An intranet is important, it's the collective knowledge of your
employees, a collection of resources, and directories that should
enable business to move forward faster (cost savings) and to grow and
support customer focused teams (revenue generation). I've read
research that indicates that 40% of the United States population will
retire in the next few years, and intranets are a key way to harvest
the tacit knowledge from these information wealthy individuals.

[An Intranet is an accurate reflection of the inner workings and
`Corporate DNA' of a company]

I've listed out several attributes that help to define how the
intranet is a reflection of the culture

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/12/27/intranets-how-the-many-attributes-\
reflect-your-corporate-dna/

Dialog encouraged, either in this forum, or by leaving comments on the
blog post.

Happy Holidays

Jeremiah Owyang