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For BPM, event processing and predictive analytics could be the future
The use of complex event processing (CEP) and predictive analytics is solidly established in the capital markets sector, but a seemingly endless host of practical applications across several industries for these technologies may herald an imminent ch... E-Zine
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Strategic ways to use mobility and BPM integration for a competitive edge
Read this expert ebizQ.net E-Zine to learn how going mobile and integrating BPM will help to boost performance and transform your enterprise. Find strategic ways to use mobility and integration to build a high-performance organization that can yield ... E-Zine
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The latest strategies for implementing BPM
Read this collection of tips and expert advice from the teams at ebizQ.net and SearchSOA.com to learn how business process management (BPM) technologies have evolved over the past year, and what the latest, most effective strategies are for implement... E-Zine
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BPMN 2.0: Assessing a year of change
Operational efficiency and intelligence are top of mind for today's organizations, and many are turning to business process management (BPM) systems, case management and decision management technology, and complex event processing (CEP) technology to... E-Zine
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Introduction to dynamic case management and untamed processes
In this expert e-book, the first part of a series on process management, get an introduction to dynamic case management and untamed processes and learn strategies to help your organization overcome common process management challenges. E-Book
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Mobile BPM quiz: Test what you know about 'portable' processes
How well do you understand mobile business process management? Test your mobile BPM knowledge with this six-question quiz. Quiz
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Gartner: Business process competency centers bring big benefits
Want faster, better BPM projects? Create a business process competency center (BPCC). Gartner's Bruce Robertson explains how to get the job done. Feature
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Creating an SOA center of excellence for application integration
A well-built SOA Center of Excellence for application integration is crucial to service-oriented architecture. Here is a breakdown of how to build it. Feature
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Q&A: Will knowledge workers drive cloud-based dynamic case management?
As more organizations turn to the cloud to support mobile knowledge workers, cloud-based dynamic case management applications might gain traction. Q&A
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Social BPM quiz
Test your knowledge of social business process management, or social BPM, with this six-question quiz. Quiz
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Solutions architecture learning guide
The need to understand solutions architecture is increasing as 'solutions architect' becomes a popular IT title in more and more organizations. Learning Guide
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BPM fills some application modernization needs, not all
Not every legacy application can be modernized with BPM, but some organizations find success with this iterative approach to enterprise modernization. Feature
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Business process key to insurance group's application modernization effort
An Army and Air Force insurance association focuses on business processes as it exposes mainframe software to Web and mobile applications. Feature
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Assessing event-driven initiatives: How to measure success
Their marketplaces shifting dramatically, organizations have little choice but to gauge the effectiveness of their decision management or event processing projects. Feature
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Juggling events, decisions take more than merely skill
Most companies want greater agility—but few have figured out how to achieve it. With clear strategies and tactics, experts say, leaner operations are well within reach. Feature
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Sidestep the land mines of BPM projects
At the 2013 Gartner Conference, the keynote offered tips on avoiding politics in a BPM program. News | 03 Apr 2013
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Event processing and predictive analytics: BPM's next big thing?
Event processing and predictive analytics are complementary, and an explosion in Web data is a major driver of greater use of the two strategies. Feature | 25 Jul 2012
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BPEL trends update: We’ll always have orchestration
As improved BPM workflow tools have emerged, some underlying infrastructure tools have gained less attention. Notable among the latter is Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), which has often been used to convert business visions into things th... News | 30 Mar 2012
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When business processes meet software services
The business-side may buy the tools and model the processes in BPM, but then they leave it to developers in the application integration team to make it all work with enterprise software services. BPMN 2.0 has not altered that fact, but it may lead to... News | 14 Feb 2012
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Complex event processing boosts agility to create competitive advantage
There’s nothing complex about event processing’s simple payoff: When properly integrated with other systems, it adds considerable value. And, as SearchSOA Editor in Chief Jack Vaughan explains in this feature, those benefits are increasingly accessib... News | 30 Jan 2012
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BPM joins ESB and data integration for Talend
Talend added business process management capabilities to Talend Unified Platform v5 at Gartner's AADI Summit in Las Vegas last week. This addition is part of the company's effort to bring application and data integration closer together. News | 30 Nov 2011
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IBM highlights services, business processes and cloud computing at Impact 2011
IBM rolled out WebSphere middleware updates at Impact 2011. The Cloudburst 'cloud-in-a-box' appliance has been renamed the IBM Workload Deployer and now supports virtual images and more. IBM Impact 2011 | 12 Apr 2011
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OpenText agrees to acquire Metastorm for $182 million
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) provider OpenText has signed an agreement to acquire BPM vendor Metastorm Inc. for $182 million, subject to a number of closing conditions. News | 08 Feb 2011
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BPM tools for developer rules and cobblers' broods
While there is much concern about creating BPM tools for end users, are we overlooking the development side? At Rules Fest 2010, rules maven Brian Jones discussed the architectural issues with rules-based systems for BPM today. Article | 10 Nov 2010
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Is BPM right for your organization?
