Fuchs Public Relations AG

30 percent even estimate that they save much or very much time to ALEXANDRIA, VA. / KALININGRAD, October 01, 2010 a recent study showed that 58 percent of German workers of believe are to save time through an intranet. 25 percent of them think that they save a lot of time, 5 percent even very much. Another 40 per cent estimated to be slightly more efficient as a result. The intranet functions using the staff on the most common appointment management (49%), employee directory (42%) and chat/Instant Messaging (32%), followed by digital photo galleries (25%), video conferencing (19%) and working heritage logs (16%). Each 20 percent wish no other applications or does not know so that more than one-third the current offering is satisfied. Chat/Instant Messaging is in addition required applications for the intranet (17%) front, just followed by video conferencing, collaboration blogs and Central appointment management. “Companies can their productivity significantly increase when they can at any time access to important information.

The study shows that above all the contact with colleagues is important”, says Dmitry Valyanov, President of Bitrix. “About the appointment management, you can see, when the colleague is approachable through the employee directory as it is reachable, and goes via chat / Instant Messaging communication fastest. This also very much working time can be saved, as already noticed many workers.” To the question “Do you think that you can save time by using an intranet portal?” 58 percent agreed, while only 19 percent denied. 70 percent of this estimate that they save very much, much or little work time. Only 12 percent see very little efficiency a little and less than a percent. Especially access to company information from on the road plays an increasingly important role.

53 percent of the respondents E-Mail can use with mobile access to the intranet, 48 percent shared contact manager and 47 percent a scheduling. Most common external accessed on the intranet via the Web browser. 36 percent use this way. This is followed by a VPN connection with 28 percent and a proprietary software installed on your computer, with 19 percent. The market research study “intranet trends in Germany” have carried out statista (www.statista.org) and the market research EARSandEYES on behalf of Bitrix. The full study can be downloaded under intranet_2010_de.pdf. Short profile Bitrix, Inc. Bitrix is a provider of high-performance platforms for business communication, helping medium-sized companies, to stay with their customers (Internet), partners (extranet) and employees (intranet) in the dialog. Founded in 1998 with headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, and product development in Kaliningrad, Russia, has more than 70 employees, over 30,000 customers and approximately 4,000 partners worldwide. The customers include Hyundai, Volkswagen, Panasonic, Gazprom, Xerox, PricewaterhouseCoopers, DPD, VTB, Samsung and cosmopolitan. In 13 Language versions available products is characterized by their advanced technology, unique security features, enormous performance and ease of use. Media contact Rainer Bock Fink & Fuchs Public Relations AG 36 787 Denis held Marketing Director Bitrix, Inc.

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