Content Management: Ektron Intranet Showcases The Value Of Social Networking On Corporate Intranets

Ektron Inc., a technology and market leader in web content management software, recenlty unveiled the Ektron Intranet which harnesses the power of Social Networking to enable the controlled, collaborative creation and managed distribution of business documents on the corporate intranet.

Once distributed the Ektron Intranet further enhances workforce productivity by allowing employees to create personalized information architectures that allow them to find the assets they need when they need them easily. Documents can be constantly enhanced through an easy to use feedback loop which takes advantage of discussion boards to gather observations from the employees using the documents.

At a minimum, the corporate intranet needs to be a portal for finding information (phone numbers, etc.); educating employees (both new and old) on company policies; connecting offices together, regardless of geographic location; and building the organization's brand internally while defining and articulating a distinct corporate culture.

The Ektron Intranet empowers companies to do more than just meet these minimum requirements. With the Ektron Intranet the company's intranet can be a viable part of employees' day-to-day lives.

"The last place most managers are going to think to look for ideas on how to increase workforce productivity would be Internet sites like MySpace or Facebook," said William Rogers, CEO, Ektron Inc. "However, as deployed on the Ektron Intranet, the same tools that make employees want to spend their personal time on social networking sites, will get them interacting on your intranet in a way that they are comfortable with and that has real business value," Rogers added.

Social Networking can make your intranet more than just a one way street for displaying and finding information. On the Ektron Intranet, "social" networks become "business-focused" networks, "friends" become colleagues, and "groups" become collaborative workspaces.

The Ektron Intranet takes Web 2.0 and social networking beyond the buzz and shows how the power of these tools can be applied to the business enterprise, all within one, easy-to-use application.

About Ektron
Since its founding in 1998 Ektron has been committed to providing affordable Web content management and authoring solutions. Ektron CMS400.NET empowers non-technical business users by providing an intuitive user interface for managing their Web site's content and messaging. Ektron has a complete set of social networking tools and fully supports all Web 2.0 functionality. An open API provides web designers and developers all the tools to extend Ektron's solution. Ektron understands what a successful Internet, intranet or extranet site needs and has built the solution to make that success a reality. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Ektron has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including NASA, Kodak and Johnson & Johnson. For more information visit: www.ektron.com.

SOURCE: Ektron, Inc.