The last thing any small business needs is inefficiency. To become and stay competitive, you need to ensure everyone is working well as a team. That means cutting out any duplication of effort, encouraging better sharing of information, and getting input from all the right people - all without wasting time.
Has this ever happened to you? You're on your way to an important client meeting, but everyone has different versions of the product brochure - or worse, the price list. If you pick the wrong version, you look stupid in front of the client, and you risk losing the deal.
A company Intranet can help.
So how do you ensure everyone in the company is working from the right versions of key documents? One option is to base your working around an intranet website. This is a website that is only accessible to employees within the company - as opposed to an internet site, which is visible to the outside world.
An intranet site looks and operates exactly the same as a website outside; so if you're familiar with the web, there's nothing to fear. And with the latest versions of common software such as Word and Excel, running an intranet site becomes as easy as saving a file to your hard disk.
Microsoft Small Business Server includes SharePoint which makes it easy for small businesses to run their own Intranet. Office 2007 has special tools that enable your work force to easily integrate with SharePoint and your intranet.
