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Bluespring Software Finishes 2006 With 277% Q4 Revenue Growth - MarketWire

Gary E Smith — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:29:25 GMT

Bluespring Software Finishes 2006
With 277% Q4 Revenue Growth With BPM Suite

Bluespring Software, the Business Process Management (BPM) software company that puts the power of business process design, execution and management in the hands of business people, announces record growth for the second straight quarter. The company continues to be a market force on the people-centric BPM software stage.

SOURCE: MarketWire

Bluespring Software, Inc.: Bluespring Software Finishes 2006 With ...

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The BPM Blog Network

Gary E Smith — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:27:39 GMT

BPM BLOG NETWORK

Featuring the Best in BPM Blogs

Check it out at:

BPM Blog Network

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Why Composition is not Development - Search WebServices

Gary E Smith — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:01:49 GMT

Why Composition is not Development

"Developers are much like artists – no two developers produce the same application logic for the same set of requirements. In much the same way that few painters would want to paint their artwork on someone else's pre-completed canvas, most developers dislike reuse since they think they know best how to encode high-level requirements into the language that computers understand.

Composers, on the other hand, require a different mentality and social breeding. Rather than thinking in terms new application logic development, composers think in terms of configuration of existing Services as reflecting the then-current needs of the business. Composers depend on models for their basic, day-to-day operation. Since the models that drive Service composition necessarily reflect the actual requirements of the business, composers can not even accomplish their daily goals and tasks the artifacts that developers would consider unnecessary documentation. Developers desire working code over extraneous models. Composers need working models over extraneous code."

Source: Search Web Services

Why composition is not development

For more information on SOA Development see:

SOA Developer Network

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Software AG Becomes A Leader In The IC-BPMS Market - Forrester

Gary E Smith — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:48:31 GMT

Software AG Becomes A Leader In The IC-BPMS Market

"Software AG is the big surprise in our evaluation of the integration-centric businesss management suite (IC-BPMS) market, as it was not even included in our last integration suite report published in July 2005. It now joins the Leader group, thanks to its strong service-oriented architecture (SOA) and connectivity features. Software AG's platform, crossvision, is based on well-integrated, internally developed products like EntireX and Tamino, as well as its CentraSite registry/repository that was co-developed with Fujitsu. Software AG also OEMs Fujitsu's business process management (BPM) and AmberPoint's management technology to round out its IC-BPMS feature set. Despite its well-established position in other markets based on its legacy solutions, Software AG is not yet widely recognized as a key player in the IC-BPMS market."

Source: Forrester Research

Software AG Becomes A Leader In The IC-BPMS Market

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Three Ways BI and BPM Will Work Together - Blog

Gary E Smith — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:39:12 GMT

Three Ways BI and BPM Will Work Together
- The Intelligent Enterprise Blog

"No doubt you’ve heard about the trend toward operational business intelligence. The idea is to democratize BI, liberating it from the gurus in the ivory tower and sharing it with the masses of business users so everyone can make smart decisions. Well, you can’t get more operational than core business processes, so there has been a lot of talk about the combination of BI and business process management (BPM)."

Read the entire article on Intelligent Enterprise here...

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Process Modeling Software - Savvion

Gary E Smith — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:26:06 GMT

Begin by downloading this free, easy-to-use desktop application of Savvion Process Modeling software. In minutes, you can give your people the power to:

Articulate their ideas by easily creating detailed process flow diagrams that include critical rule, event and exception data.
Simulate reality by reviewing and testing process designs before implementing them. You can even allocate costs, resources, and time to each process, and run a simulation to identify problems and bottlenecks before deployment.
Document the improvements with detailed descriptions of each process, collaborate using version control, and reuse work from the past so there’s no time wasted trying to duplicate results.

To download the Savvion Process Modeler:

http://www.savvion.com/forms1/process_modeler.php

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Business Process Change - Book Review

Gary E Smith — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:34:21 GMT

Business Process Change

Book Summary:

Business process changes have the power to redefine the economics of an industry, as Henry Ford did to the automobile industry by introducing the idea of a single, continuous manufacturing process. Today the Internet and e-business applications are driving similar changes at companies that know how to change their business processes to take advantage of these new technologies.

