Sometimes the divide between the corporate office and the employees is thousands of miles apart.  And, sometimes that divide is not merely literal.

Of course, add language barriers and communications hurdles (VoIP, IM, etc.) and this necessary communication can destroy your business.

One of the easiest and most effective methods for preventing the potential communications disastor is an internal blog for messaging.  For archiving purposes, search ability and secure communication, it cannot be beat.