If not, it’s time to get acquainted…

The iD Desktop Assistant acts as a centralized point for instant access to the latest items requiring administrator approval before being published. Rather than searching on a per-tool basis and risk missing valuable input from employees, the iD Desktop Assistant automatically locates and lists all outstanding front end submissions and alerts administrators.

It also includes a multi-file upload option also enables administrators to quickly and easily upload any number of files simultaneously to the intranet. This includes the replication of entire folder structures to applications such as Document Manager, Image Library, Content Publisher and Digital Assets Library.

iD Desktop Assistant makes maintaining your governance strategy easy, saves you time and enhances collaboration, helping you get the most out of iD. It is available as a free added extra with your installation of Intranet DASHBOARD 2.2 and above. For more information, see the iD Extras on the iD Help Site.

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 »

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Building an intranet is not for the faint-hearted. Being internal resources, intranets tend to evolve rapidly and reflect the changing focus that a line-of-business has as it iterates towards gathering and presenting the data and intelligence it needs online to function.

The result of this evolution is that the IT guys are going to need antidepressants due to the extra workload. That is, unless they have a tool kit that can provide an easily edited and managed framework.

Such a framework is what Intranet DASHBOARD (iD) is all about. Click here to read more »