An intranet or extranet is absolutely no different from a website – because it is a web site. We use the term intranets and extranets to differentiate the fact that the content on these web sites is not for public consumption, but targeted at and meant for a ‘closed user group’ of staff.
We use the term intranet for a web site that can normally only be accessed within the existing network of a business – within a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN) behind an existing security provision such as a firewall. Usually intranet covers people in your business with desk-based jobs and PCs provided by the business.
If you have staff who need to access the content of your intranet from a non-business browser – say from home, a mobile device, a shared kiosk or even and internet café – we call it an extranet.
Below is a list of information about our Intranet & Extranet service. Once you decide if you need an intranet/extranet, click on the "Request A Quote" below. Alternatively you can ring us on 075 35609 811.
Investing Intranet
Security Assurance
Internal Communications
Businesses who don’t communicate with staff online tend to spend significant sums printing a whole heap of ‘stuff’:
- Newsletters
- Staff handbooks
- Staff telephone directories
- HR policy documents
- Holiday request forms, expenses forms, forms and more forms
- Internal reports, surveys etc
In a business of any size the list can be seemingly endless – any time somebody writes something important you need to print it. Migrate all this communication online and you’ll save money, save time and cut down a lot less trees.
Even the biggest document can be uploaded as a pdf and. another beauty of online information management is that it can be updated with just a few keystrokes.
For both intranets and extranets the content can be password protected which makes content much more secure than any printed equivalent that can get left lying around on a photocopier.
- Protected by a generic password
- Protected by an individual password
- Protected at varying levels of access
Password protection of content ensures that people can only see the amount or extent of content you want them to see. Thus there may be ‘all staff’ content, but also ‘departmental content’ or ‘board director only’ content.
Administrators and those who generate content can be given access in the same way, always subject to master ‘publishing’ approval to make sure content is ‘on message’.
More and more businesses are not just using their intranets and extranets for compliance and information purposes. Enlightened businesses with visions of a wider staff ‘community’ are using their online communication for a broad variety of functions:
- Email ‘blasts’ and SMS messaging to push to content
- Divisional or geographic self-administered micro sites
- Training, examinations and membership
- Internal online auctions
- Messaging forums and blogs
- Contact points for ideas and questions to leadership
- Video broadcast
An intranet or extranet can be as diverse and versatile as any website. At Vast Web Solution we believe they are the secret of great staff and internal communications that lead to enhanced productivity and profit
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