How you relate to BPM is likely to be influenced by the kind of work you do and the responsibilities that you have. So what BPM currently means to you may differ significantly from what it means to the next person. News | 08 Nov 2010
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Centers of Excellence: Managing organizational skills
Centers of Excellence are effective, but tend to slow projects down. Learn how to better organize skill sets with CoEs. Tip
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Application architecture, BPM must align objectives
Business process management and application architecture must work towards common goals in creating cohesive business architecture. Tip
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SOA growth reveals benefits and lessons
Service-oriented architecture is a way of including roles (customers, suppliers, engineers, etc.) and viewing everything as a service. Tip
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Who develops your business architecture for SOA?
Where do we find the analysts required to develop business architecture and transform business models needed develop aligned SOA solutions? Ramsay Millar discusses his research. Tip
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Thoughts on communicating enterprise business architecture
SOA may have reached a tipping point. But, to move forward, you must effectively speak the language of business architecture. Guest Commentary
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Enterprise architect tool belt: TOGAF 9, UML, BPMN and others help
As it matures, SOA is increasingly about articulating business needs, according to software architect Ramsay Millar. A mix of modeling tools helps architects meet these needs, he told SearchSOA.com. Tip
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On enterprise architect skills today - Q&A with The Open Group's Leonard Fehskens
SearchSOA.com's Jack Vaughan recently spoke with Leonard Fehskens, Vice President and Global Profession Lead at The Open Group. Tip
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Forrester analyst says consider process fine points when adapting BPM tools
Forrester Research analyst Derek Miers says the 'process' in BPM signifies importance when pursuing flexibility in IT systems. Tip
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Implementing BPM real-time analysis? Start with BAM
A BPM system needs a dashboard to show its return on investment and keep the execs abreast of what goes on. Architects need to choose the right levels of alerts to make BAM effective. Starting with BAM may be the best entry. Tip
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Harness real-time BPM analytics, streamline processes
Business Process Management came to prominence as a means to optimize processes. Now it drives better enterprise reporting. Tip
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How can I better connect enterprise architecture with business capabilities?
While businesses still must deliver on time and on budget, they must also ensure that the desired business outcomes were achieved. Answer
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How do I pair BPM modeling tools with an SOA?
