Wednesday 15 June 2016

How to set up an intranet

By MASSAWE ARKADI

Any business, regardless of its size, can benefit from creating a simple company intranet to store important information and documents.

Planning an intranet
There are many important questions to consider when planning an intranet, including:
what size should it be
what functionality should it have
how much will it cost
who will be using the intranet – eg all staff or specific teams or departments
what will you use it for – eg file storage, collaborative working, bulletin board, etc
what type of documents or databases will it feature
what content will it hold and who will create, publish and manage it
Look at your requirements carefully to make sure your investment is worthwhile. It might help to speak to your staff and see which features they would find most useful in an intranet.

Technical considerations for intranets
Once you define the functionality you want, look at the technical aspects of developing an intranet. Think about things like:
how will it look and what templates will need to be devised
what content management system will you use
what other applications it needs to support
what security precautions need to be in place.

how much bandwidth you will need
The biggest consideration will be whether to create and host your intranet in-house or go with an alternative solution, such as cloud hosting, external hosting, or 'pay as you go' and commissioning solutions.

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