by Toby Ward | Dec 11, 2019
Tags: HIRE A CONSULTANT, intranet agency, INTRANET CONSULTANT, INTRANET CONSULTING, intranet firm
Like intranets, not all intranet consultants are created equal. Building or redesigning an intranet requires a lot of work that usually requires months, or often, years. The average intranet redesign requires 12 to 18 months. Perhaps more in larger organizations (or much less if you choose a hosted, out-of-the box solution). Additionally, if you decide […]
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by Toby Ward | Sep 27, 2018
Tags: Office 365, sharepoint, sharepoint 2019, SharePoint consultant, sharepoint intranet
Microsoft rules the enterprise technology market. Email, operating systems, office productivity tools (think Word and Office), and now the intranet, with Microsoft SharePoint. They don’t just want your business, they want to run your business, and own the digital workplace. Now some 17-years-old, SharePoint continues to rapidly grow and infiltrate the enterprise: 200,000+ organizations use […]
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by Toby Ward | May 21, 2018
Tags: Office 365, sharepoint, sharepoint 2019, sharepoint conference
“At the center of digital transformation, isn’t technology, it’s people,” says Seth Patton, GM, for Microsoft Office 365 Product Marketing, opening up this year’s SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. “It’s about fostering a culture of work and embracing workplace trends.” Good to know that Microsoft gets it; the intranet is more about people and process […]
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by Toby Ward | Nov 20, 2017
Tags: bayer intranet, cigna intranet, digital workplace content, digital workplace lessons, digital workplace webinar, google digital workplace, Google intranet, INTRANET CONSULTANT, intranet design, intranet webinar
Content is still king. If there was one over-arching lesson from the 2017 Digital Workplace & Intranet Global Forum is that content, in all its forms, should be the apple of any digital workplace manager’s eye. It’s what employees want, and why they visit the intranet. No one goes to the digital workplace because they […]
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by Toby Ward | Oct 23, 2017
Tags: cisco, godaddy, great intranets, H&R Block, intranet case studies, intranet conference
Great intranets come in many forms, and often look and feel different from one to another. There are, however, some common threads that link some of the great intranets: executive sponsorship, secure governance (and ownership), and great content, supported by solid content management. A look at some of the great intranets on display at the 2017 […]
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by Toby Ward | Jul 12, 2016
Tags: corporate portal, digital workplace, digital workplace consultant, intranet, INTRANET CONSULTANT, portal
The digital workplace is not an intranet on steroids, or a replacement of an intranet; or the next great enterprise portal, nor is it SharePoint. The digital workplace describes a work place of digitally interconnected tools used to get work done. It’s that simple. And yet, that complex. Digital Workplace Definition Many will claim […]
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