Datacom Social Intranet (DSI)

Beautiful. Social. Engaging.

After years of custom engagements, we understand what you need from your intranet. In fact, the vast majority of our customers want 80% of the same functionality, with beautiful branding and exceptional user experiences. They also want their solution up and running fast. The Datacom Social Intranet delivers on all these fronts and more.

The Datacom Social Intranet utilises the very best of Microsoft enterprise technology, including Office 365, SharePoint and Yammer to deliver a seamless single intranet experience for your users. Scalable from 50 to 10,000 users, the Datacom Social Intranet delivered on SharePoint ensures you are empowering your staff and achieving maximum return on investment.

Benefits

The Datacom Social Intranet combines staff engagement and collaboration, business alignment and technology capabilities to provide an encompassing solution that satisfies user and business requirements.

Technology Capabilities

• It’s accessible on desktops and mobile, keeping your field staff engaged while off-site and keeping the conversation going 24/7
• It’s fully manageable by non-IT users – content can be added and edited without any technical IT knowledge. Training workshops are held during initial implementation to support staff
• Datacom hosted, on premise or cloud based solution
• A native Office 365 SharePoint solution, the Datacom Social Intranet will be supported for future updates to the SharePoint platform, receiving on going benefits as updates become available

Staff Engagement and Collaboration

• Create a platform where staff are happy to collaborate and engage with each other in a casual environment
• It's social – give feedback on blog posts, ask questions and create conversation all from the intranet homepage
• It's innovative - integration with social media such as Instagram, Twitter and Yammer is possible through the Datacom Social Intranet, leading to greater staff engagement and collaboration
• It’s driven by users, for users – end-users are consulted throughout the design process, creating a better user experience and an increased user adoption
• Staff/users can upload content, increasing user adoption as content become more relevant

Business Alignment

• Creates the opportunity to establish social channels between high and low level employees
• Quick-to-market implementation which can take as little as 6 weeks with minimal impact on current processes
• Standard page designs are included for you to choose from, or we can work with you to deliver an individual look and feel
• It’s easily branded, reinforcing your company culture and brand identity, both inside and outside of the business
• Streamline business processes with a centralized communication hub and an effective resource and document library
• A Return on Investment as productivity, collaboration and morale improve

Implementation and pricing

Rapid

We do one week of workshops with you to determine design and capability priorities. Then we deploy the standard Datacom Social Intranet, with your brand and functional priorities at the forefront using our templates. We use your existing Information Architecture and design templates. We support you with loading the content and administrator training.

This is 6 weeks from go to wow!

50/50

We do 2 weeks of workshops, covering design, Information Architecture and business requirements. This includes a more customised design, and a unique ‘wow’ factor. Our standard information architecture is tweaked, and we create a custom page layouts. We support you with loading the content and administrator training.

This is 12 weeks from go to wow!

Enterprise

We do 4 weeks of workshops with business stakeholders to get a deep understanding of what your intranet vision is. Custom design, page layouts and information architecture deliver a unique experience to your staff. We can load content for you, or support you. Deep administrator training is delivered.

Timelines for this are 4 months+