Lau Hesselbaek of J.Boye Ltd, hosts of the J.Boye Philadelphia conference we attended earlier this year, this week blogged about an emerging market trend he believes is evident toward focused intranet vendors  – even giving iD an honorable mention. He contends that ready-made solutions such as iD offer buyers an affordable and manageable alternative to ‘home-made, bolt on solutions’ – taking the headache out of building your own bespoke intranet.

He had this to say about iD:

Australian Intranet DASHBOARD is an off-the-shelf solution which allows the customer to design and tailor a comprehensive, fully fledged intranet using mainly drag and drop widgets and wizards. Shell specifically deployed Intranet Dashboard as a part of a strategy to reduce the number of applications they have.

Read the complete article here.

The new version of Intranet DASHBOARD (iD) is now available! This exciting new version -iD3-  includes an unprecedented level of new functionality and enhanced performance, making it easier than ever to create, deploy and manage a tailored intranet solution.

Including an all new content management system, flexible multi-tiered security model and powerful enterprise search engine all at no extra cost, iD 3 offers all the functionality of more complex bespoke systems, at a fraction of the price.

To trial iD 3, see our Tours and Demos page.

We have just released the results of our second annual Global Intranet Benchmarking Survey, which indicate a marked shift in the departmental ownership of intranets away from the IT departments into Marketing and Communications departments.

With more than 455 respondents globally, the survey is the most comprehensive evaluation of how companies communicate internally. This year’s survey has found that as companies grow to rely on their intranets for internal communication purposes there has been a shift in who manages the intranet. Click here to read more »