March 2007 Archives

I've just booked my flight to Chicago for BPMInstitute.org's BrainStorm BPM conference on April 10-11, so you'll see me live blogging from there (wifi permitting) under the BrainStorm2007 category.... Read More..

No, this isn't some new dish from the Swedish Chef, it's a new way to fool around with domain names to get them to actually spell something: en.terpri.se (using a Swedish domain name). Following in the etymological footsteps of del.icio.us, en.terpri.se... Read More..

Although it's not yet on their website, Gartner issued a press release this morning stating that BPMS will be among the fastest growing software markets over the next five years: from $1B this year to $2.6B in 2011. And I... Read More..

Earlier this month was the second meeting of the Toronto BPMG chapter, following a successful turnout at the first meeting. Unfortunately, this one fell on a Friday after a large snowfall when the city had warned people not to travel... Read More..

After several weeks of receiving emails saying "Good news! We expect to have your account activated within the week.", I received this: Is there something that Lombardi doesn't want me to see?... Read More..

In case you're one of the 5 people who subscribe to my comments feed (in addition to my entries feed), you might notice that I've now fixed the feed. Previously, clicking on a comment in the feed just took you... Read More..

I've been meaning for a while to to go back and add some detail to Appian's software-as-a-service offering, Appian Anywhere. I mentioned the release last month when it was announced, but since then, I've had a chance for a conversation... Read More..

It's been an Enterprise 2.0 sort of week (or two). First, this post by Dan Farber points to an Enterprise 2.0 meme map by Stephen Danelutti, and also to some of Dion Hinchcliffe's latest, including 10 predictions for Enterprise 2.0 in... Read More..

I just listened in on To BPEL or Not To BPEL, the title of which I believe resolves the pronunciation issue once and for all: although the presenter (Danny van der Rijn, principal architect at TIBCO) said "BEH-pull", clearly it must... Read More..

A couple of interesting reports on MIT Sloan Management Review today: The Future of the Web, including an article on "Beyond Enterprise 2.0" by Andrew McAfee, and Measuring to Manage, including an article by Michael Hammer (a.k.a. "Mr. BPR") on... Read More..

Time for another Enterprise 2.0 event in Toronto, this time in conjunction with Toronto Tech Week. Our last one was a less formal, more camp-like event back in January; this one will be a breakfast panel with Anthony Williams (co-author of... Read More..

I don't usually blog about someone getting a new job, but this one was interesting: webMethods has hired Bruce Williams (who, according to their press release, is a Renowned Process Improvement Expert, but I'd never heard of him prior to... Read More..

An interesting bit on the WfMC site comparing XPDL and BPEL that was highlighted in a WfMC mailing this week: BPEL and XPDL are entirely different yet complimentary standards.  BPEL is an "execution language" designed to provide a definition of web... Read More..

Three months ago, I wrote about how the free BIJ (Business Integration Journal), formerly EAI Journal, was becoming Business Transformation and Innovation -- available only as a paid subscription. I believe that my comment at the time about paying for... Read More..

Eleven months after I used the phrase "BI 2.0" in a blog post (and James Taylor loved it), Intelligent Enterprise used it in an article. Doing a Google blogsearch on the phrase shows a lot of other use in the... Read More..

There's been a few interesting posts about BPEL lately. First, SOA World Magazine (which appears on the WebSphere Journal site, not sure if it actually exists elsewhere since there was no back-link) has a post on BPEL's Growing Up, covering... Read More..

OMG has opened up registration for their BPM Think Tank to be held this July in San Francisco. I attended this last year and found it extremely valuable -- you can find my coverage of the 2006 Think Tank here.... Read More..

A while back, I started publishing blog posts that are a collection of my del.icio.us links for that day: I wrote about why I did it here, and you can find all the posts here. This is actually an automated... Read More..

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test (tags: tools) SOA as a SaaS...What to Plan For | March 2, 2007 05:34 AM | By Dave Linthicum My question: when do mashup APIs become SOA as SaaS? (tags: saas soa)... Read More..

