Enterprise 2.0 Software fosters communication, collaboration.
Press Release Summary:
Designed to meet needs of SMBs, Bitrix® Intranet Portal v8.5 enhances collaboration, communication, social networking, workflow, and knowledge management. Drag-and-drop actions can visualize process construction, synchronize people and departments, and automate routine activities. Along with PRO+PRO(TM) security framework and built-in XMPP/Jabber IM, features include Extranet, Site Controller, and Web Analytics modules as well as event scheduler.
Original Press Release:
Bitrix Sets up a New Standard for Enterprise 2.0 Environment
Rich Extranet Functionality, Easy Business Process Deployment and Cross-Platform Integration Bring Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal 8.5 to the Top Performers List in the Market
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -- Bitrix, Inc. (http://www.bitrixsoft.com), a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces the availability of Bitrix R) Intranet Portal 8.5, a major release of high-end Enterprise 2.0 software designed for effective collaboration, communication, social networking, workflow and knowledge management for small and medium-sized businesses.
"For many years Bitrix spearheaded the industry with technological advances like PRO+PRO TM) security framework, built-in XMPP/Jabber instant messenger and open source availability," said Dmitry Valyanov, President of Bitrix, Inc. "The latest release delivers to our customers a range of unique features introducing more flexibility and power in an evolving Enterprise 2.0 environment."
Enhancements and new capabilities
Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal 8.5 now allows easy business process design and deployment across the organization. The feature uses intuitive drag-and-drop actions to visualize the process construction, synchronize people and departments and promptly automate routine activities. Essentially, a business process may be launched in a minute by an average user with no technical staff involved. Thus businesses can significantly improve intranet ROI by boosting employee productivity, internal interoperability, and user satisfaction.
Partner relations have always been a cornerstone of successful business development. Following strong market demand, Bitrix extends its value proposition for SMBs with the Extranet module that provides a protected workspace for effective business communications with partners and other external users. The new capability stands out from the competition with an unmatched set of collaboration and communication tools including workgroups, calendars, social networking, reporting, task and workflow management, blogs, polls, knowledge base and gadgets. The Extranet module lets users sustain continuous business relations with partners in a way that has never been so easy.
Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal 8.5 is powered by a number of additional enhancements and new capabilities that address evolving Enterprise 2.0 needs. The Site Controller module enables tight integration with Bitrix(R) Site Manager, a popular CMS for effective management of high-performance websites of nearly any purpose or industry focus. Thanks to this feature, businesses can connect branch offices into a solid intranet and authorized users can exchange data among internet, intranet and extranet layers of the Bitrix platform.
The Web Analytics module allows extended user community monitoring, analysis and reporting for better understanding of user activity and intranet troubleshooting. The improved event scheduler now finds available timeslots based on the participants' schedules and instant meeting room booking. The dynamic corporate structure contains more details in rich user profiles and providing transparent internal communications.
Wrapped in a highly-customizable mashup-style user interface, Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal 8.5 offers a very attractive employee workspace which makes the intranet solution adoption fast and painless, advocated by users themselves. As a result, businesses can easily capitalize on the social dimension of work and leverage profound employee involvement.
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Press release full version:
http://www.bitrixsoft.com/company/news/190561/index.php
What's new in Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal 8.5? Video broadcasting:
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About Bitrix, Inc.
Bitrix is a privately-owned company developing a business communications platform to bridge SMBs with their customers, partners and employees. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Alexandria, VA, Bitrix now incorporates 70+ staff, 30,000+ customers and 4,000+ partners worldwide. The customer list includes Hyundai, Volkswagen, Panasonic, Xerox, PricewaterhourseCoopers, DPD, VTB, Samsung and Cosmopolitan. Localized into 13 languages, the company's products are distinguished for pioneering technology, unique security features, extreme performance capacity and ease-of-use.
