Bitrix Intranet Portal Provides Mobile Instant Messaging

Online, February 4, 2010 (Newswire.com) - ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Bitrix, Inc. (www.bitrixsoft.com), a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces the availability of Bitrix® Intranet Portals built-in instant messaging for the most popular mobile platforms. Thanks to this feature, enterprise portal users can perform essential portal activities like communications, employee availability monitoring and notifications management - anytime, anywhere.

Bitrix Intranet Portal is the worlds first Enterprise 2.0 solution to integrate a private XMPP/Jabber server and assure customers with an effective, secure and robust messaging tool. Using applications like Parlingo, BeejiveIM, IM+, Talkonaut or Agile Messenger and a valid Internet connection, users can link up their smartphones with Bitrix Intranet Portal directly. The feature covers the most popular mobile platforms like Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Symbian and Palm.

"In the modern world it is hard to underestimate the meaning of being connected. Connection is money, relations, awareness, entertainment, and services", said Dmitry Valyanov, President of Bitrix, Inc. "We are proud that Bitrix users can leverage the advantage of staying in touch with their intranet portal via a smartphone and feel the pulse of the enterprise."

Bitrix instant messaging feature is distinguished for its tight integration with the products core. Once connected to the XMPP/Jabber server, a user can view a list of colleagues organized by the companys structure along with their availability. Knowing who is available at any given moment helps employees who are working remotely get the information which they need from the main office with minimal delay. The tool is secured with SSL tunneling to prevent unwanted parties from intercepting messaging traffic. The messenger delivers users a wide range of automatic notifications from portal activities such as tasks, meetings and group events. Furthermore, users can send and receive not only text messages but also files, audio and video content and leverage a full messaging history to assure continuity of communications.