When pairing BPM and SOA, a BPM modeling tool should take advantage of a service registry/repository. Expert Todd Biske explains why. Ask the Expert
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Emerging standards for business process management
What are some new standards emerging for business process management? Sri Nagabhirava discusses some notable emerging new standards. Ask the Expert
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Business process management (BPM) framework: Vertical vs. Horizontal
Sri Nagabhirava two different kinds of business process management frameworks available in the software market today. Ask the Expert
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Optimizing BPM and ROI with testing skills
Rami Jaamour suggests business process simulation and business process testing for optimizing BPM and realizing the ROI. Ask the Expert
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QA tests for BPM
Rami Jaamour discusses some QA tests businesses should be aware of in creating an optimized business process management. Ask the Expert
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The importance business activity monitoring
Sri Nagabhirava discusses how business activity monitoring has become an important tool in the current business context for timely decision making, event notification and monitoring. Ask the Expert
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Business process and services concepts
There are minor, yet distinct differences between a service and a business process and Sri Nagabhirava explains what they are. Ask the Expert
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Business process policies
Sri Nagabhirava discusses two distinct policies and how they can affect change in business processes. Ask the Expert
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Configuring Web services
Anne Thomas Manes discusses reasons why generating Web services might be problematic. Ask the Expert
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business capability
Business capabilities are one way of representing the highest conceptual-level view of an enterprise architecture. Definition
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BPEL (Business Process Execution Language)
BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) for Web services is an XML-based language designed to enable task-sharing for a distributed computing or grid computing environment - even across multiple organizations - using a combination of Web servic... Definition
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business rules engine (BRE)
A business rules engine (BRE) is a software component that allows non-programmers to add or change business logic in a business process management (BPM) system. Definition
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Gartner BPM Summit: Transform processes to drive business benefits
Editorial Director Scot Petersen speaks with Site Editor Anne Stuart about business process trends and highlights from the 2013 Gartner BPM Summit. Podcast
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Use mobile BPM to reinvent mission-critical processes, part 1
In this videocast, Forrester Research Senior Analyst Clay Richardson describes why and how to mobilize critical business processes. Part 1 of 2. Video
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Use mobile BPM to reinvent mission-critical processes, part 2
]: Richardson offers expert advice on developing a strategy for mobile BPM. Part 2 of 2. Video
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Succeed with BPMN modeling by avoiding extra complications
BPMN modeling can appear to be overly complicated, but Ward-Dutton explains why complexity exists in BPMN 2.0 and how to avoid extra complications. Podcast
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BPM and SOA projects: Avoiding common failures
Independent consultant Michael Rosen covers architecture, semantics, understanding enterprise context for services and processes, and implementing the projects in an Agile fashion. Video
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Podcast: Forrester analysts talk SOA and BPM
SearchSOA.com sat down recently with Ken Vollmer and Clay Richardson to talk about the interplay of BPM and SOA. Topics include how to navigate the software market for BPM products, how SOA can enhance BPM, and emerging trends in BPM, such as BPM as ... Podcast
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Expert Podcast: BPM and Architecture - SearchSOA.com talks with Aleks Buterman, SenseAgility LLC
SearchSOA.com Editor in Chief Jack Vaughan discusses Business Process Management (BPM) with Aleks Buterman. Podcast
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Mobile BPM quiz: Test what you know about 'portable' processes
How well do you understand mobile business process management? Test your mobile BPM knowledge with this six-question quiz. Quiz
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Gartner BPM Summit: Transform processes to drive business benefits
Editorial Director Scot Petersen speaks with Site Editor Anne Stuart about business process trends and highlights from the 2013 Gartner BPM Summit. Podcast
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Use mobile BPM to reinvent mission-critical processes, part 1
In this videocast, Forrester Research Senior Analyst Clay Richardson describes why and how to mobilize critical business processes. Part 1 of 2. Video
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Use mobile BPM to reinvent mission-critical processes, part 2
]: Richardson offers expert advice on developing a strategy for mobile BPM. Part 2 of 2. Video
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Gartner: Business process competency centers bring big benefits
Want faster, better BPM projects? Create a business process competency center (BPCC). Gartner's Bruce Robertson explains how to get the job done. Feature
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Sidestep the land mines of BPM projects
At the 2013 Gartner Conference, the keynote offered tips on avoiding politics in a BPM program. News
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Creating an SOA center of excellence for application integration
A well-built SOA Center of Excellence for application integration is crucial to service-oriented architecture. Here is a breakdown of how to build it. Feature
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Q&A: Will knowledge workers drive cloud-based dynamic case management?
As more organizations turn to the cloud to support mobile knowledge workers, cloud-based dynamic case management applications might gain traction. Q&A
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Social BPM quiz
Test your knowledge of social business process management, or social BPM, with this six-question quiz. Quiz
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Centers of Excellence: Managing organizational skills
Centers of Excellence are effective, but tend to slow projects down. Learn how to better organize skill sets with CoEs. Tip
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About Business Process Management (BPM) modeling, design and development
Business Process Management (BPM) is a type of management that compares both the desires of clients and the organization’s assets to support the business’s efficiency and effectiveness while integrating technology and promoting innovation. In today’s market, there are two BPM frameworks, horizontal and vertical. The horizontal frameworks deal more with the design and development of the business’s processes, while the vertical frameworks focus on a certain domain which has templates that can easily be reconfigured or deployed. In this topic section, discover valuable resources for BPM modeling, design and development.