Companies should keep standards in order to move to a paperless office with open databases and programming languages. In this case technology would be the Internet which is a set of common accepted standards technologies that allow different computers to share information. Anyone can Begin an Intranet with minimal skills and resources . This article refers specifically to an accountant skills, if I were you, I would get help with a consultant. As always, Security is an Issue but not a major problem.
Advantages outweigh the risks.
CPA's Skills are ideal for building and managing Intranets.