How an Intranet Improves Businesses
eBusiness Technologies EBUS/400
June 23, 2008
How an Intranet Improves Businesses
Communication is the key to conducting business successfully. Internal communication to employees affects the overall effectiveness of a company. All departments and functions of the company work on improving the communication form one department to another. The increase in global business presents new challenges to internal communication. The intranet introduces a communication method to resolve the challenges of effective internal communication. An intranet offers a company the ability to increase the speed of communication, productivity of employees and reduce communication cost. The intranet is a key contributor for a company to separate from competitors. In order to understand how a business is able to improve using an intranet, this paper addresses an explanation of an intranet. The functions of an intranet explain the value of the communication tool. The benefits of an intranet conclude the understanding of business improvements.
Explanation of an intranet
Companies have realized the implementation of an intranet improves the communication in all departments. The dependency of an intranet for businesses has increased throughout the years. The difference between the internet and the intranet reflects the user and communication needs. The internet is a worldwide communication network allowing individuals to access information and communicates to each other via a computer. The SearchWinDevelopment.com Definitions (200-2008) stated, “The Internet is a public, cooperative, and self-sustaining facility accessible to hundreds of millions of people worldwide” (para. 1-3). The internet allows all publics to access and view information. An intranet is an internal network within a business accessible only by specific individuals. Businesses do develop websites available to vendors and customers to facilitate business needs. According to Dave...