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| Is anyone out there working on an intranet (an internal corporate web
site)
| or have one up and running at their company? I'm curious about what types
| of features are being included on intranets these days.
I have worked on three Intranets -- two for Pacific Bell, and one for
Kaiser Permanente. One of the PB Intranets was designed for more effective
phone service in regard to customer inquiries. It consisted of framesets,
with the left frame being the Tables of Contents (it drilled-down to
different layers) and the right frame containing the content of the topic
the user chose. The Kaiser Intranet allowed high-end users to update a
database from the web, or to view other data, all in "real-time". (It was
very cool.)
One of the greatest capabilities I've seen in a database is being able to
change one's W-2, benefits package, dependents, 401K, or whatever other
personnel issues arise that normally require going to the personnel office.
Have FUN with it!!
Suzanne Maloon, Consultant
maloon -at- cdepot -dot- net
215 Mason Street
Jackson, CA 95642
209-223-1011
|
| We are currently designing our company intranet and deciding what content
| to place on it. The only other intranet site I've ever seen is for
Silicon
| Graphics.
|
| >From what I've seen and heard, some typical features are:
|
| * Benefits information
| * Employee phone numbers
| * What's New page
| * Company press releases
| * Forms (vacation requests, purchase requests, etc.)
| * Message from the President
| * Online versions of company newsletters
| * Company policies and procedures
| * Descriptive information about various company divisions
|
| We're also planning to put our company's stock price and a "Who to call
| if..." feature on our site.
|
| Has anyone heard of any other popular or unique features? Thanks in
advance
| for your feedback.
|
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