Intranets and Enterprise Social Networks - a Perfect Match?
Jinfo Article
14th April 2015
By James Mullan
Abstract
Something that many organisations are managing right now is the integration of intranets and enterprise social networks (ESNs) with each other. These tools serve very different purposes and have very different roles within today’s organisations. In this article James Mullan looks at some of the roles these tools have, and the potential for integrating them to provide a unified experience for users.
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