Intranets

Further Help and Advice

General information

• www.intranets.com - a web-based intranet hosting service, with lots of useful information.
• www.bcentral.co.uk - Microsoft's business portal, with help and advice on aspects of running a small business.

Simple DIY solutions

• www.datagold.com - Datagold offers indexing software to help manage access to intranet content.
• www.microsoft.com/frontpage/evaluation - a guide to Microsoft's web page creation program that also supports intranets.

Intermediate solutions

• www.btignitesolutions.com/ebusiness/managed_intranets.htm - a guide to BT's hosted intranet services.
• www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/ - Microsoft's information sharing and management software - with a free trial download.
• www.sun.com - supplier of software solutions including intranet package Solaris.

Advanced solutions

• www.ibm.com - IBM offers a comprehensive suite of interconnecting e-business applications under the banner WebSphere.
• www.novell.com - Novell, a provider of bespoke software solutions.
• www.plumtree.com - Plumtree, a software company offering a suite of intranet applications.

For more information on Achieving best practice in your business:

• Visit our website at www.dti.gov.uk/bestpractice
• Call us on 0870 150 2500 to order from our range of free best practice publications or visit www.dti.gov.uk/publications
• Contact your local Business Link adviser by visiting the website at www.businesslink.gov.uk or calling 0845 600 9 006

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