365Appz Intranet Review

Business Problem: Very Long Development Timelines

SharePoint Intranet projects take a long time to complete. An average intranet project lasts anywhere from 6 months to 18 months. The sheer length of the implementation is an issue in many organizations. During this period, an organization can go through extensive changes, thereby changing the original requirement. Strategic priorities can change and new services can be added. New developments in technology can occur and new tools come into use. Employee needs and preferences can change. With this much timeline, there is a risk that intranet can run out of date, even before it is officially launched.

Solution – 365appz is an intranet in a box solution that has immensely reduced the intranet deployment time from months to days or even hours. It offers a complete set of fully-tested designs, templates, applications, and features. This means an intranet can be rapidly deployed with a full set of capabilities. Far less time now needs to be spent on developing and testing custom features. 365appz can be configured on SharePoint On-Premise version of 2013/16 and SharePoint Online with Office 365.

Features – Ready to Go intranet solution with zero coding required

Business Problem: Low Employee Engagement

Many businesses find it a trying process to engage their employees over the intranet, despite huge intranet investments. Businesses spend heftily in developing the Intranet from best development teams or leading intranet consulting firms. Many times the ROI over the Intranet dwindles over a period, maybe in few months. Thereby giving the indication that just spending large money on intranet development is not likely to ensure high employee engagement.

Solution – Most intranet sites are one-way static sites. So, the most effective way to improve employee engagement was to make intranet sites with 2-way communication, enabled with socially engaging features.

Features – Social features like feedback/ comments/ reviews/ likes, News, and Announcements, Contact Manager, Conducting polls, Video Player, Stock Ticker, Blogs and Articles, Alerts etc.

Business Problem: Need to be accessible anytime, anywhere

The world is changing. Business has upgraded from national to the global level. The office is not a 9 to 5 place anymore. With the super fast advancement of technology each passing year, workplaces have become more dispersed and workdays less defined. For organizations, the challenge is keeping people connected and aligned as they work from different places, in different time zones.

Solution – 365appz is multiple devices enabled intranet through which the work gets done anytime, anywhere. It connects the employees in the fields. Through this feature, employees never miss any notification even if they are on their workstations.

Features – Responsiveness, accessible through multiple devices.