The rapid emergence and adoption of the intranet by enterprises has been well documented over the past two years. The majority of medium to large organizations deploy some level of intranet service to their employees. The primary purpose of an intranet is to enable every office within a global organization to simultaneously communicate news and information to every employee. Making the news and information on the intranet of value to all employees requires that each employee be able to read and respond in a language they understand-their own. From your intranet, employees will be able to request the translation of any page in the language of their choice.
Language is no longer a barrier to receiving news and information.
Today, e-mail is the preferred method of communication for a majority of business people. The only global barrier to communicating via e-mail is language. In addition, employees also have the option of writing an e-mail in their native language, automatically translating it in the language of the recipient and then sending it. For many employees, this enables them to communicate directly with foreign colleagues for the first time, simplifying the sharing of information and decision-making process. Popular groupware applications include Lotus Notes, MS Exchange and Lotus Sametime.