Hello charleshoo-ga
Sharing information can be conducted over an intranet with online
collaborative tools, which come in the form of off the shelf,
customisable turnkey solutions, or bespoke solutions which may or may
not be hosted with the software / programming company.
UK based Odyssey Interactive
http://www.odyssey-i.com/services/Intranet/Intranet_homepage.asp
Modules include
- Company notice boards
- Departmental home pages
- Classified ads
- Discussion forums
- Office reminders
- Task management
- Managements reporting
- Sales targets
- Customer problem / enquiry tracking
- Project management
- Time management
- Financial reporting
- CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and prospecting tools
- Social calendar
- Resource booking
- Expenses logging and reporting
- Time management
- Holiday booking and Sickness recording
"Interact is not an off-the-shelf product. Don't force your business
to fit a software package - benefit from a bespoke solution that fits
your way of working... Even the lowest investment yields a wide
selection of functionality. "Pick and Mix" Modules. Interact's
modular approach allows functions to be added to the core system"
Intranets.com (off the shelf solution)
http://www.intranets.com
Is a non-European company offering the following
http://www.intranets.com/ProductInfo/
"a complete suite of intranet tools that enhance collaboration,
productivity and communication. In addition, Intranets.com enables
secure access to your intranet and features a wide range of
administrative tools that help you maximize the effectiveness of your
intranet for your organization...
>Collaboration Tools:
- Document Management
- Online Calendar
- Members Directory
- Contacts Directory
- Polling Application
- Palm/Outlook Synchronization
>Communication Tools:
- Group Announcements
- Online Discussions
- My Mail Box
- Wireless Access
>Productivity Tools:
- Task Manager
- Expense Reports
- Group Links
- Extranet Options
Demo here http://www.intranets.com/Demo/
with a 30 day trial
UK Active Web Solutions the intranet specialists (bespoke solution)
http://www.aws.net/content/default.asp
offer intranet and extranet solutions
UK based Sorce (off the shelf solution)
http://www.sorce.biz
"SORCE is the ready-made intranet-extranet corporate portal that can
be fully configured within days. Delivering data, knowledge, and
applications to clients business partners and employees, SORCE gives
authorised users and administrators full control over access, menus
and content."
Functional and Technical Specifications
http://www.sorce.biz/productindex.stm
Discover.IT (bespoke solution)
http://www.discoverit.co.uk/webbusiness/intranets.htm
" Currently, we use the following tools for the development and
hosting of Intranet and Extranet applications:
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 5 and associated Server
products
- Microsoft Proxy Server 2
- Microsoft Site Server 3
- Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
- Microsoft Outlook 2002
- Microsoft Office 2002, including Microsoft Access 2002
- Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000
- ASP.NET
- Visual Studio .NET"
http://www.discoverit.co.uk/webbusiness/intranets3.htm
Advanced Extranet Server (needs dedicated administrators to set it up)
http://www.advx.org/
"The goal of the Advanced Extranet Server project is to create an
extensible open source web server based on Apache. Using a fully
modularized approach, system administrators can create an
intranet/extranet with only the functionality they need, or with all
the flexibility to accommodate the needs of different departments
within an organization."
UK based company providing turnkey solutions
Dynaportal
http://www.dynaportal.co.uk/corporations.cfm
"Dynaportal is a turn-key, information management solution for
companies of all sizes. Any company can benefit from its dynamic
content management features for the production and upkeep of
professional, informative corporate Web sites. Dynaportal can also
power robust Intranets for small to mid-sized companies or perform
departmental functions for large corporations. As an Extranet, it can
provide personalised, online customer service functions as well as a
variety of other roles."
UK Symponent's Employee Connex product
http://www.symponent.co.uk/employeeconnex.asp
"Aimed at companies with 20 or more employees within any industry
sector, EmployeeConnex is an Managed-Intranet solution which offers
businesses a coherent perspective of multi-layered information -
comprising of company, departmental and personal layers."
Their online demo is here
http://employeeconnex.symponent-files.com/
U.S. Mindbridge IntraSmart (turnkey)
http://www.mindbridge.com/
"IntraSmart is an "Instant Intranet" software solution that allows
organisations to set up an Intranet or add additional functionalities
to an existing Intranet."
Solarweb UK company implements intranets
http://www.solarweb.co.uk/intranets.htm
UK Minervasystems.co.uk (bespoke)
http://www.minervasystems.co.uk/intranet.htm
Styletech (bespoke solutions)
http://www.styletech.co.uk/
Intranet:
"Other application we provide include..
- project management
- management reporting
- employee expenses
- company notice board
- electronic diary
- employee locator
- task management"
Search Strategy:
extranet, extranets, intranet, intranets
http://www.ibrowse.co.uk
Yahoo! > Regional > Countries > United Kingdom > Business and Economy
> Business to Business > Computers > Communications and Networking >
Software > Intranet
http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Computers/Communications_and_Networking/Software/Intranet/
The requirements for recording your events or milestones for the
project teams will determine what kind of service provider you go for.
Perhaps you can feedback on the above so I can distill the research
further.
kind regards
lot-ga |
