Free SOA and BPM Webinar Roundup August 28, 2009
Posted by Ian Louw in Analysis & Research, BPM, BPM Resources, Resources, SOA.Tags: BPM, BPM Resources, Business Process Management, Business Strategy, Forrester, Gartner, IT Strategy, SOA
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There has been a lot of talk in the press recently about SOA and BPM and convergence. In a recent article from Joe McKendrick entitled ‘Will vendors finally force SOA and BPM to mingle?‘ the following observation was made wrt BPM and SOA convergence:
It may take time for the SOA and BPM worlds to come together anyway. It’s like the separate Francophone and Anglophone cultures that exist in Canada; the Scotts, Welsh, English, and Irish in the UK; the Flemish and Francophones in Belgium; or the residents of North and South New Jersey. They’ll all agree to exist under one roof, but that’s about it — they still want their own ways of doing things.
As a result, I thought it may be useful to share some of my resources on SOA and BPM….
Gartner who have made 2 complimentary BPM webinars available:
- Using BPM to Survive, Thrive and Capitalize in a Turbulent Economy
- How to Use Process as a Competitive Weapon
Free registration for both can be found here
BPM and SOA – Leading Modernisation Initiatives during the Downturn April 25, 2009
Posted by Ian Louw in Analysis & Research, BPM ROI, Business Strategy, IT Strategy.Tags: Analysis & Research, BFSI, Gartner, Modernisation, Operational Cost Reduction, SoftwareAG, Tools
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In a recent article from CBR it states that research shows evidence that many organisations are focussing their modernisation initiatives around BPM and SOA technologies and approaches.
CIOs are abandoning the rip-and-replace culture in favour of modernising existing systems, research from Software AG has revealed.
The research, which quizzed over 150 IT directors, revealed an appetite for implementation of BPM and SOA initiatives as organisations try to cut costs and improve service delivery in the tough economic climate. “Strategic investment in modernisation will deliver cost cuts and free-up talented IT staff to concentrate on business critical projects and fight the downturn,” Jim Close of Software AG said.
A priority in ensuring success with modernisation is to choose a preferred set of common tools. In cases where organisations have many disparate data integration tools, rationalisation is required to esure a fit for purpose toolset. Not doing so increases maintenance costs, licensing and having to have a diverse and often specialist skills and resource pool.
Software AG found that 21% of respondents to its poll see application modernisation as a top priority with some 24% of the sites surveyed viewing business process management initiatives as the top choice to fight the downturn. They said that sloppy process management damaged customer service delivery.
In further research from Software AG, it found that in Germany companies report that business flexibility supported by IT is a key concern.
Gartner Publish BPMS Magic Quadrant for 2009 February 20, 2009
Posted by Ian Louw in Analysis & Research, BPM, Resources.Tags: Analysis & Research, BPM, BPMS, Forrester, Gartner, IC-BPMS, Market Trends
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Gartner have released their 2009 Magic Quadrant report for Business Process Management Suites (login required). They have reviewed their approach to focus their analysis on product support for use cases, rather than product features and functions. This change has altered their assessment of the relative strengths of the vendors since their 2007 Magic Quadrant.
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