Intranet News & Articles

To Be, or Not To Be: Intranet Justification

An intranet is a community — made up of technology and personnel — that represents and supports an organization's collective knowledge and culture. And as such, the benefits of an intranet are not always apparent. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Are Your Visitors Seeing What You Think?

A remarkable study measuring the hummingbird-like behavior of your site's visitors is being used by some to generate two to three times the response rate from visitors, at little cost to site owners. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Sending E-Mail from Your PHP Applications

As a follow-up to our series on building a PHP content management system, we offer a look at how to use PHP's mail() function to send e-mail from within an application. (read more at Intranet Journal)

The Problem with Jack-Of-All-Trades Intranets

The lack of a focused goal may cause intranet developers and content owners to over-develop, resulting in a Jack-of-all-trades system, when a much smaller solution would suffice — and is probably preferred. Jack-of-all-trades intranets are the Swiss Army knives of IT — they can contain any number of tools, and can be used to solve countless problems. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Intranet New Year's Resolutions

While a failure to carry out New Year's resolutions may have a more profound effect on you than anyone else, a failure to carry out intranet initiatives will impact an entire user community. So why not kick off the New Year by saying, "This year I resolve to..." (read more at Intranet Journal)

Optimizing Apache Server Performance

Squeezing the most performance out of your Apache server can make difference in how your Web site or intranet functions and the impression it makes. We look at configuration and installation, two areas where you have the most control. (read more at Intranet Journal)

The Politics of Intranet Ownership

What is the biggest challenge to achieving intranet success? You might be inclined to answer "technology" or "budgets," but in reality, it is politics. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Maintaining Your Intranet During the Holidays

If your business needs to continue to operate throughout holidays then so must your intranet. This is especially true if you're running an international operation where the local significance of the holidays may mean little elsewhere. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Designing an Intranet User Survey

A survey is an excellent tool to keep in touch with the changing needs of the user community, and to help intranet owners gather requirements for improving and advancing an intranet. (read more at Intranet Journal)

The Pros and Cons of Third-Party Intranet Hosting

What's the big difference between internal and external intranet hosting? Well, it's basically the same as the difference between buying your own house and renting an apartment. (read more at Intranet Journal)