7 Signs Your Company Needs Cloud-Based Intranet
Summary
Alex Alexakis, founder of PixelChefs, says if a company doesn’t have a centralised platform to store and share information in a way that’s visible to all relevant parties, it can be hard to track progress, measure results, or identify problems. “We often faced issues such as losing important files or messages in the clutter of our inboxes, having difficulty aligning our goals and strategies across different teams and departments, and receiving negative feedback from our clients due to delays and errors,” says Alexakis. “With the rise of remote work and employees operating from various locations around the country—and sometimes around the globe—it can be difficult to access mission-critical systems that weren’t designed for a geographically dispersed workforce,” says Daniel Smith, founder and CEO of EmbedWiz. This allows for accommodating growing user bases, additional functionalities, and increased data storage, “ensuring that the companys communication and collaboration platform can support its evolving requirements without the constraints of physical infrastructure limitations.” 6. • Highly bespoke but costly to get started and to maintain • Flexible but taxing on your IT department to continually tailor and update • Ability to integrate with whatever systems you use if you have the right technical expertise but you’re accountable for security issues Meanwhile, off-the-shelf intranets also have their own pros and cons: • Simple to set up but less value for your spend if you don’t use all the included features • Easy to use but you may need to adapt your processes to fit the system’s functionality • Cheap in the short term but more costly if your business needs become more complex and you need multiple solutions to address them While you always have the choice of either option, certain organisational factors may make one of the options more suitable.
