PORTALS & COLLABORATION

In its simplest form, collaboration is the term used to refer to the tools and technologies that enable people to work together effectively. Portals, intranets and extranets all come under the term of collaboration tools.

Collaboration solutions include portals, intranets, extranets and enterprise information portals. Collaboration tools can be used for workflow management systems, team working, knowledge management initiatives and improving the information available within an organisation.

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Deploying a collaborative solution enables your employees to access business information and applications easily and in a familiar environment. This directly impacts the bottom line by reducing user training costs and IT support costs. In addition, if users are accessing this information via one single interface, as in a portal system, administration overhead is also greatly reduced.

When considering a web-based collaborative solution, deployment costs and IT support costs are significantly reduced, as the applications can be managed and controlled centrally within your organisation. Providing your employees with a more effective means of working together also reduces communication costs and increases employee productivity.