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The most common application of a company Intranet is electronic publishing of internal documents. Turning manuals into Web pages allows staff to quickly access information which of relevance to them. Here are a few examples of the types of information companies are putting on-line. - company newsletters - internal phone directories - employee handbooks - job vacancies - company policy manuals. - products and services catalogs - sales presentations - financial reports - training courses and schedules - technical documents Other top Intranet applications include: Data access and interactive transactions Intranets support applications which query existing databases and perform transactions with legacy systems from an easy to use Web page. This reduces training costs and makes valuable information widely available. Collaboration Tools such as newsgroups, whiteboards and desktop video conferencing bring remote offices together and greatly facilitate the exchange of ideas. An on-line community grows around Intranet technology. Multimedia delivery All types of files can be capable of being shared on an Intranet. From PowerPoint presentations to video training, multimedia files can be efficiently delivered to the entire enterprise.

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