The loss of formatting means the loss of the concept of a single source document. Gallagher says this limitation was unmanageable. It worked OK, it just wasn't always accurate. The user needs only to have access to any standard Java-enabled browser to read the document. This allows the documents to be published instantly by anyone with access to the corporate intranet, without the bottlenecking of critical information that occurs with a Webmaster.
Employees can copy text, zoom, print, and download documents from the intranet.
According to Nina Lytton, a market analyst at Open Systems Advisors, in Boston, Net-It Central 2.0 is a unique product. It makes it easy for normal humans to reel in the technology of the intranet without having to know how to convert documents. Although competitors such as Hummingbird's Common Ground Web Publisher, Xerox DocuShare, Intraspect, and IntraDoc approach the same business problem, Net-It Central has been a good fit for First Chicago's needs. Newman administers Net-It Central for a total of approximately 3,000 employees total. He says that Net-It Central's main purpose in his department is to allow marketing people or deal structurers to access the original source data, such as complex research with charts, tables, and graph, then update and integrate it with other information from the Web site.