Some say the planet is going down this year. I say - we're only getting started! Please welcome Bitrix24 - your indispensable social intranet! Here are some quick facts about the new product:
- It's social and it's about communicating with your colleagues and with contacts outside your company;
- Bitrix24 is a SaaS product. It's deployed in the Cloud and does not need to be installed or adjusted manually;
- The product will be delivered both as a free service (for managing projects in smaller groups) and via monthly paid subscriptions (paid plans have more functions and unlimited users).
We performed massive research on the most popular B2B/B2C products and services last year, and we continue to monitor all trends in social communications and business software. We found out that there are a lot of tools spread across the internet that could be used for managing one’s daily routine.
Based on the success of our Intranet/Extranet solution, we decided to create a new Cloud product that would incorporate only the best features of Bitrix Intranet and maintain a simplicity that will have mass appeal. Philosophically, we decided that this product will shift from a pure collaboration and project management tool to a tool for social interaction and smart content evaluation (search, ratings, knowledge base etc.).
I am sure many of you will like the new GUI and design, developed in cooperation with a Russian web agency - AIC (www.aic.ru). Nonetheless, some of the features of the interface are being re-considered, meaning they will be even better! So, just a little bit more patience...
Activity Stream for truly social collaboration
Intuitive, convenient, and simple - these were set as the main goals for the new GUI. The re-designed Activity Stream has become the glue of the whole project. Tasks, projects, contacts directory, employee and workgroup changes, CRM, etc. - all of these are displayed in the Activity Stream (of course, based on access permissions of each user and according to their personal settings). This is basically your starting and ending point for all your projects and daily activities in Bitrix24.
The old GUI of the Activity Stream:
The new GUI of the Activity Stream which is still being improved:
Floating Task viewer opened from Activity Stream:
Quick access to CRM / Sales Funnel:
Instant Messenger - slick, handy, and in high demand
One of the most popular features in Bitrix Intranet is the built-in Instant Messenger. After several months of hard work, it finally looks very close to what we wanted for Bitrix24. Each tab has the name of the user involved in the conversation and contains both the current conversation and the "History" icon which displays all messages ever exchanged with this user. Instead of links to messages, we've added a small panel with company contacts and a "New Message / New Notification" indicator (attached to the bottom of the page by default, but can be dragged-and-dropped to 6 different locations).
Instant Messenger (center: chat window; right: side contact panel; bottom-right: panel with indicators):
Bitrix24.com website - available soon!
Starting this week, you will be able to experience our new website (also created by AIC web designers) - . Although the site has a limited number of sections available for public access and you cannot buy any commercial subscriptions of Bitrix24 at the moment, it does offer more details about the tools and features that will be included in the product. Some slight changes will be made to the content of the site, but not many.
Bitrix24.com website:
Product release date
The product release date is April 12, 2012. This is the day we're planning to give public access to the site and offer commercial subscriptions of Bitrix24 along with the free edition.
Free invites - Get your Bitrix24 free and uncut
A limited number of Bitrix Partners have been involved in beta-testing of our product. Now the time has come for alpha-testing of Bitrix24. My colleagues from the Sales Dept. are distributing free invites right now. The invites can be used for creating Bitrix24 intranets, so please shoot them an email to
Your feedback and suggestions (we really need this, thank you!)
Because the product is still in the production stage, there might be some minor issues with the layout and GUI. Please do inform us about every possible or explicit or runtime caused GUI issues. There's a special forum section you can use to notify our technical and production staff about your testing results and also post your recommendation and suggestions: . We really appreciate your feedback and help in making Bitrix24 a high-quality social intranet!
