Microsoft People Ready Processes

PNMSoft Highlighted By Gartner As Innovative BPO Application Vendor

bpmblog — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:26:00 GMT

Gartner has named PNMsoft as one of their "cool vendors" in the BPM space for 2010 for their work creating the On-Demand Assist Framework for PNMsoft's SEQUENCE BPMS which makes it easier for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) providers to manage customer processes end-to-end. While BPO customers typically expect their outsourcing providers to have a constant focus on process costs and efficientcy, use of the On-Demand Framework allows the provider and their clients' to have a shared view of the process, supporting continuous process improvement.

More information can be found here.

Medical Equipment Distributor Utilizes InRule to Streamline Business Processes

bpmblog — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:53:00 GMT

As part of a project to better manage the distribution of medical devices for 130 manufacturers to approximately 2,500 healthcare providers, Access MediQuip used Microsoft CRM with InRule Technologies business rules management software to improve the efficiency of their business processes. Idea Integration, the project integrator, utilized InRule's sophisticated rules management technology to automate much of the decision making around application of insurance payments from multiple carriers which had previously been done manually.

For more information on this case study go here.

The Microsoft Application Platform: Connecting business applications, partners and devices

bpmblog — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:05:00 GMT

Microsoft and PNMSoft are co-sponsoring an half-day event in Reading, UK focused on the use of the Microsoft Application Platform to facilitate systems integration in the travel industry. Along with customer Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), they will be demonstrating how BPM and SOA technologies enables transformation to a new process driven organisation across supply chain, customers and beyond the enterprise.

For more information or to register, go here.

Global 360 Announces analystView 3.0

bpmblog — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:27:00 GMT

At the SharePoint Conference last week in Las Vegas, Global360 announced that they have built new modeling and simulation capabilities for their suite of process automation tools based on Visio 2010. The new product, analsytView 3.0, will be available concurrently with Visio 2010 and is intended to link Visio based process models with the Global360's suite of BPM process execution products.

By taking advantage of Visio 2010's deep process modeling capabilities and Global 360's comprehensive, integrated simulation capabilities, analystView 3.0 users can import any one of the millions of Visio 2010 models into the BPM execution layer and seamlessly convert them into executable processes. Every version of a process map or model can be posted for collaborative discussion. For the business analyst, analystView 3.0 brings modeling and simulation to Visio 2010 and uses Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to enable process improvement collaboration with a broader audience.

Gartner Releases Review of Microsoft BPM Strategy, Recognizes Value of Business Process Alliance

bpmblog — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:42:00 GMT

Gartner has published a new review of Microsoft's BPM strategy and our related partner BPMS products which make up the Microsoft Process Platform. This is the first time Gartner has included Microsoft in one of their BPMS reviews and made several key observations about our strategy:

The Microsoft strategy of providing a business process platform gives users more flexibility to select the partner solution which most closely matches their needs.
Use of the Microsoft platform allows customers to leverage their existing skills with products such as Office, SharePoint and SQL, as well as developer skills centered on Visual Studio, BizTalk and the .NET Framework.
ISV partners who build on top of the .NET based Microsoft business process platform can easily extend their applications as necessary by utilizing the extensibility of the .NET Framework.

To see the full study, go to the Gartner site here.

InRule Releases Joint Solution with ShareVis for Complex Business Processes on Microsoft SharePoint

bpmblog — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:24:00 GMT

InRule Technology, provider of.NET business rule technology, and ShareVis, provider of business process management applications for the SharePoint environment, have announced a combination of their technologies that allows business users to automate and manage complex business processes and logic on the Microsoft SharePoint platform, without custom coding.

Adding ShareVis and InRule to a SharePoint environment gives users a sophisticated solution for process, form, and business logic automation. With features built for business users, InRule and ShareVis enable business people to manage complex processes and logic.

InRule and ShareVis will host a webcast Tuesday, Sept. 29, with details and demonstrations. To register for the webcast visit here.

More details on this solution can be found here.

The press release with more details can be found here.

Global 360 Releases Version 10.0 of Process360 BPM Suite

bpmblog — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:39:00 GMT

Global 360 has announced the release of version 10.0 of their Process360 Business Process Management Suite which takes a unique "persona" based approach to BPM by focusing on participant roles rather than just the underlying technical processes. This new version of the product integrates deeply with Microsoft SharePoint and InfoPath to achieve People-Ready Processes and fully leverage the .NET development platform. Included as part of the product are three viewPoint applications which are optimized for process participants (data entry, processors & supervisors), process managers and process developers with the objective of optimizing process flow and collaboration while maintaining maximum flexibility.

More information can be found at the Global 360 web sites www.global360.com .

PNMsoft is Finalist for Worldwide Partner of the Year Award

bpmblog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:17:00 GMT

Microsoft announced today that PNMsoft has been selected as a finalist for Worldwide Partner of the Year in the SOA and Business Process category to be awarded at this year's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans from July 13th to 16th. PNMsoft received the award for their SEQUENCE BPM suite which enables the rapid deployment of SOA and BP solutions. More information on PNMsoft and this award can be found here.

InRule Announces Release of InRule Version 3.2

bpmblog — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:20:00 GMT

On Tuesday May 12th InRule announced the release of the latest version of their business rules management system optimized for use with .NET based applications. InRule Version 3.2 provides new capabilities to improve the effectiveness of rule authoring, testing and management for both business users and developers, at the same time increasing the depth of support for widely used Microsoft technologies. New features included improved integration between irStudio and Visual Studio, inclusion of irScript which utilizes the .NET Dynamic Language Runtime to simplify the creation of User Defined Functions, the addition of regression testing to the irVerify testing tool and integration of MS Active Directory into irCatalog to strengthen security while simplifying administration.

More information on the release of InRule Version 3.2 can be found here.

Microsoft Announces General Availability of BizTalk Server 2009

bpmblog — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:00:00 GMT

This morning Microsoft announced the availability of the sixth edition of BizTalk Server, BizTalk Server 2009. This release includes support in four major areas; 1) support for mobile RFID devices, 2) support of the most current Windows technology (including WinSrvr2008, SQL2008, VS2008, VSTS2008 & .NET Frwk 3.5 SP1), 3) improved application lifecycle management (ALM) support of VSTS 2008 & TFS 2008, and 4) improved application connectivity with new WCF-based adapters for SAP, Oracle & Siebel.

Two other areas that might not get as much visibility, but are important to a large number of our customers (RFID and host connectivity) also saw some significant enhancements. RFID is getting a new SKU (RFID Enterprise) to specifically support high availability and failover solutions. In the host connectivity area (formerly know as Host Integration Server or HIS) this latest release includes support for DB2 v9 & Websphere MQ v7, a new WCF Channel for Websphere MQ, as well as full support for Hyper V in Windows Server 2008.

As can be seen from the notes above, this release is focused on improving business processes by increasing the number of systems it connects to "out of the box", by fully supporting the latest releases of Microsoft's Windows platform and by reducing total cost of operations with support of technologies such as WCF and Hyper-V. More information on this announcement can be found here.