Home > Browse Research > Technology & Media > Software & Enterprise Computing > Internet Applications > Intranets

Intranets: market research reports

An intranet is a secure private network used by businesses to share information internally. Though they are most often used in a corporate setting, intranets are also used by universities and other organizations. These sites are not accessible by the general public and require authentication through the use of a virtual private network commonly referred to as a VPN. This remote access provides seamless network integration for employees who may telecommute or travel.

Some enterprises may use an intranet to provide tools and applications which enhance employee productivity.

Some examples of these are project or customer relationship management programs. Intranets can also be an interface for a document repository. Targeted content can also include more basic information such as a directory or company calendar.

Intranets provide many benefits to businesses, such as web publishing and workforce productivity. These gateways to the internet can be customized for users and used to promote corporate culture. Users are able to interface and communicate with one another very efficiently and collaborate by sharing documents and information.

Potential advantages to a corporate intranet strategy include reduction in accounting, training and marketing costs. Once an intranet is initially set up, it is easy to use and inexpensive and is scalable to accommodate a changing organization.

An intranet portal may also have an extranet as a counterpart. In contrast to an enterprise intranet, an extranet provides information that may be accessed by a group outside of the organization, such as clients, vendors or other approved users. This is similar to an intranet in that authentication is still required. Also, an extranet can be customized for the intended audience.

