An Intranet benefit companies and enterprises in many ways. Here are the 6 major benefits from building an intranet computer network. In March 2010, Javacatz begins Phase II of the expansion of the global Tai Ping Carpets Intranet system. The system was successfully launched in 2009.
Reduces Cost
An obvious intranet benefit is its cost-effective feature which it gets from the paperless environment.
Saves Time
With information residing in only one place - in the intranet Web server - it is also relatively easier and quicker to add new information or to update existing information to make it instantly available. The intranet also results in time saving for the company by providing timely and rapid access to information, information discovery by anyone in need, Just In Time (JIT) and on-demand.
Increases Collaboration
Intranet applications can enhance the communication and collaboration of company employees from just-in-time publishing, knowledge sharing to virtual team working.
Increases Productivity and Effectiveness
Building an intranet can vastly benefit the company by increasing productivity and effectiveness. It increases the productivity by faster, easier, more flexible and open communication through a suite of standard, easy to use, powerful, and rich facilities, rapid transmission and feedback and one-to-one, many-to-many dialogs etc.
Integrated and Distributed Computing Environment
Intranet can fully support a distributed computing architecture due to the Internet and World Wide Web architecture it uses. So the intranets Web server/s that stores information of the intranet can support various operating systems, computer types which allows every user to access information sources.
Rich in Format
Unlike the traditional paper-based documents, intranet provides a wide variety of media types, which include audio, video, and interactive applications.