This book not only describes how to analyze and redesign business processes, it also describes a general strategy that companies can use to coordinate the work of business and IT managers and supports the approach with a wide variety of examples and case studies of successful business process change..

Check this and other books out at: SOA Book Network
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Essential Business Process Modeling - Book Review

Gary E Smith — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:11:48 GMT

Essential Business Process Modeling

Book description

Monitoring workflow today can involve orchestrating massive systems. Business Process Management (BPM) helps developers design, code, run, administer, and monitor enterprise business processes. This guide explains BPM concepts, architecture and specifications, and then teaches you how to develop process-oriented applications using free tools.

Chapter 2: Prescription for a Good BPM Architecture (PDF Format)

For more SOA and BPM Books check out The SOA Book Network
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A quick intro to WebSphere BPM - IBM

Gary E Smith — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:38:13 GMT

A quick intro to WebSphere Business Process Management - IBM

The combination of SOA and ESB is the most modern approach so far for developing enterprise applications that better align IT capabilities with business needs, and WebSphere Business Process Management is the most comprehensive set of products for doing so.

A quick intro to business process management

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BPM FREE Trial Offer - WorkPoint

Gary E Smith — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:33:38 GMT

Free Download of WorKpoint BPM Solution

BPM FREE Trial Offer

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Open-Source Web Development Gets BPM Tools - MC Showcase

Gary E Smith — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:40:23 GMT

Open-Source Web Development Gets BPM Tools

Intalio, Inc., The Open Source BPMS Company today announced the donation of its trailblazing BPMN process modeler to the Eclipse Foundation. The technology is now available under the Eclipse Public License (EPL) and is part of the SOA Tools Platform (STP) project.

For the complete MCShowcase Article:

Open-Source Web Development Gets BPM Tools
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SOA and BPM headed for Convergence, says Gartner

Gary E Smith — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:39:12 GMT

SOA and BPM headed for Convergence, Says Gartner

"Gartner Inc. analysts predict that, beginning in 2007, business process management (BPM) will become the driver for SOA implementations.

The technology for the convergence of BPM and SOA may not fully mature until 2010, but the analysts urge business adopt "process architecture" now if they want to take a leadership role in this trend.

In the report titled Gartner Predicts 2007: Align BPM and SOA Initiative Now to Increase Chances of Becoming a Leader in 2010, analysts tell business managers, SOA architects and developers to start adopting "process modeling and develop a process architecture." Process architecture includes identifying the customer-facing and partner-facing processes that are key to achieving the business goals of a company and then holistically concentrating on optimizing them through BPM and SOA, the Gartner analysts explain."

For the complete SearchWebServices Article:

Link To Original Article

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Benefits of Enterprise Systems Consolidation for BPM and BI - Business Intelligence Network

Gary E Smith — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:44:44 GMT

The Benefits of Enterprise System Consolidation for Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence

Vendor consolidation in the business performance management (BPM) marketplace is on the rise as companies seek BPM and business intelligence (BI) tools with a centralized perspective. This trend is evident in the preliminary results of the 2007 BPM Pulse Survey (still being conducted), which reveal that 62 percent of companies with a BPM initiative in the works are implementing it as part of a standardization or consolidation initiative. The benefits of a reduced vendor set include lower costs and decreased maintenance requirements. Fewer vendors also make it easier for end users, who enjoy enhanced analysis capabilities and experience a consistent user interface across applications.

For the Preliminary Results check out the Business Intelligence Network:

preliminary results

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Global 360 to Host Process Intelligence Webinar - PRNewsWire

Gary E Smith — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:35:42 GMT

DALLAS, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Global 360, Inc., a leading provider of
business process management (BPM) and optimization solutions, today
announced it will host a Webinar on Thursday, December 14th addressing the
advantages of process intelligence technology and the role it will play as
organizations look to manage and optimize multiple process silos through a
unified infrastructure.

     What:   Webinar: "BPM Proliferation Drives the Need for Process Intelligence"

     When:   Thurs., Dec. 14, 2006 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EST

     Where: Register for the Webinar at

             http://www.global360.com/webinar

Global 360 to Host Process Intelligence Webinar

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BPMG Toronto: Implementing Pega - ebizQ

Gary E Smith — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:22:00 GMT

BPMG Toronto: Implementing Pega

Check out Sandy Kemsley's blog and her visit to BPMG.org Conference in Toronto.

