Jakob Nielsen, known as the “the guru of Web page usability” has released his list of the 10 best intranets of 2008.

The winners of the award for 10 best-designed intranets for 2008 are:

• Bank of America, US
• Bankinter S.A., Spain
• Barnes & Noble, US
• British Airways, UK
• Campbell Soup Company, US
• Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, US
• IKEA North America Service, LLC, US
• Ministry of Transport, New Zealand
• New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia
• SAP AG, Germany

There is more information on Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox for January 2008 and the 362-page Intranet Design Annual with 212 screenshots of the 10 winners for 2008 is available for download USD$198.

Certainly worth a read if you are involved in a large portal project.