Many large companies have corporate intranets. Corporate intranets are a private network used internally by a company for its employees and sometimes partnering businesses. Many corporate intranets are based upon web technologies and can use blogging, wiki, and knowledge portal technologies. The benefits of a corporate intranet are that employees can securely access private company information, forms can be handled electronically instead of with paper, and information can be shared more easily and quickly. Corporate intranets can be relatively expensive and few small businesses I have worked with use them. However, there are inexpensive intranet technologies that small businesses can leverage to increase productivity and reduce costs. (Continue Reading)