Teamware Group, leading provider of intranet, extranet and Internet solutions, announces today a ready-made solution for intranets designed to support internal communication and collaboration within organizations. Teamware Pl@za Instant Intranet - pre-configured software that is easy to install and quick to deploy - provides tools for web publishing, event management, messaging and shared workspaces for collaborative work.

A packaged solution to avoid lengthy implementation projects
Teamware Pl@za Instant Intranet is based on Teamware Pl@za® technology and packaged as a web solution that is quick to deploy. The intranet solution can be set up and utilized without a lengthy implementation project. Yet, Teamware Pl@za Instant Intranet is a very powerful collaborative tool with multiple embedded services. Organizations can now plan and implement a quick intranet roll-out with a ready-made solution.

Effective and cost-efficient communication throughout the organization
Instant Intranet provides effective communication tools shared by all users within the organization. Web publishing supports staged publishing and makes it easy to create and manage news items and articles of interest. The content providers do not need technical skills to publish information even in geographically distributed organizations. Event calendar is used for publishing event information and collecting the registrations.

Each user has an Interactive Business Card to publish personal information and other users can search for this information. This enables organizations to maintain skills and experience profiles in addition to the user directory provided by the Interactive Business Cards.

Message Center enables users to send instant messages to users within the organization. Notifications on new or changed content keep users up-to-date on matters they need to follow.

Productivity for internal workgroups
Instant Intranet comes with twenty ready-made shared workspaces that can be allocated to different groups, task forces and project teams offering them a dedicated area for shared work. The shared workspaces consist of interactive services: a main page, document folders, discussion forums, group event calendar, member list, who’s online and group Interactive Business Card. The workspaces are managed by the workspace managers within the workgroup. This easy self-management of workspaces frees administrative resources.

Instant Intranet is based on Teamware Pl@za – a Java-based technology that is used in web solutions for local government and other public sector organizations, membership associations as well as small and medium sized corporations worldwide. Teamware Pl@za Instant Intranet software is available on a CD and supports Windows 2000 platforms.