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Intranets are increasingly important to organizations as a place to centralize company information, processes and applications. Jacob Nilsen does a great job of keeping track of best practices in the world of intranets and intranet design. He has just published his annual list of the best intranets in the world. The best intranets for 2012 are: - CenturyLink Business, a telecommunications company (US)
- Everything Everywhere, a communications company (UK)Genentech, a biotechnology company (US)
- LivePerson, Inc., a communications company (US)
- Logica, a business and technology service company (UK)
- MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, provider of large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery for marine and stationary applications (Germany)
- NCR Corporation, a technology company (US)
- The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care (US)
- Skanska, a project development and construction group (Sweden)
- Staples, Inc., an office products company (US)Â
As you can see, the list includes companies of all sizes, and from industries across the board. The following are some other interesting titbits from the study:  - Smaller Companies Still Have Better Intranets. But Nilsen defines a "smaller company" as a company with less than 15,000 employees. The smallest company in the list is LivePerson with 550 employees.   - Team Size Is Up: Teams Do More with More. The average intranet team size for the winners is up by at least 5 times since 2001. Impressive as that may sound, the average intranet team size is still 15. However, it is indicative of a growing realization of the importance of intranets.  - Mobile Intranets: Stunted Growth. A couple of years ago, "mobile intranet" was a growing theme, with many of the winning intranets having a mobile version as well. However, for now, it seems to be a fading concept with only 10% of the winners having an intranet with a mobile version.  - UI. Innovative navigation and increased use of lightbox popups are the latest design element in intranets. - Social. The theme of social will just not be kept quiet and keeps popping up everywhere. Most of the winning intranets have employee profiles and activity walls. Morever, top management has started to contribute content to their social intranet with a vengeance. Social is the way to go!Â
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