Building a Business Case for your new Intranet
Making a case for building or redesigning your company’s intranet in the current climate can be tricky. With senior management scrutinising every penny spent in an organisation you have to be able to prove that the investment in a new or improved intranet solution is going to bring a clear return on investment and not [...]
How companies are using Interact Teams to improve group collaboration
In our recent intranet webinar we heard Charlotte from G4S talking about how they have been using Interact Teams to help business units and groups of people come together to improve economies of scale in the company. G4S is a leading international security company that employs 635,000 employees in over 125 countries. They initially struggled [...]
Why intranets need to be intelligent
As intranets become more collaborative and intranet products allow increasingly more decentralisation of content management, they grow in size at a rapid rate. It is then more and more imperative that the content on the intranet is A) easy to find and B) pushed to the relevant person. Increasing the relevance of content saves time [...]
Innovative ways Housing Associations are using their intranet to produce fantastic business benefits
The 2011 Intranet Excellence awards attracted the highest standard of entries to date. We were so impressed with the inspiring ways Interact Intranet users have been using their intranet we are giving them the recognition they deserve and sharing them with you. Housing Association intranets are an area of expertise for us and the entries in [...]
Where does your intranet fit in your ICT Strategy?
The Coalition Government recently published its long awaited ICT Strategy – with a clear focus on eliminating incompatible, ineffective and duplicate IT systems from the public sector. The plans are clearly designed to challenge the increasingly flawed name that ICT has with the public, particularly the botched projects that have cost taxpayers more than £26bn [...]
Interact Teams – the smarter way to work together on your intranet
We recently hosted the highly successful Interaction 2011 intranet conference in London. Preparing for this was a mammoth job, requiring people with unique skills from across the company. Marketing, sales, training, pre-sales, company IT, admin, client services and the finance departments were all involved. Several people who work predominantly out of the office were playing key [...]
Reward staff with peer-to-peer recognition on your intranet
At Interact we believe that no kind act should go unrewarded. We believe that people benefit from being able to reward each other and that your business environment, people’s motivation and ultimately the efficiency and productivity of your business can be massively improved with the simple step of recognising hard work and positive attitudes. Setting [...]
Why is your intranet like the Royal Wedding?
In case you haven’t heard, or have just arrived from Mars, Prince William is marrying Kate Middleton on Friday. Although there are notable differences between your intranet and the much-hyped ceremony, there are also three uncanny similarities… Reason 1: Security is Paramount The estimated cost to put in place security for the upcoming wedding is [...]
We take an in-depth look at The Intranet Management Handbook, by Martin White
When we heard Martin White – Managing Director of information management and intranet management consultancy, Intranet Focus Ltd was releasing a new book called ‘The Intranet Management Handbook’ we couldn’t wait to read the latest addition to his portfolio of publications. After Martin very kindly sent a couple of copies of the book to the [...]
What’s new in Interact Intranet version 4.8 – Interview with Simon Dance, Product Manager
We have grilled our Product Manager, Simon Dance about all the new features in Interact Intranet version 4.8, that are guaranteed to help your business work smarter, no matter what size it is. Simon Dance, Product Manager What’s new in version 4.8 of Interact Intranet Simon? “We have three new major features – Interact Answers, [...]