Intranets market research reports and industry analysis

Collaboration case study: Southeastern Railway 3/13/2013 \| published by: MWD Advisors ... considering or actively working with collaboration technology understand how others have worked to obtain benefits from collaboration technology, and how they have worked to overcome challenges that have arisen along the way. All our case ... \| read more...	$290.00
Collaboration case study: LexisNexis 2/27/2013 \| published by: MWD Advisors ... case study reports are designed to help organisations considering or actively working with collaboration technology understand how others have worked to obtain benefits from collaboration technology, and how they have worked to overcome challenges that ... \| read more...	$290.00
Collaboration Case Study: Aviva 2/26/2013 \| published by: MWD Advisors ... considering or actively working with collaboration technology understand how others have worked to obtain benefits from collaboration technology, and how they have worked to overcome challenges that have arisen along the way. All our case ... \| read more...	$290.00
Collaboration Case Study: Business Environment 2/6/2013 \| published by: MWD Advisors ... designed to help organisations considering or actively working with collaboration technology understand how others have worked to obtain benefits from collaboration technology, and how they have worked to overcome challenges that have arisen along the ... \| read more...	$290.00
Survey of Corporate Use of Twitter and Other Microblogging Services 3/1/2012 \| published by: Primary Research Group ... spending on consultants, use of staff time, plans for advertising spending and the breakdown of use between Twitter and all other microblogging services. The report helps companies to answer questions such as: how often do ... \| read more...	$179.00
Conducting an Information Security Gap Analysis 7/1/2011 \| published by: Faulkner Information Services ... analysis have been developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The standards represent guidelines for the process ... \| read more...	$220.00
Strategic Capabilities Architecture 3/1/2011 \| published by: Faulkner Information Services ... to competitive situations. A Strategic Capabilities Architecture (SCA) is an enterprise infrastructure design that can enhance flexibility, adaptability, growth, and responsiveness. It is a top level architecture, based on the strategic goals of the enterprise, ... \| read more...	$220.00
Do you really want 2.0 with your intranet? 5/25/2010 \| published by: Ovum Plc ... implemented by organizations for the betterment of the business. While such tools are generally viewed by users in isolation, in an enterprise context they can form a significant part of the organization’s knowledge base. To ... \| read more...	$395.00
Greening the Company Website: A New Era in Sustainability Reporting 1/7/2010 \| published by: AltaTerra Research ... community-building tools that keep stakeholders up-to-date and involved. In this study, we evaluated the websites of sixty companies recognized as sustainability leaders and distilled eight essential attributes common to effective online communication and engagement. Many ... \| read more...	$398.00
Mobile Enterprise 2.0: Connecting, Sharing, Collaborating 3/17/2009 \| published by: IDC ... Are mobile clients for these solutions relevant? Are they too early? What will the overall impact be? Companies covered in this Insight include IBM Lotus, Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Plaxo, Research In Motion (RIM), and others. \| read more...	$500.00
IT Assessment: All about SharePoint-Bundled 10/16/2008 \| published by: Info-Tech Research Group ... What is the technology or process? How will I benefit from implementing this? What are the risks? What pitfalls should I avoid? How do I get started? Featuring: SharePoint Fit Decision Tool This downloadable Excel ... \| read more...	$195.00
How to Build an Innovative Company:Social Networks Continue to Offer Untapped Enterprise Value 10/1/2008 \| published by: Yankee Group ... necessary steps to achieve their Anywhere vision. The danger is that in the pursuit of innovation and flexibility, we will trade a host of known management and resource problems (e.g., lack of creativity, meetings galore) ... \| read more...	$1,495.00
The 2009-2014 World Outlook for Corporate Wiki Applications 9/20/2008 \| published by: Icon Group International, Inc. ... in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric ... \| read more...	$795.00
You’re So Vain, You ProbablyThink This Blog Is About You 8/18/2008 \| published by: Yankee Group If your business blog doesn’t demonstrate ROI for your company, let your company bloggers blog elsewhere. \| read more...	$995.00
Scouting the Evolution of Corporate Social Networks 8/1/2008 \| published by: Yankee Group ... see applications like Facebook growing at a torrid pace and they feel that there must be some opportunity for them in this burgeoning online world. Yet the knowledge that something “big” is going on is ... \| read more...	$1,495.00
How Do Information Workers Look for Information? 6/11/2008 \| published by: IDC ... the possibilities that the technologies offer, or that the technologies themselves do not deliver what they promise. This study explores where users are going for their information, how long they are spending on their searches, ... \| read more...	$1,500.00
AT&T's Internet Protect Now Comes Spiced with Intranet Flavor (Competitive Intelligence Report) 10/10/2007 \| published by: Current Analysis Inc. AT&T continues its expansion of security products, adding Private Intranet Protect to its services roster, adding another niche to what the company can cover when it comes to security. \| read more...	$249.00
AT&T Adds Transaction Optimization to Hosting with AT&T Application Acceleration Offer (Competitive Intelligence Report) 6/6/2007 \| published by: Current Analysis Inc. ... adds a series of optimization and acceleration techniques for its AT&T Application Acceleration package. AT&T has a clear target market - e-commerce and intranet for starters - and a compelling message to minimize abandoned transactions. \| read more...	$249.00
Unified Access Case Study: Bel Groupe Gets the Whole Cheese with Exalead 11/21/2006 \| published by: IDC ... It takes more than simple links to integrate disparate information sources. Bel Groupe, an international cheese maker, launched its corporate intranet by connecting more than 40 IBM Lotus Domino and relational databases from its marketing, ... \| read more...	$1,500.00
Pushing the Boundaries of On-line Collaboration - The Web-based Collaboration Services Market 10/19/2006 \| published by: Frost & Sullivan ... paradigm. The environmental drivers and enablers are examined to understand the history and background from which this new class of service has come. The varying types of technology and tools deployed in services now available ... \| read more...	$6,000.00
Collaboration Central to Distributed Data Stewardship (Advisory Report) 7/17/2006 \| published by: Current Analysis Inc. Collaboration is central to distributed data stewardship. Organizations should provide collaborative environments for stakeholders to address issues concerning how master corporate data is acquired, cleansed, processed, managed, and used. \| read more...	$249.00
North American Enterprise E-mail and Instant Messaging Solution Markets 6/30/2006 \| published by: Frost & Sullivan ... also examines the various factors that impact growth of e-mail and IM markets in North America. It discusses the main market, technological and competitive trends, as well as the key market drivers and restraints. In ... \| read more...	$6,000.00
Delivering High-Speed Mobile Internet/Intranet Services: The Role for 3G and Public WLAN 8/16/2004 \| published by: Analysys Mason ... of 3G now enables mobile operators to offer wide-area high-speed services. Given the lack of attractive small-screen GSM/GPRS/W-CDMA handsets, many European operators have launched 3G with high-speed Internet/intranet services for PC datacards, targeted primarily at ... \| read more...	$999.60