Articles such as minutes taken from meetings can also be made globally within seconds of them being published. No specific need for costly hardware or software upgrades to user machines. Users who have access to the Internet at home have the potential to tele-work. Due to the nature of the Intranet there is no problem with splitting work between several servers within the organization around the world. Server 'mirroring' is the preferred technique used in larger Intranets as this can be of use if a one server goes down.
Users can continue to work by being re-connected to another server.
For example if a database required re-structuring in some way, this could be achieved seamlessly without affecting any of the clients. By implementing various forms on an Intranet, the need for paper printing is reduced.