Sharing information with external stakeholders in a timely and efficient manner is essential for keeping projects running smoothly. Unfortunately, email is often not the most effective way to pass on important updates. Messages get lost in overflowing inboxes, or simply don’t reach the right people at the right time. But what if there were a way to ensure that the right information is always available in one central place?

With the Updates company feed within Ishtar.Portal, we have a solution focused on clear and streamlined communication. This tool enables companies to share information with external stakeholders — without the risk of critical updates getting lost in a flood of emails. Instead, stakeholders gain access to Updates: a central feed where they can easily view the latest updates, documents and project information.

SharePoint has proven itself as one of the most popular platforms for setting up corporate intranets. Originally designed as a document management system, it has grown into a fully-fledged private portal for organisations, enabling colleagues to share documents, communicate and collaborate. This makes it a powerful tool within many companies.

With the rise of the cloud, however, a new trend has emerged: ready-made platforms. These out-of-the-box solutions, such as Ishtar365, offer an alternative to custom SharePoint solutions. In this publication, we examine five key success factors: speed of implementation, cost, productivity, flexibility and maintenance. Based on these factors, we compare custom SharePoint with the ready-made solution Ishtar365 and the advantages each brings.