Intranets may be new, but the World Wide Web is filling up with sites dedicated to the topic. Here's a sampling of some of the more valuable places to go. Many of these sites feature indexes which lead to even more resources.
An online publication that features a number of sections including news and links, but its best section, far-and-away, is the threaded Web-based discussion area dedicated to the topic.
The Lawrence Ragan Communications Web site is dedicated to organizational communications with a strong presence in the online world. A Web-based conference about online internal communications features a variety of intranet threads, and there are other intranet links featured at the site.
http://www.cio.com/WebMaster/wm_irc.html
WebMaster magazine has established this site, which features a calendar of events, the "Webmasters Notebook," seminars, case studies, and more.
http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/specials/intranets/index.html
Time Inc.'s Pathfinder site includes a Fortune Magazine section that now offers an extensive report on intranets.
http://webcom.com/wordmark/sem_1.html
This online seminar from WordMark discusses a range of Web technologies and how they are applied to in-house uses, including document distribution, interactive services, training, and database access.
http://www.process.com/intranets/wp2.htp
A white paper prepared for the Internet Society, this document discusses the opportunities for deploying intranets.
http://www.frontiertech.com/swebres/page1.htm
Frontier Technologies offers this online slide show case study of how a California hospital uses an intranet to share information among its staff.
An online magazine with a search engine for reviewing back issues. Departments include events, an online conference, FAQs, and more. It also has regular columns and special features.
http://www.strom.com/pubwork/intranet.html
David Strom's collection of links and intranet-related resources has pointers to some worthwhile places.
http://www.intranut.com//index.htm
A weekly magazine dedicated to intranets and people who love them. The magazine includes articles and a Web-based discussion group.
http://www.lochnet.com/client/smart/intranet.htm
Updated weekly, this site visitors with resources that will help them research, plan, design and implement intranets. Sections include case studies, FAQs and Q&As, software sources, comparisons with groupware, white papers, vendors, events, books, news, and even jobs.
http://www.infoweb.com.au/intralnk.htm
The Resource Center is an index of links to related subjects including document management, multimedia, groupware, authoring and conversion tools, and more.
Apple Computer commissioned this demo Web site that includes a RealAudio server, a benefits model, online conferencing, and several other features.
Alexander & Alexander Consulting Group put together this demonstration of the Human Resources component of an intranet. You can enroll for benefits, complete a performance evaluation, search a phone directory, and explore links between company news announcements and other sections of the demo site. Click on "HR Web Products" and complete the brief registration in order to access the demonstration, the most complete of its kind on the Web.
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/at_work/index.html
Netscape produces this site as part of its Web presence to focus on its intranet capabilities. Here you'll find case studies, demonstrations, white papers, press clippings, and loads of other material dedicated to intranets.
http://www.microsoft.com/intranet
Microsoft's site dedicated to intranets includes strategic information, a demo that incorporates a variety of Microsoft technologies, and free downloads.
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Style/
Information galore from the World Wide Web Consortium on cascading stylesheets, the new specification Microsoft is working to incorporate into the HTML standard. Stylesheets will allow designers to specify type, spacing, leading, and other elements in HTML, making Web pages as easy to design as any desktop published document.
http://www.microsoft.com/activex
A complete resource for ActiveX, a scripting application built into the Web based on Microsoft's old OLE technology.
The home of Java on the Internet, with links to products and resources that are scattered far and wide across the net. This also is where you'll find the Java Developer's Kit available for download.
An outstanding site at which various survey and research reports about the Internet and online communication are gathered under one roof. Includes an entire department on intranets, where you can learn the various views on who is using what, what for, and how.
This research company has produced an intriguing report on the uses of intranets, splitting the functions between formal and informal uses.
http://ntg-inter.com/ntg/intranet/intra_in.htm
Another intranet index, this one provides links to articles, white papers, publications, conferences, workshops, seminars, training sessions, firms that can help you develop your intranet, examples, profiles, case studies, news and features, and other resources.
http://WWW.FRONTIERTECH.COM/swebres/VB.HTM
A site rich with CGI scripts already assembled; you cut and paste them into your own HTML pages for use on your intranet. Scripts include those that will allow you to create a phonelist database, a feedback form, and a groupware calendar.
http://www.co-i-l.com/know_garden/intranets/
Yet another index, this one with quotes from executives of companies using intranets, and links to articles published throughout the Internet about intranets.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public//751/advtg/advan_pl.htm
Cisco Systems has a killer intranet, and this article offers tremendous insight into the process Cisco used to develop its system. Detailed diagrams are included.
http://www.strom.com/pubwork/intra2.html
A white paper by David Strom covers technical topics including server selection, running TCP/IP throughout your enterprise, and more.
http://www.cio.com/WebMaster/sem3_intro.html
A slide show on intranets from WebMaster Magazine.
http://www.justintime.com/intranet/contents.htm
The presentation on intranets from the Bay Area Users Group. Easy-to-use format covers justifying intranets, planning content, managing teams, and resources.