E-Marketing - Are there any Inexpensive Intranet Options? from Levon: MarketingProfs Question 34175

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Are There Any Inexpensive Intranet Options?

Posted by Levon on 6/28/2010 at 1:02 PM ET 1000 Points

I want to launch an Intranet in order to build a more cohesive internal communication effort throughout our organization. Are there any cheap or free options out there that anyone on this forum has come across or is currently using?

You would think in the age of 2k10 that someone has built a free model. I have been trying to research this topic and have found very little out there.

Not looking for a social media site like Ning or a Project Management Software for Collaboration efforts as these are different from the Corporate Intranet that I am after. I have heard of Joomla being a good option via forums - but there is very little examples or evidence of this due to the private nature of an Intranet.

Would enjoy your ideas and stories of what has worked for you. This question is worth a 1000 points!

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Posted on 6/28/2010 at 4:30 PM Accepted

https://openatrium.com/ is an open source developed by Drupal and Mindtouch has a core product that is free as well as an intranet option- https://www.mindtouch.com/Solutions/Intranet_Solution- that may be priced favorably depending on how you want to use it.

I know some people have used Wordpress for an Intranet now that it is being touted as a CMS. See https://stylizedweb.com/2009/07/10/plugins-that-make-wordpress-into-a-compa.... This doesn't tell you too much other that someone is using Wordpress for an Intranet.

Nielsen's report gives you good info about what others are doing on intranets and design ideas, etc. https://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/design/

I also know Sitecore has an Intranet product-https://www.sitecore.net/en/Products/Sitecore-Intranet-Portal.aspx- that has everything built for you- not sure of costs and your platform but it cuts down on doing alot of the work yourself.

And then there is this blog about 8 open source solutions for intranets: https://blog.webdistortion.com/2009/11/05/8-free-and-open-source-intranet-s...

And this blog on Intranet 2.0 on the cheap- https://intranetblog.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2010/6/3/4544211.html

I am assuming you do not have Sharepoint as that is another viable solution for intranets.

Good luck.
Posted by Levon on 6/28/2010 at 6:55 PM Author

Thanks Patricia for sharing these great resources. You must have done this before yourself.
Posted by Levon on 6/30/2010 at 1:23 PM Author

There is a lot of good open source technologies reccomended here - Thanks very much Patricia, Stlubahn and MB.

This has been a very fruitful discussion.

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