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Portal is a term that is overloaded with definitions. Discussions revolving around a portal project offer no guarantees that everyone has the same understanding of the term. Officially, the purpose of a portal is to provide a point of access for information, data, applications, and processes. Today, portals are everywhere; it could be argued that portals define today's online experience, whether using public sites or a corporate intranet. Portals are pervasive, and they fill many different needs in different situations.
Each year, the Intranet Innovation Awards (IIA) celebrates new ideas and innovative approaches to the enhancement and delivery of intranets. The goal is to find these ideas (whether they are large or small), and share them with the community. Gold Awards are given in four different categories, each focusing on a specific aspect of intranets: core intranet functionality, communication and collaboration, frontline delivery, and business solutions. A Platinum Award winner is then chosen to recognize the most extraordinary entry for the year.
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Mobile devices are very much in mind at the moment, and for good reason. iPhones, iPads, and Android devices have transformed how we get information as consumers. No longer just a phone, the devices in our pockets and briefcases are the portable computers that have been written about in science fiction for years-these little machines fit in the palm of your hand and make just about anything available at the touch of a button (or, more accurately, a touchscreen).
The first intranet development project that I managed was in 1996. It was for a networking hardware company in Silicon Valley that has long since been acquired. The project was to put the entire ISO 9001 approval process online. The company was small, slightly more than 20 people, and the project was driven by one of the executives. At the time, I didn't realize how unusual it was for executives to have a vision and drive the porting of various business processes to the intranet channel.
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Intranet Design Annual 2011: Year's 10 Best Intranets; Essential SharePoint 2010: Overview, Governance, and Planning
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