An intranet can be understood as "a private version of the Internet," or as a version of the Internet confined to an organisation. Intranets differ from "Extranets" in that the former are usually restricted to employees of an organisation while extranets can generally be accessed by customers, suppliers or other approved parties.
The truly effective intranet creates new channels of communication that overcome inefficient organisational structures and foster new forms of efficient collaboration. It serves as a model for a company centered around processes rather than departments, collaboration rather than closed doors.
Building an effective intranet means thinking about how tasks can be organised into processes, and how those processes can be carried out collaboratively by virtual work groups. The effective intranet is not only a tool, it is also a model for an efficient, process-centered organisation-a machine for doing business.
The Tower content publishing framework allows us to quickly develop Intra/Extranets, making this type of system accessible to both large corporates and small to medium sized enterprises.
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