Intranet directory

What is the state of the intranet today? What do employees want? Where is the intranet evolving? Statistics, findings and highlights from the Intranet Insider World Tour in New York City (April 17, 2009). From Watson Wyatt (Michael Rudnick, presenter): 80% believe intranet navigation needs improvement 50% don't actually use their intranet on a daily basis 50% find search ineffective Employees use on the intranet: employee phone directory cafeteria menu expense report pay stub

I've often thought that digital rights management (DRM) -- like many technologies -- had a greater future within the enterprise than out in the wild. However, DRM vendors have remained relatively small, and most discussion around the technology centers around protecting media company assets, even though there's a critical need to protect certain enterprise content. What's the point of locking down an intranet directory for senior executives when any one of them can print and forward "protected" PDFs willy-nilly? DRM isn't for everyone or everthing you publish, but it's more plausible in our always-connected age. EMC|Documentum evidently thinks so; today they bought 23-person DRM vendor Authentica.

UnumProvident had been utilizing a content management system to support its employee intranet for nearly three years when it decided to make a change. The company was implementing the Active Directory security system across its enterprise, and the content management solution it had been using did not easily integrate with this new system. Submitted by Stellent