At the last exhibition SofTool, the company "1C-Bitrix held a special press conference at which he announced a new version of the product" 1C-Bitrix: Enterprise Portal 8.5. The main feature of the new version has a system for automating business processes with the possibility of visual design. In addition, the new version also appeared functional for the Extranet - a site for the interaction of employees with customers, partners and suppliers.

In his very thorough presentation Sergei Ryzhikov, CEO of 1C-Bitrix, said that a new functional product of 1C-Bitrix: Corporate Portal "allows you to visually design business processes, building a clear sequence of interactions between different units, and easy to implement by processes work. To automate a business process does not require lengthy setup and programming, which can significantly reduce the costs of the organization, carrying out such work without the involvement of technical specialists. "1C-Bitrix: Enterprise Portal 8.5" is suitable for automation of all types of business processes: from linear and simple to complex branched with parallel phases of execution.

He noted that the active use of Web 2.0 technologies in the new product 1C-Bitrix leads to solutions Enterprise 2.0 - a new culture of management of corporate knowledge. According to him, the new product is made so that it does not need to implement - you just need to offer employees the company to use it, and they will come to a conclusion whether this is useful, convenient and efficient. This product is similar to the Web site, so working with him to learn. In fact, it uses methods and technologies of social networking, familiar to most Internet users for the organization of work. This new format of the collective work, and working groups - the main instrument of that collective work.

What exactly is expressed by the influence of technology Web 2.0? This massive use of social networking technologies, as a collective means of communication, and instant messaging (even when working in the same room), and high intensity of communication, and the accumulation of data that reflect the lives and processes are actually occurring. In many companies, young workers can not conceive of work and communications without Web 2.0.