Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, has released a roadmap for the upcoming version of its flagship content management system, Bitrix Site Manager. In the upcoming version 10.5, the product will be equipped with new functionality and features.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – June 28, 2011 – Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, released a new case study which covers the development process and know-how of a prominent B2B web resource for cargo services created by GALS Soft, a Bitrix Gold Certified Partner.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Bitrix announces the first implementation of its recently released Web Cluster technology. Kupibonus.ru, ("buy bonus") which offers one-day-only specials on products and services targeted to women, and has a daily audience of several hundred thousand visitors.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – June 8, 2011 – Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces the selection of Bitrix Intranet by AUTFORCE Automations - GmbH, a leading software provider for industrial equipment on the German and European markets, for the company's extensive knowledge base and online training programs.

Thanks to Bitrix Intranet, the intranet project developed for AUTFORCE Automations - GmbH achieved the company's goals of closer contact with the customers during the execution of each project, creation of a pleasant working atmosphere where both teamwork and independence thrives among employees, and incorportating performance-related pay as a motivating factor for the employees.

Because of the technical requirements involved, the virtual machine from Bitrix was implemented and provided great advantages including rapid launch. Some design changes in the basic Bitrix template were made, and in the e-learning module, adjustments were more substantial.

"With the introduction of the Intranet solution, storage and retrieval of documents has been simplified. Specifically, modifying published documents became much easier. With the help of lists that can be configured to contain a variety of different data types in a single record, we were able to replace our old system of Excel files easily and achieve centralized management. Through user rights, now the viewing or modifying the content of the respective groups is assignable." - said Oliver Hohnhold, CEO of AUTFORCE Automation - GmbH.

Read the full version of the case study "AUTFORCE Automation: Centralized File Management and Excellent Online Training" online or download it in PDF (4.6 Mb). Check out other Bitrix case studies, as well.

Newly released Bitrix Intranet 10.0 introduces simple and powerful Task&Time management, CRM, Mobile interfaces and integration with Microsoft, Google, and Apple.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Bitrix, Inc.(http://www.bitrixsoft.com), a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions announces the release of Bitrix Intranet 10.0, a genuine turning-point in the product’s history. The product’s new overarching concept is to unite the energies of each employee to boost efficiency at all levels. With Version 10.0, the product reinvents itself with advanced task and time management, a CRM system, Live Feed ticker, microblogs, integration with Microsoft, Google and Apple products, Mobile apps and multi department intranet support.

New technologies and tools incorporated into Bitrix Intranet 10.0 contains:

• Task management 2.0 – enhanced tools for tasks and projects with efficiency reports for each employee, departments, and the company on the whole.

• Time management 2.0  – features for handling clock in/out, total work time, breaks, absences, cross-platform calendaring,meeting and event planning.

•  CRM (Customer Relationship Management) – manages leads, accounts, and other relationships.

Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces the release of a new case study which offers an exciting overview of the intranet project developed for Stellberg, a large stainless steel products manufacturer active in the Russian market.

Over the past 10 years, Stellberg has become a leading supplier of stainless steel products, with more than 120 highly qualified specialists at 7 locations from Yekaterinburg to Pyatigorsk. Using the Bitrix Intranet solution, the company reinforced its internal communications and made the general workflow more transparent.

A company with a highly distributed production and logistics network like Stellberg always runs the risk of inadequate communication among its workers, which are spread out among various organizational divisions and locations. Massive flows of disorderly business information which required great amounts of time and effort to search through, frequent urgent requests from distant offices and delivery trucks, the need to retrieve archived documents quickly, and the overshadowing sense that the their information is not secure from inside or outside threats made the necessity of an intranet clear to the company.

The new case study offers insights on how Enterprise 2.0 web technologies reinforced communication flows and collaboration efforts within a large steel manufacturer and made the whole company more efficient and productive.

Read the case study "Stellberg: Intranet Facilities for a Large Enterprise"

Case study "Stellberg: Intranet Facilities for a Large Enterprise" in PDF (350 Kb) download. Read other Bitrix Case Studies.

You have just completed all the website development work and are ready to take it online. You started to search for a hosting plan that will suit your website and budget. You know the system requirements for Bitrix websites are: Apache 2, MySQL 5, PHP 5 etc. And you see that there a lot hosting plan that meet these requirements. But is it enough to check the system requirements only?

The real answer is – “no”.

Here are several things you should care about:

Main system requirements

Sure, your hosting tariff should meet all the system requirements.

This means that Apache, PHP and MySQL should be installed on the server in appropriate versions.

Sometimes the PHP version can be changed directly in server settings. You need to use either the hosting control panel or edit the .htaccess file. This can be tricky but you can always check it and fix it before the installation.

Specific server settings

• Be sure that you have safe_mode turned off.
• Safe mode may interfere with file and image uploads.
• You need to check the open_basedir settings in your php.ini file and disable it.
  

Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announced the release of a new version of its content management system (CMS) today – Bitrix Site Manager ASP.NET 5.5, targeted at website content editors, designers and developers who prefer using the Microsoft ASP.NET platform for their web projects.

Key changes in the new version include the availability of several quick-start solutions for typical website categories. Additionally, there has been significant improvement in performance and ORM modules.

Bitrix Site Manager ASP.NET 5.5 tremendously simplifies website development by offering turnkey websites – a set of ready-to-go design and content templates for corporate, personal, and community websites that are available from inside the regular install wizard.

Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, together with Red Ked's, a creative marketing agency, are pleased to announce the successful deployment of Bitrix Site Manager as the platform for www.campbells-soup.ru.

Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, introduces a new study of the top five reasons off-the-shelf CMS and social intranet software offer clear advantages over custom-built solutions.

Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, introduces the InfoPace edition of its award-winning flagship product Bitrix® Intranet. The edition’s affordable pricing ($499), out-of-the-box functionality, easy management and user adoption positions it as an excellent starting point for implementing social collaboration technologies to increase team performance, staff involvement and business transparency.

Bitrix Intranet: InfoPace Edition is a superior performer as an organization’s information hub and document sharing platform, ensuring two-way communications with employees. It provides an always-on resource for critical information about adopted values, procedures, structure, news and ongoing activities to personnel, advancing business development and a unified yet evolving vision. Equipped with an integrated e-learning, it also ensures quick on-boarding for new team members. Employee profiles, staff directory and rich social networking features (blogs, forums, wikis, polls) increase awareness and team insight as well as stimulate idea generation and convey valuable feedback to top management and business owners to bolster innovation and rumour control.

InfoPace delivers organizations obvious advantages for improving team performance. It automates routine activities for HR, IT and accounting with standard documents and forms. Full-text morphological search help employees quickly locate relevant content, knowledge and experts across intranet. Automatic notifications keep staff informed of recent activities and announcements. Basic collaboration features such as meeting room booking and a unified absence chart synchronize the office work. Document storage areas for public use, departments, and individual users secure knowledge continuity.

Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, introduces its TrafficJuggler™ load balancing technology, which effectively addresses customers’ needs for online business continuity. It delivers industry-leading performance capable of handling traffic spikes caused by extreme visitor activity or by targeted DDoS attacks.