For years now, most corporate intranets have been static and devoid of any human element.

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He said doctors could use mobiles, intranets or palm pilots to communicate more effectively.

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First it wants to provide large companies with the software and expertise needed to create and manage corporate intranets.

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Akamai provides services for delivering content (particularly video) and applications on the Internet and over intranets and other networks.

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And on March 24th, Novell announced that it would work with Oracle, the world's biggest database firm, to develop applications for intranets.

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Companies who are building their own managed intranets, such as Delta Three and Qwest, with its ultra-high capacity fibre network, will avoid congestion.

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Instead, businesses will likely choose dedicated DSL lines for direct Internet access and to connect remote workers to corporate intranets by employing virtual private networking technology.

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Viveros said there's a growing number of remote access Trojan programs sent via e-mail that can open the backdoor to a user's PC and gather log-ins and passwords to company intranets.

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WANs that big firms use for their private intranets.

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As well as offering the benefit of being able to receive high-quality streamed video, the devices linked to these networks will be formidable business tools, capable of running advanced applications and shifting vast amounts of data securely on corporate intranets.

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With a private log-in, employees can now manage their own payroll and retirement plans, request time-off and other schedule adjustments, book on-line courses and other learning and development tools, engage and be social with colleagues on intranets, and just generally manage their own work lives to an extent that was previously impossible.

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Consider taking corporate intranets mobile and adding elements of twitter, linkedin, news feeds, create employee profiles where they are able to publish their personal research and expertise blog for the internal customers of their department and where departments can freely review these areas to increase thought leadership among the managers and senior staff.

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