City Rebuilds Intranet, Speeds Content Updates, Reduces IT Maintenance by 50 Percent
"Departments started posting content to the intranet because SharePoint Server made it easy to do. Pretty quickly, more departments told us that their content needed to be up on the intranet too."
- Lawrence Brillon, Information Technology Analyst, City of Poway
SUMMARY
The City of Poway, California, is well-planned, easy to navigate, and pleasant to be in, but its intranet wasn't. To address these deficits, the city built a new intranet based on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. That choice gave Poway access to new and enhanced features, such as color themes for page and site design, rich media support for high-quality video, online and offline site use and synchronization, and even greater ease of use than previous versions. As a result, Poway has the trusted resource for employees that it wanted, a one-stop location for timely and relevant information. Content updates now post in minutes instead of one to two weeks, users find information quickly and easily, often without having to search for it, collaboration makes it possible for work projects to be delivered faster and with greater accuracy, and IT maintenance time is reduced by 50 percent.