You can develop your own applications and integrate to the Interact security. Interact 4 has its own API | |
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Create Multiple Styles |
| Set Intranet look and feel by user Create different styles for separate branches or subcompanies | |
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Control access permissions |
| Control the access permissions to applications or areas by users, groups or departments | |
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Create / Manage Homepage for different user groups |
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Create different styles for separate branches or subcompanies | |
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Intranet alerts / messaging |
| Alerts are sent to a users intranet desktop for sign-off - used in many of the workflow applications and for content sign-off | |
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Sitemap |
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Integrates to Microsoft user security |
| No additional sign-on to the intranet once you are logged into your Intranet | |
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Links with Microsoft Exchange |
| Enables users to view email in the intranet and link to other users' calendars | |
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Active Directory synchronisation |
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Auto-Login |
| Automatically logs users into the intranet based on your Windows login | |
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Published open source API |
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IE 6 + compatible |
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Firefox compatible |
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Compatible with Apple Mac |
* Premium feature. Not included in the core product.