TheStar.com Traffic cameras in Toronto Traffic cameras in Toronto, all in one place. Click on the pin to see the latest camera view. (tags: toronto travel)... Read More..

LinuxDevCenter.com -- Creating a Dual-Boot Windows XP and Ubuntu Laptop Guess what I'm doing today? (tags: linux)... Read More..

reBOOT Canada Donate your old computers, monitors and printers and get a tax receipt. In Toronto. (tags: toronto business) HCI at Stanford University: Ubicomp Mashups Research in mashups. Email mashups@cs.standord.edu if you want to get involved. (tags: mashups) unconference... Read More..

Having finished moderating a BPM in Action webinar on business process platform strategy, I'm listening in on the panel moderated by Beth Gold-Bernstein that includes Bruce Silver, Jeffrey Sterllings (a character from Kiran Garimella's book The Power of Process), Stephanie Wilkinson... Read More..

I'm listening in on Janelle Hill's keynote at the online BPM In Action conference: BPM Technology: From Best-of-Breed Tools to BPM Suites to Business Process Platforms. I heard her speak at the Gartner BPM summit last week; this is a completely... Read More..

YouTube - Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us Absolutely brilliant Web 2.0 video. Via Joey deVilla. (tags: blogging mashups web2.0) Gardiner Museum - Home Page Great ceramics museum in Toronto. Now reopened after a long renovation, and... Read More..

I just had a great time hosting the BPM and Enterprise 2.0 panel with Phil, Phil and Ismael. These three have some radically different viewpoints, which made for a lively discussion (insert graphic of me dressed as a lion tamer,... Read More..

This meme has been floating around for a few months on the web, and it's time for it to die. I was tagged by Neil Ward-Dutton, and I promised to respond although I'm not passing it on from here. Time... Read More..

I had the chance last week for a chat with Ken Rudin and Alex Moissis of LucidEra, and a preview of their SaaS business intelligence offering aimed at the SMB marketplace that is being released in general availability today. Rudin, LucidEra's... Read More..

ebizQ's BPM in Action online conference is today and tomorrow, and you have a chance to listen to me both days, if you can stand the excitement. :) Today at 1pm Eastern, I'm hosting a panel on BPM and Enterprise... Read More..

I'm now confirmed to head to Boston in June for the Enterprise 2.0 conference, where I'll be doing my usual live-blogging coverage under this tag. More on this as we get closer to the event.... Read More..

Toronto transit map - TTC, GO Transit, VIVA, etc. all on one Google map! Mashup between Google Maps and Toronto's transit maps (tags: toronto travel web2.0) ttcrider.ca Toronto transit efficiency guide, including such tips as what end of the... Read More..

At last year's Gartner BPM summit in Nashville, they divided up the BPM marketplace into the "pure play" BPM vendors (those companies for whom BPM is their primary business, whose products provide excellent human-facing capabilities and at least adequate integration... Read More..

A month ago, I had a chance for a comprehensive demo of the Cordys BPMS via Webex, and I saw them briefly at the Gartner show last week. Their suite is of particular interest to me because the entire process life cycle of modelling,... Read More..

Often, when I receive a request for a meeting on something that's far outside of my usual BPM/Enterprise 2.0 interests, I'll turn it down. However, when the meeting is with various deans and professors at Carnegie Mellon University West about... Read More..

Joost™ - Beta testing Program Woo hoo! I got a Joost invitation. (tags: web2.0 tv)... Read More..

If you enjoyed the free-for-all discussion at the end of the webinar that I moderated with Colin Teubner and Jim Rudden a few weeks back, you're going to love the panel that I'm hosting next week on BPM and Enterprise... Read More..

If you're interested in the Discover business rules presentation that I blogged about from Gartner earlier this week, James Taylor has the slides over here.... Read More..

If you surf around looking for BPM blogs, you may have noticed something strange: my blog posts from here on Column 2 reproduced in their entirety and without permission on the blog of Mark Bean, the VP of Sales for... Read More..