XELOS – Intranet as you imagine it

An intranet is an internal platform to which only employees have access. Companies or institutions such as public authorities, clubs, associations or universities generally use their own intranet.

The application purposes can be diverse and range from internal communication, collaboration, knowledge management, digital processes, social networking and employee apps to a holistic company portal.

Information from the company is only shared internally via the intranet and can only be accessed internally, which is a major advantage for security reasons.

An intranet also offers distributed teams, employees without a PC workstation or those working from home optimal opportunities to access information, documents and files, exchange information with each other or work together.

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XELOS is made in Germany, has a completely modular structure, can be used in a variety of ways as a flexible intranet solution and supports several internal processes depending on requirements.

Requirements and topics such as internal communication, digital workspace, company portal, employee app, collaboration, digital processes, knowledge management, social networking, mobile working / home office, HR processes and much more can be completely covered with XELOS.

XELOS grows with your requirements, can be flexibly expanded and, unlike some other intranet solutions, is also available as an on-premise solution.

An intranet can be much more than just an internal network or a digital platform. It is the main point of contact for internal communication and collaboration within the company. But what content and functions really belong in a modern and well-designed intranet so that it meets both the requirements of the company and the needs of the employees?

This question is not that easy to answer, as no company is simply “standard” and requirements and needs can differ massively between use cases. The first step is to gather your own company-specific requirements to see what the new intranet needs to be able to do.

Nevertheless, there are of course some classic requirements that we encounter time and again in customer inquiries and as part of our projects:

• Internal Communications: Top-down communication, bottom-up communication or a combination of both, e.g. daily updated information and news for specific target groups, real-time exchange via chat, comments or status messages, feedback & surveys, notifications and much more.
• Collaboration: Collaboration and exchange on the intranet and in project groups, on forums, wiki pages, files & documents, tasks, etc., also for distributed teams and external parties.
• Knowledge management: The intranet as a knowledge database in which internal company knowledge can be collected and recorded for everyone, e.g. in the form of wiki pages, manuals, documentation, documents & templates, but also in the form of an employee directory with experts for specific topics & areas.
• Social Networking: Well-known "social" features such as likes & mentions, sharing documents, commenting or tagging coworkers in interesting content.
• Digital Processes: Digitize and automate work processes, for example with workflows, digital lists and forms, virtual project rooms, event management or HRM tools integrated into the intranet for vacation requests, time recording, travel expense accounting and more.

The costs of an intranet depend largely on the version selected, any add-ons booked and the number of licensed users.

You can find an initial overview, here using our XELOS ONE version as an example, at:

XELOS is mainly a web-based application that can be accessed in your preferred web-browser as well as a native app for iOS and Android devices.

This makes XELOS the ideal intranet even if some of your employees don't work at a desk.