Bitrix Enriches Enterprise 2.0 With Cutting-Edge Communication and Collaboration Features

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- Video Conferencing, e-mail Processing, Integrated Anti-Virus and Enhanced Business Process Management in Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal 9.0 Reinforce its Position as a Leading Enterprise 2.0 Solution for SMB

Bitrix, Inc. (http://www.bitrixsoft.com), a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces the availability of Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal 9.0, the most ambitious release of the company's Enterprise 2.0 solution for small and medium-sized businesses.

Write, speak, watch

Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 now provides a full range of business-oriented communication opportunities. In the new version, the blogs & forums and instant messaging features are reinforced with video conferencing and e-mail processing.

Customers can create a number of virtual video meeting rooms according to their license terms, make online room reservations with real-time status display in the public calendar and initiate either an instant peer-to-peer video call or a click-away video conference for up to six participants. This feature is available both for internal and external communications and requires a simple browser plug-in.

Thanks to the integrated Send&Save(TM) technology, organizations can solve a major headache associated with the fact that email remains the main business communication tool. Correspondence is usually dispersed among user mailboxes without proper archiving and sharing, thus leaving no significant footprint after employee dismissal. The new feature duplicates email in the intranet, stores messages in dedicated discussions with shared user access rights and indexes it for the D.I.G. enterprise search engine.

Security above all

Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 makes a huge step forward in security with the improvement of the integrated PRO+PRO(TM) security framework, which goes far beyond traditional intranet protection. Thanks to the new anti-virus module, the product prevents malicious code distribution to end users and provides both detection and disinfection capabilities for automatic purging of infected code. In combination with embedded backup and integrity control, the web anti-virus dramatically amplifies the overall product security, minimizes downtime, and ensures industry-leading business continuity and reputation protection.

Business process management

Confirming its status as a technological pioneer in Enterprise 2.0 business process management, Bitrix has added a number of important enhancements to this module.

Now, a process can be initiated with regards to a document or a routine activity, owners can modify the process at any stage of its implementation, users can receive assignments directly to their calendars and tasks as well as receive notifications via instant messenger or e-mail. The business processes visual constructor received new functions like issue escalation and decision-making timeout, while the product is now equipped with additional templates for typical activity like business trips and vacation request handling.

Last but not least

Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 experienced several other enhancements spearheading the evolving Enterprise 2.0 market and driven by user demand. The product enables automatic visual representation of organization's structure. The user interface was endowed with extended tooltips when browsing employee profiles. The workgroups appearance has changed, offering intuitive navigation and customization with support of tags and tag-based search.

    Additional Resources

    - Read full press release
      http://www.bitrixsoft.com/company/news/216768/
    - What's new in Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal 9.0:
      http://bitrixsoft.com/video/eng_guides/bip90highlights.flv
    - Instant online demo:
      http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/demo.php
    - Virtual Press Office: http://www.bitrixsoft.com/pressoffice/

About Bitrix, Inc.

Bitrix is a privately-owned company developing an advanced 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, Gazprom, Xerox, PricewaterhouseCoopers, DPD, VTB, Samsung and Cosmopolitan. The company's products are distinguished for their pioneering technology, unique security features, extreme performance capacity and unmatched ease-of-use.

SOURCE Bitrix, Inc.