Intranet Software

Some common Intranet software are as below:

1) Microsoft SharePoint: Microsoft SharePoint is the dominant software used for creating intranets. Estimates indicate that around 50% of all intranets are developed using SharePoint, however there are many alternatives.

2) Other Software: Other popular intranet software includes:

1) Autonomic Corporation	12) Liferay
2) Atlassian Confluence	13) Lotus Notes
3) Drupal	14) Open Text
4) eXo Plateform	15) Plone (software)
5) IBM Websphere	16) SAP NetWeaver Portal
6) Intranet Connections	17) Sitecore
7) Interact Intranet	18) Source Intranet
8) Claromentis	19) Oracle Fusion Middleware
9) Intranet Dashboard	20) ThoughtFarmer
10) Jive Software	21) Tridion
11) Joomla

Advantages of Intranet Softwares over Other Softwares

1) Intranet software is much user friendlier, since the users use the browser to do all their jobs.

2) No additional software required for users.

3) Much easier in the maintenance of the software. Intranet software required only to be installed onto the server; this eliminates the trouble of fixing and re-installing the software on the client side.

4) Cheaper in terms of buying vendor software, since the intranet software requires only to be installed on the server.

5) One only needs to buy the software needed for the server.

6) Easier in upgrading and troubleshooting the problems.

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