This is an enterprise platform for a company with 300,000 employees worldwide. Originally (like all bank intranets) we had to pull apart a sharepoint driven product and reskin information the employee needs on a daily basis plus speed warp them to today - a place where they should also have productivity tools that help them work more efficiently (so that they can focus on the next level).
Dashboard is a collection of widgets that offer the user a snapshot of their day: Personalization, Date/Time, Today's Meetings, Stock Price, World Clock, Alerts, Company-wide News and Line of Business specific information/news.
Company-wide search.
Metics give users high-level statistics on the viewing history of the article posts.
Hoots, Actions and Connect are internal communication platforms created to help employees stay updated, organized and connected.
Network is a phonebook application that makes it easy for employees to search for people within the company.