Investing in Intranet Infrastructure

摘要

There are at least five good reasons for investing in an intranet infrastructure. In a number of my columns last year, I made reference to the skill sets that are desirable for intranet managers. I probably need to add the ability to speak French. Let me explain. While at the Intranets 2001 conference in Santa Clara last year, I met Claude Malaison, the Intranet Manager for Quebec Hydro and President of the Association des Professionnels en Intranet (www.api-quebec.org). As far as I know, this is the only professional association for intranet managers anywhere in the world. Claude invited me, along with a number of other Intranets 2001 speakers, to participate in Intracom 2001, the second annual conference of the API. Intracom 2001 (www.intracom2001.com) was held in Montreal at the end of September and attracted around 200 delegates and a number of exhibitors. As with any event in the province of Quebec, it was held in French, though a number of the papers (including mine!) were given in English with simultaneous French interpretation.