BPM: January 2009 Archives

Do Stack Vendors Stifle BPM Innovation?

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By Dennis Byron on January 30, 2009 2:10 PM 5 Vote 0 Votes
Commenting back and forth about my recent blog post on business process management (BPM) "pureplays," Scott Francis and Mike Kavis brought up what us IT market researchers call bundling. (Actually lawyers call it that too and it's illegal if it... Read More..
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BPM VIEWPOINT: The Bloor "Bullseye View" of Business Process Management

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By Dennis Byron on January 28, 2009 7:30 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
UK-based Bloor Research has made its annual review of the business process management (BPM) market available for download on its web site (as with the ebizQ Gold Club, you have to join the Bloor community to get the report but... Read More..
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In BPM as Elsewhere, The PurePlay vs. Stack Provider Debate Endures

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By Dennis Byron on January 27, 2009 8:00 AM 4 Vote 0 Votes
Scott Francis over at bp3.com replied to my last blog post (about Appian's 2008 results). (Thanks for the comment Scott!) He was picking up on one of the questions I had asked Appian's Matt Calkins, vis a vis "Why don't... Read More..
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For Economic Stimulus, Appian Says, "Why Not BPM?"

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By Dennis Byron on January 22, 2009 5:14 PM 1 Vote 0 Votes
While Microsoft was issuing its downer results and outlook on the morning of January 22, Appian announced it had a strong 2008 and said at a press/analyst briefing that it grew at a double-digit percentage rate. Appian also looks ahead... Read More..
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BPM VIEWPOINT: The Opportunity in Unstructured Business Process Management

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By Dennis Byron on January 21, 2009 9:50 AM 3 Vote 0 Votes
I had an interesting discussion on January 20 with Jacob Ukelson, CTO of ActionBase, which--according to its PR material--says it provides "human process management" software as specifically opposed to business process management (BPM) software. I'll blog about ActionBase, and its... Read More..
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Singularity BPM Coming Across the Pond

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By Dennis Byron on January 20, 2009 7:51 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
I caught up with Michael White, "head of marketing" at Northern-Ireland-based Singularity, on January 16 to hear more about the company and its coming full court press into the U.S. As described in the recent ebizQ articles on the 2008/2009... Read More..
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BPM VIEWPOINT: What You Told Gartner about BPM for 2009

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By Dennis Byron on January 16, 2009 12:42 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
Gartner released its 2009 Executive Programs CIO survey on January 14. It is a worldwide survey of 1,527 CIOs and was conducted between September 15 and December 15, 2008 (which means all bets are already off). Not surprising, the survey... Read More..
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Business Process Management: Look Way Ahead

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By Dennis Byron on January 15, 2009 6:44 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
In a December 23, 2008 article for ebizQ, I looked back at 2008 trends and troubles for the approximately 100 software products and more than 50 suppliers that support the business process management (BPM) value proposition. In this January 14... Read More..
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How Did the BPM Market Do in 2008?

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By Dennis Byron on January 13, 2009 5:36 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
ebizQ does not typically cover investor-relations announcements but I will publish the annual results of business process management (BPM)-related software suppliers over the next month or so (during the first calendar quarter of 2009). I don't want to cover investment... Read More..
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BPM VIEWPOINT: 2009-The Year of the Process Factory

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By Dennis Byron on January 9, 2009 4:49 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
Leo Apotheker, incoming CEO of SAP was interviewed in November 2008 in a session that appeared on U.S. television January 6, 2009. Also Harvard Business School professor Andrew McAfee participated. The moderator was Charlie Rose, whose United States Public Broadcasting... Read More..
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Obama Does Announce "BPM for Everyone"

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By Dennis Byron on January 8, 2009 6:17 AM 2 Vote 0 Votes
Two weeks ago, heading off for vacation, I jokingly ran the headline "What If? Obama Announces "BPM For Everyone"" It was my I thought clever way to say I wouldn't be posting blog entries over the Christmas/Hanukkah/New Year holidays unless... Read More..
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Calling for Input on BPM-Related Financial Management Software

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By Dennis Byron on January 7, 2009 2:41 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
As part of my community manager role here at ebizQ, I author a monthly series of business process management (BPM) articles highlighting different BPM software approaches taken in different industries--and across all industries--hopefully highlighting what real users are doing. What's... Read More..
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What's a BPM Community Manager?

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By Dennis Byron on January 6, 2009 9:45 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
When ebizQ managing editor Peter Schooff asked me a few months ago to be the ebizQ BPM Community Manager when ebizQ switched over to its new web-site look, I said "Sure! What's a community manager?" Well I've been doing it... Read More..
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BPM VIEWPOINT: So Where Does the Term 'Business Process Management' Come From?

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By Dennis Byron on January 2, 2009 12:38 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
Back in October I asked the question "Who first used the term business process management?" because I had come across multiple companies during 2008 that said they were the first to use the term "business process management (BPM)." They all... Read More..
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