In the past, most intranets were hosted on an organisation’s own internal infrastructure – this is called on premise intranet hosting. Hosting an intranet on premise usually costs businesses more time and money, and it requires them to stay on top of the latest tech, security, and updates to ensure the system is technologically sound as well as appealing to those who use it. Employee engagement is key to an intranet’s success, so it’s essential that the system is kept up-to-date.
Whilst on premise intranet hosting is still an option, cloud based intranet solutions have become more and more popular thanks to their low initial cost and ongoing convenience.
Hosting an intranet on a cloud based system means that it’s the responsibility of the intranet vendor to look after its upkeep. That means they will deploy the software, maintain the server, run backups and monitoring, install security updates and patches, and much more besides.