The Insider's Guide to Next-Generation BPM
By Steve Akers, President and CEO, Digital Reef , 05/04/2009
Print this article
Email this article
Talk Back!
Write to Editor
Since they lack the information to tell the difference between an outdated baby shower invitation and critical documents that contain intellectual property, most enterprises have adopted a straightforward approach to storage: save everything. This sounds like bad storage practice, and it is, but enterprises can't be faulted for taking the pack rat approach. The culprit is unstructured data.
Given the variety of formats, the number and diversity of devices, never mind the sheer volume of Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, and email in today's enterprise, it is no wonder that unstructured data has been a difficult challenge. And, without a solid handle on unstructured data (which can represent 85 percent of the information in an enterprise) there is no reasonable way to implement a selective, if not effective, storage strategy.
Hiding data under the bed
Unfortunately for the enterprises who subscribe to it, the "save everything" approach to storage is the data equivalent of hiding your life savings in the mattress. They're close at hand, but your assets are in the dark and far from secure. There is some good news about saving everything though. For one, critical data remains in the system. The bad news is that so does everything else. And the bad news far outweighs the good, because the problems created when an organization saves everything are money-in-the-mattress risky. For example:
When it comes to unstructured data storage there has to be a better way, but what is it?
-1-
Best Practices in Moving Processes to the Clouds
How Can the Cloud Fit Into Your Applications Strategy?
Cloud Data Integration Best Practices
The Economics of Cloud Computing
Data Services Insight: Successful implementation of Canonical Information Models
Five Imperatives for Extreme Data Protection in Virtualized Environments 
Concepts and Considerations in Highly Available Data Storage Design
Trusting the Cloud with your Primary Data
HP Gets Cozier With Informatica
Increasing Annuity Sales Through the Implementation of Industry Standards
BPM VIEWPOINT: Are You Asking Yourself the Hard Questions about BPM in Today's Economy?
ebizQ editorial highlights and updates, compiled by Site Editor Anne Stuart
March 10, 2011
The sixth annual BPM in Action 2011 Virtual Conference will explore cutting-edge market developments in BPM and describe how to leverage them for improved business operation and performance. More
Date:Apr 07, 2010
Time:13:00 PM
ET- (17:00 GMT)
Date:Apr 07, 2010
Time:12:00 PM
ET- (16:00 GMT)
In part two of Joe McKendrick's recent podcast with Miko Matsumura, chief strategist for Software AG, they talk about how SOA and IT systems need to change and grow and adapt with the organization around it.
Listen Now
Phil Wainewright interviews David Vap, VP of products at RightNow Technologies, and finds out how sharing best practices can help businesses understand how best to engage with online communities.
Listen Now
Scott Hebner, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for IBM Rational, discusses a topic on the top of every company's mind today: getting the most from IT investments.
Listen Now
In BI, this tough economy and the increasing role of Web 2.0 and MDM are certainly topics on people's minds today. WiseAnalytics' Lyndsay Wise addresses each of them in this informative podcast.
Listen Now
Deepak Singh, President and CTO of Adeptia, joins ebizQ's Dennis Byron in a podcast that gets its hand around the trend of industry-specific BPM.
Listen NowSmart event processing can help your company run smarter and faster. This comprehensive guide helps you research the basics of complex event processing (CEP) and learn how to get started on the right foot with your CEP project using EDA, RFID, SOA, SCADA and other relevant technologies. Learn More
A lot of people are talking about Enterprise 2.0 as being the business application of Web 2.0 technology. However, there's still some debate on exactly what this technology entails, how it applies to today's business models, and which components bring true value. Some use the term Enterprise 2.0 exclusively to describe the use of social networking technologies in the enterprise, while others use it to describe a web economy platform, or the technological framework behind such a platform. Still others say that Enterprise 2.0 is all of these things. Learn More
|
|
This new publication from our sister site SearchSOA.com explores workflow, business activity monitoring (BAM) and complex event processing (CEP) issues. |
|
|
