News

Bitrix Sets Up A New Standard For Enterprise 2.0 Environment

12/15/2009
Rich extranet functionality, easy business process deployment and cross-platform integration bring Bitrix® Intranet Portal 8.5 to the top performers list in the market.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Dec. 15, 2009 – Bitrix, Inc. (www.bitrixsoft.com), a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces the availability of Bitrix® 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™ security framework, built-in XMPP/Jabber instant messenger, WebDAV support, smart morphology-based enterprise search 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® 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® 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® 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® 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.

“Bitrix made a huge step ahead in delivering a number of highly anticipated features to the fast-developing Enterprise 2.0 market,” said Vasily Smertin, Business Development Director at Hyundai Motor CIS. “Improved functionality, performance, security and scalability set up a new standard for the industry, assure a quality experience for intranet adopters and bring Bitrix to the top position in the competitive field.”

Product line information

Bitrix® Intranet Portal 8.5 comes in three editions tailored to meet specific business needs and improve cost savings. The Office Edition is suitable for small organizations looking for a professional level intranet. The Extranet Edition offers rich extranet capabilities and ideally fits organizations looking for extended partner communication and collaboration. The Enterprise Edition gives customers extra value with a full range of tools including the Business Processes and Site Controller modules.

Pricing

Customers can purchase a 25-User Base Pack (starting from US$1499 for the Office Edition) and the necessary number of user licenses exceeding 25 (US$30 per user). An option for unlimited users and a special offer for Hosting Providers are available.

Upgrade options

Registered users of previous versions of Bitrix® Intranet Portal are entitled to a free upgrade to any edition of version 8.5. The upgrade is only one click away; it can be done in real-time and fully automatically using the SiteUpdate module.

Availability

Bitrix® Intranet Portal 8.5 is available immediately. The product can be purchased from Bitrix partners or online.

Support

The price of Bitrix® Intranet Portal 8.5 includes one year subscription for technical support and updates. Further yearly renewals can be purchased for 22% of the product price.

Additional Resources

• Instant online demo
• Free 30-day trial
• Free Bitrix® Virtual Appliance
• Screenshots