BPMG Toronto: Implementing Pega

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Free BPM Tool from TIBCO (Eclipse Integrated)

Gary E Smith — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:46:20 GMT

TIBCO First to Offer Full-Featured, Eclipse-Based BPM Modeling and Simulation Product for Free

"To date, commercially available process modeling environments have been too cost-prohibitive for most companies to invest in for non-technical users. The few made available for free are generally not standards compliant, have limited functionality, or do not fit into the current IT infrastructure. As a result, models built in these solutions cannot be executed easily and, in most cases, require significant re-work by IT to ensure compliance with the execution engine. TIBCO Business Studio, version 1.1 is the first fully functional, standards-based process modeling product tailor-made for business users offered at no cost. This eliminates a key barrier to entry by giving organizations an easy, low-risk way to get started with their BPM projects."

http://www.tibco.com/devnet/business_studio/default.jsp

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Hyperion Steps Up Momentum as World Leader in BPM - CBR

Gary E Smith — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:56:34 GMT

Hyperion Steps Up Momentum as World Leader in BPM

Hyperion's BPM software has already established itself as the gold standard for performance management in the office of finance. Santa Clara, California-based Hyperion now wants to carry that success over into broader operational areas in the enterprise and across vertical industries.

For complete CBR Article:

Hyperion encourages partners to verticalize BPM platform

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JBoss Veteran Joins Open Source BPM Vendor Intalio - BusinessWire

Gary E Smith — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:51:38 GMT

JBoss Veteran Joins Open Source BPM Vendor Intalio

Intalio, Inc., The Open Source BPMS Company, today announced that former JBoss Vice President of Sales Don Neely joined Intalio to lead its sales expansion efforts.

"With the adoption of industry standards such as BPEL and BPMN, and the move towards a Service Oriented Architecture, the BPM market is poised to follow on the footsteps of the J2EE Application Server market," said Don Neely, vice president of sales at Intalio. "Because of its leadership in developing the most relevant industry standards and its commitment to an Open Source business model, Intalio is better positioned than any other company to emerge as the leader in this booming market."

For the complete article:

JBoss Veteran Joins Open Source BPM Vendor Intalio

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WEBINAR: BPM 104: Roles in Business Process Management - BPM Basics

Gary E Smith — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:26:00 GMT

Webinar: BPM 104: Roles in Business Process Management
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2006
Time: 2:00 PM EST

During this hour-long educational webinar, BPM Expert John Lojek will identify the various roles needed for BPM projects -- including analysts, architects, and developers -- and explain why they're necessary to ensure a successful BPM implementation. Myles Weber, Appian's Director of Professional Services, will then explore the approaches organizations can use to put together a team and initiate a BPM project.

To register, please visit: http://www.bpmbasics.com/academy/bpm104_n.html

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Oracle Announces General Availability of Business Process Analysis Suite - Yahoo Finance

Gary E Smith — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:38:19 GMT

Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle(R) Business Process Analysis Suite

"Oracle today announced the immediate availability of Oracle® Business Process Analysis Suite which provides business users the ability to model, publish, simulate and optimize end-to-end business processes that span the enterprise to increase operational efficiencies and improve business productivity. Oracle Business Process Analysis Suite, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, makes it possible for business or IT managers to model and automate multi-step processes and simulate and identify organizational, structural and technical problems in workflows before they occur -- enabling better control over an organization's business processes.

Oracle Business Process Analysis Suite consists of the following four components:
     *    Business Process Architect -- A standards-based tool for process
           modeling that supports standards-based notations and templates
           including Business Process Modeling Notation;
     *    Business Process Repository Server -- A server component for sharing
           the process repository across multiple users in a collaborative
           environment;
     *    Business Process Simulator -- A tool for simulating the process
           models based on a set of discrete events to do "what if" analysis;
           and
     *    Business Process Publisher -- Publishes process models to a large
           audience outside of the core team designing the process models.

For more information about the Oracle Business Process Analysis Suite, please visit:

http://www.oracle.com/goto/bpm ."

For the complete Yahoo Finance Article:

Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle(R) Business ...

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