Business Process Management (BPM) – InSights

Can BPM Related Learnings Smooth Entry to the Cloud?

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By Ian Louw on January 10, 2010 3:50 AM 0 2 Vote 0 Votes
There are various views in the market regarding the adoption of Cloud computing and as I have experienced with BPM,many folks are still struggling with trying to figure out what it is, where the value proposition is and how to quantify... Read More..
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The Challenges & Benefits of Cloud Services - Survey Findings 2009

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By Ian Louw on January 7, 2010 10:17 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Following their prediction that "Cloud Computing Is More Than Just Hype; Worldwide IT Spending On Cloud Services Expected To Reach US$42 Billion By 2012″, the IDC have recently released their latest Cloud Services survey findings for 2009.The IDC believe that the interest shown in... Read More..
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Will Lombardi Acquisition be the Straw that Breaks the IBM BPM Camels Back?

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By Ian Louw on January 4, 2010 11:29 AM 2 0 Vote 1 Vote
Since its release, there has been a lot of discussion about IBM BlueWorks and as to be expected some initial confusion as to what it actually is and what value it adds beyond the WebSphere stack. Moving on to... Read More..
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Forrester Targets Business Process Professionals in 2010

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By Ian Louw on December 30, 2009 6:30 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Forrester has recognised that there is a need to engage more closely with Business Process Professionals and they plan to make this a primary focus of their activities during 2010. Based on global research done during 2009 they have found:... Read More..
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IT Project Failures Comes at a High Cost - Is there a Solution?

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By Ian Louw on December 30, 2009 8:00 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Roger Session at ObjectWatch Inc. recently published a report on the cost IT project failure. He estimates the annual cost of failed IT projects at an astronomical $6.2 trillion. The document titled "The IT Complexity Crisis: Danger and Opportunity"  is... Read More..
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Ovum Recognises Cordys as 'Best Fit' for SaaS enabled BPM

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By Ian Louw on December 30, 2009 1:37 AM 0 1 Vote 0 Votes
Ovum's report "SaaS BPM - Silencing the Skeptics" states that a distinct category of BPM platforms is emerging and prominent among these are vendors who are capable of offering a comprehensive development and execution environment in the SaaS mode, and also... Read More..
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Free BPM Modeling Tools

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By Ian Louw on December 24, 2009 2:00 PM 5 0 Vote 0 Votes
Some of the readers of my personal site may have already come across this post and list of resources but I thougt I would post i here for anybody who may have missed it.... PDRTJS_settings_159850_post_1508 = { "id" : "159850",... Read More..
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BPM Conference - Vendors Showcase BPM and EA Capabilities

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By Ian Louw on December 21, 2009 6:40 PM 0 1 Vote 0 Votes
The recent event from BPM CON II - Intelligent BPM for the Productive Enterprise highlighted something that I have posted about before - the importance of EA & BPM convergence. Admittedly, everyone has a different view on what BPM and... Read More..
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Adoption of BPM - Some analysis from AIIM Report

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By Ian Louw on December 21, 2009 2:23 PM 4 0 Vote 0 Votes
BPM adoption tends to be a very subjective thing and everybody has a different view of how much value is delivered and how long it takes to achieve a tangible ROI. AIIM have released their annual report on the state of... Read More..
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Ian Louw is a Transformation Consultant and Manger with more than 17 years experience in the IT industry. During this time he has worked for various System Integrators, Management Consultancies and Software Vendors in client facing and managerial roles and has setup and managed both EAI and BPM Practices. Ian has worked with organisations in both Private & Public sectors and has been a consultant engaged in business strategy, business and systems analysis, design, and development. He specialises in the design, development and delivery of pragmatic Enterprise Architectures for the implementation of business strategies.

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