Designing an Intranets

An intranet can be defined as a private version of the internet. It uses Internet technology and protocols to establish communication between internal clients through an internal server. The same clients and servers concepts used for Internet protocols are considered to build an intranet. Some of the Internet protocols most used are HTTP and FTP.

Media Genesis is a Michigan website development company that specializes in building corporate intranets and learning management systems, among other things. We have developed intranets for a variety of clients for more than ten years. We start by working with the client to build frameworks for the corporate intranet sites, then we take the blueprint and bring it to life.

Some fields in which intranets are especially useful include:

  • community banking intranets
  • health care intranets
  • intranets for medium to large companies

Some of benefits for utilizing an Intranet system within a company include:

  • Workforce efficiency: users can view and get info faster through an intranet. They can also have easy access to applications related with their positions.
  • Time: companies can distribute information to their employees quickly and efficiently.
  • Communication: useful way to communicate strategy, objectives and any other info throughout the company.
  • Web publishing: employee documents on procedures and other relevant information for each department can be published online. Also, employees can update each document to allow employees access to the latest version.
  • Business operations: users can use the intranet as a platform for developing and deploying applications to support their operations
  • Cost-effective: viewing information and data via web-browser saves on supply cost and time cost.
  • Encourage a distinctive culture: all the employees can see the same info through the Intranet
  • Improve teamwork: easy access to the info by all the registered users facilitates teamwork.
  • Cross-platform competence: standards-compliant web browsers are available for Windows, Mac, etc.

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