Must Have Resources For Intranet Professionals In 2009

18th April, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 13 Comments

If you’re looking to build an Intranet or improve on the one you already maintain, check out these great resources that can help in your efforts. Some require registration to access and participate and others are for purchase only, but they can really assist in the decision making process of any selection or updates to your Intranet. Read More

Good Read — A Twitter Primer from Ragan

12th April, 2009 - Posted By Dan Kneeshaw - No Comments

From time to time I am going to reference good reads that I come across, and this is the first of those.  I want to pass this on to our readers because this is one of the better descriptions I have read regarding the phenomenon known as “Twitter“.  Lindsey Miller from Lawrence Ragan Communications recently published the article  A » Read More

Top 10 Must Haves For Every Good Intranet

9th April, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 15 Comments

Okay Intranet fans, here it is…the 2009 completely unofficial list of must have functionality for every Intranet: {drumroll please….} Read More

Bringing Twitter Functionality Inside The Firewall To Your Intranet

5th April, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 3 Comments

Many Intranet professionals are already leveraging the power of Twitter to market their activities outside of the firewall, but few have taken the next step add microblogging as a feature to their organizational Intranet. Luckily, the great folks at the Laconica project are building an open source microblog application that can easily be installed in both Windows and Unix/Linux environments and rolled out in a matter of hours. Read More

Document Management vs. Content Management vs. Knowledge Management Part 1 – Understanding Document Management

4th April, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 1 Comment

Document Management, Content Management, and Knowledge Management are three very nebulous terms that get thrown around a lot when discussing the functionality and requirements of an Intranet. Unfortunately, concrete definitions of these terms are hard to come by since the terms often mean different things to different organizations. In an effort to build a common understanding of the terms, let’s break down each of the terms and look closely at how they inter-relate. The first article in this series focuses specifically on Document Management. Read More

Why Intranet Governance?

2nd April, 2009 - Posted By Dan Kneeshaw - 1 Comment

The issue of “Governance” seems to always be one of the popular topics at Intranet Portal conferences. It is also a frequent point of discussion within the Intranet professionals group of which I am a member. As an introduction to the concept of Governance I simply want to focus on providing a little clarity around » Read More