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Intranet Innovations 2009

The Intranet Innovation Awards celebrate new ideas and innovative approaches to the enhancement and delivery of intranets.

Uniquely, these awards recognise individual intranet improvements, and not intranets as a whole. The awards are about improving all intranets, by sharing great ideas and increasing the pace of innovation across the whole of the intranet community.

Now in their third year, the awards have uncovered many innovative ideas from across the globe. Use these ideas to gain senior management support and to deliver an ever-better intranet.

CRS Australia, the 2009 Platinum Award winner, has integrated their intranet with SAP to deliver a single interface for common tasks. This delivers the goal of the intranet as a true gateway, more than just a collection of links.

AEP, a US-based electric utility have created an online ideas system that has identified $8 million in savings, $2 million in the first month alone.

IDEO have delivered an innovative, web 2.0 inspired intranet that connects people and projects. A business unit within IBM has developed a Firefox toolbar that helps staff uncover valuable content.

NYK, the global shipping company, uses a wiki-based news room to share industry updates. Sabre uses their intranet to get staff questions answered within hours from across the globe.

COWI, an engineering consultancy, takes SharePoint team sites to the next level by aligning them completely with their project management methodology. In Russia, ChTPZ integrates their intranet with seamless SMS capabilities.

Finally, Prophet developed a super-streamlined system for completing 360 degree evaluations, making it dramatically easier for all staff.

With winners across four categories (core functionality, communication and collaboration, frontline delivery and business solutions), there are valuable ideas for every intranet team.

The 198-page Intranet Innovations 2009 report shares the full results of the awards, including screenshots and details of the winning entries. Commended entries provide further insights and examples.

Use this report to discover where intranets are innovating, and to find ideas that can be implemented on your intranet.

Platinum award winner

• Workflow inbox and more
  CRS Australia (Australia)

Gold awards winners

• The Tube: people and project pages
  IDEO (USA)
• w3 Toolbar
  IBM (USA)
• Skills Matrix
  SunGard (USA/NZ)
• NYK News Room
  NYK Group (UK)
• Sabre Town
  Sabre (USA)
• Business collaboration portal
  COWI (Denmark)
• Mobile employee
  ChTPZ (Russia)
• Online performance evaluation system
  Prophet (USA)
• Ideas Now
  AEP (USA)

Commended entries

• Distrpolis
  Swiss Post (Switzerland)
• My Page personal homepage
  Raiffeisen (Switzerland)
• Franchise intranets
  Oil & Vinegar (Netherlands)
• Insider: the digitally-enabled community
  Initiative (USA)
• Content targeting tool
  GE (USA)
• Minerva
  Environmental Resources Management (UK/US)
• Mobile News Room
  TDC Mobile (Denmark)

Executive summary

Download the Executive Summary (4.3mb PDF) to find out more about the awards, including full details on two of the winners (Sabre and Initiative).

Enter the 2010 awards

The 2010 Intranet Innovation Awards will open for entries in March 2010. As can be seen from this year’s winners, a diverse range of ideas from all types of organisations can win. Visit the Intranet Innovation Awards page to pre-register your name, and we’ll notify you when the awards open for entries.

(You have to be in it to win it!)

More information

• Winners at a glance
• Table of contents
• Reviews & feedback
• Global supporters
• Licence conditions
• Previous year’s winners
• Enter the 2010 awards