An intranet is a restricted and private communications network hosted online. Each intranet is typically accessible by a specific group of people, such as the members of a team or company. Employee intranets exist to provide staff with a centralized location to work together, share media, communicate, train, provide and receive feedback, or otherwise collaborate on a variety of tasks.
Employee intranet solutions allow companies to cherry-pick or bundle features from other types of software like internal communications software or business content management software. If the intranet doesn’t provide a feature natively, it will often integrate with common or frequently used software solutions and enable users to access it from inside the intranet portal.
To qualify for inclusion in the Employee Intranet category, a product must:
Provide access to, or the ability to create, an online portal with predefined access
Allow for collaboration, communication, and file sharing within defined groups
Be customizable