In the past, these systems have been designed to provide a space for document management and knowledge retention purposes.<\/p>\n
Older intranets weren’t designed to allow employees\/project team members to track discussions, collaborate, and work together on tasks to achieve common goals.<\/p>\n
Sad to say, some organizations have spent significant money putting up a proprietary intranet that fails to gather enough interest among employees to contribute content\/knowledge.<\/p>\n
An organization’s intranet system can be considered useless if users aren’t using it to the fullest and instead are turning to social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn for office collaboration purposes.<\/p>\n
Whether you’re planning to implement a new intranet system or seeking for alternatives to replace an old and dusty intranet, today’s post will highlight a free and open-source .NET-based intranet tool called TeamLab.<\/p>\n
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TeamLab is a free and open-source platform\/intranet solution for project management and business collaboration purposes.<\/p>\n
TeamLab can be deployed in two ways:<\/p>\n
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- Free SaaS<\/strong> (hosted by TeamLab, meaning nothing for you to install\/manage. Just register for a free account.)<\/li>\n
- Open Source<\/strong> (can be downloaded, customized, and deployed on your own servers)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
In order to install TeamLab within your own servers, you’ll need:<\/p>\n
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- Microsoft IIS<\/li>\n
- .NET Framework 3.5 SP1<\/li>\n
- SQLite3 \/ can be migrated to MySQL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The following are three key functions within TeamLab:<\/p>\n
TM Community<\/h2>\n
Within TM community, you can view detailed information about employees and departments.<\/p>\n
Some other features include the ability to post in blogs and forums, share news, photos, and bookmarks, and create Wiki pages.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nTM Projects<\/h2>\n
Build your project team, organize tasks, and plan milestones. Discuss important work-related issues, track project status, and generate reports.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nTM Talk<\/h2>\n
TM Talk is a corporate IM system for exchanging instant text messages among the employees\/users within TeamLab in real time.<\/p>\n
TM Talk can be easily launched using the built-in web client or integrated into popular IM clients such as Trillian, Miranda, or Pidgin.<\/p>\n
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From the screenshots above, you can see that TeamLab does not only provide the standard intranet features such as document management and content management but a lot more.<\/p>\n
By allowing employees to post information in the format of a blog as well as on wikis and forums, content development<\/a> and management just got a lot more interesting.<\/p>\n
Some organizations block certain instant messaging apps such as Yahoo Messenger or MSN Messenger from working to disallow their staff from wasting time chatting with personal friends\/strangers.<\/p>\n
- Open Source<\/strong> (can be downloaded, customized, and deployed on your own servers)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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