“We’re going mobile” – the future for Intranets

In a recent article, William Trout, director of internal communications at the U.S. bank BBVA Compass, raised some interesting questions about the future of the Corporate Intranet given the emergence of collaborative Web 2.0 technology and mobile ‘smartphone’ devices that enable the distribution of content remotely.

In the article, Trout suggests that to keep in touch with employees, organisations need to free the bulk of the Intranet from the desktop and work towards creating the exciting and engaging experience that corporate users deserve.

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Melitta

By | November 25th, 2010|Other resources|0 Comments
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‘Going Green’ with the help of the Intranet

Intranets have the opportunity to play a front line role in corporate efforts to combat global warming. That is according to the Intranet Benchmarking Forum’s (IBF) latest brieifing paper: ‘The green intranet’.

The document provides organisations with 10 tips for using the intranet to combat climate change and build environmental practices. It draws on real-life examples from organisations including: IBM, Aviva, BT, Highways Agency, Nokia, Yahoo! and Sun Microsystems.

Here are the IBF’s 10 tips in summary: 

  1. Automate administrative processes 
  2. Use web meetings to cut travel 
  3. Convert travellers into online collaborators 
  4. Use the intranet to enable telecommuting 
  5. Enable car pooling 
  6. Make more efficient use of office space to enable reductions in real estate 
  7. Migrate printed documents online 
  8. Engage employees in greening the organisation 
  9. Provide environmental performance data 
  10. Provide visibility of employees’ availability and whereabouts
Melitta
By | June 17th, 2009|Other resources|0 Comments
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