Intranet And Extranet

Nexus Intranet Solutions Ltd are intranet designers and developers. We built our first corporate intranet in 1996 for the London Borough of Southwark and have supplied intranet consultancy services and solutions for UK companies and public sector organisations since

Intranet development and design is at the cornerstone of our software offering. With the power of the internet you can leverage you company's knowledge to a greater degree. You can keep control and record your knowledge assets and better service your client's needs.

The benefits of intranet and extranet

What is an extranet

An extranet is an external area of your intranet which is viewable to a prescribed set of users, who may be clients, buyers, suppliers or employees.

The Extranet is synchronized to the Intranet, but can take on a completely different look and feel depending on your requirements.

Extranets are becoming a vital business to business tool and can provide a range of benefits to any organisation.

Customer relationship management (CRM)

Not only can you record details of sales or support calls which are viewable to all, but automate orders and track their progress which will streamline and improve communication, collaboration and discussion. Tasks such as contract renewals can also be automated saving you valuable time and resources while providing a simple and structured process for your customers.

Online transaction processing

An extranet can dramatically improve the efficiency of the relationship between buyers and suppliers and reduce lead times on procurements, improve the 'order to sale' speed, lower inventory levels, automating matching of invoices and orders, all of which bring about significant reductions in costs for your organisation.

Publish reports/knowledge management

Information, reports and FAQ's can be published which are viewable remotely to any given set of users and includes live reporting of data to third parties. This raises corporate knowledge sharing and transparency towards clients

Secure access to company resources for home workers, mobile employees and satellite offices

More and more often today home working is becoming a goal to the modern business. The freedom and flexibility home working brings is enabling employees to become more productive for their employers without compromising on personal circumstances and family life. Equally mobile workers are ensuring their company remains competitive without being tied to the office desk. An extranet is a vital part of both these concepts and provides a scalable solution for the future.

For organisations that have satellite offices either nationally or internationally an extranet can provide a consistent and effective method of ensuring cohesion across all sites.

An effective extranet can bolster the reputation of your company and bring it in line with current technology and business best practices.

One of the biggest issues concerned with implementing an extranet is security. 128-bit SSL encryption is widely used and offers a strong level of security for distributed transactions. The extranet can be hosted externally to the intranet in order to increase the security levels. This would mean that if the security of the extranet were challenged the integrity of the intranet data would be preserved.

Implementation of your extranet with Nexus Solutions

Nexus have valuable experience in understanding organisational needs, specifying, creating and launching extranets. We are capable of rolling out extranet applications into live, scaled environments. Using the latest technologies we can remotely install to the desired location or for larger systems one of our trained installers can visit the site. We also offer full training packages so that your critical staff can learn to quickly make use of the new business processes made available to them, and to ensure fast take-up of the system.

We offer support for our systems via remote link-up which allows for rapid response to your needs and problems. Our support staff are trained extensively in trouble-shooting systems and are always supplied with technical documentation specifically tailored to your applications.

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