The ability to hyperlink on an Intranet provides fast information access that other networks do not offer. An Intranet saves reproduction costs of paper-based information, such as employee handbooks, job postings, travel and expense reports. If you are a single location operation of modest size and you are well-served by internal communications, there is no need for an Intranet. If you have an excellent proprietary network that delivers the information you need, you don't need an Intranet. If you are an organization that does not need to coordinate or communicate across unit boundaries, you might not need an Intranet.
Intranets complement or substitute most internal employee communications in use.
An Intranet allows faster communication, wider distribution and greater efficiency than many printed and electronic media. An Intranet is one more communications medium and tool that you can use to get your organization's message out internally. Anyone in an organization with access to computer resources and the Internet can use an Intranet. Increasingly, that is everybody. In reality, it isn't.