For CIOs

SOA: Dead Or Alive?

by Sharyn Leaver, July 10, 2009

Some recent buzz in the industry would have you believe that SOA is dead, but that just isn't the case — in fact, its use and influence are still growing. Stories of less-than-successful results may dent its reputation, particularly in today's climate . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

SOA Is Far From Dead — But It Should Be Buried

Doing SOA Right Opens The Door To A Much Bigger Architecture Vision

by Randy Heffner, May 11, 2009

Sparked by a tinderbox of economic jitters and technology backlash, a recent thread of industry discussion cries out, "SOA is dead!" Although many have had fun with the discussion, it is in fact quite misguided. No prior industry initiative for IT architecture . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Topic Overview: Strategies To Cut Application Costs Using Diagnostic And Monitoring Tools

by Phil Murphy, November 5, 2008

Once developers have implemented and stabilized applications in a production environment, the applications are placed in "maintenance mode"; thereafter, many receive little scrutiny. As time passes, business volumes grow and hardware components change. . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

A Taxonomy Of Event Processing For Enterprise Architects

Many Forms Of Event Processing Are Becoming Hot; Guide Your Team By Understanding Them

by Charles Brett, August 18, 2008

IT professionals — and increasingly business users, as well — commonly use terms such as event processing, business event management, complex event processing, and various other similar expressions. But confusion about what each represents is rife, in . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Use A Comprehensive Set Of Criteria When Selecting An IC-BPMS Tool

Targeting Products That Support Integration, BPM, And SOA Efforts

by Ken Vollmer, Henry Peyret, June 25, 2008

Integration-centric business process management suites (IC-BPMSes) are the most comprehensive tools available to assist enterprises with their service-oriented-architecture-based (SOA-based) business process management (BPM), business-to-business integration . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Best Practices: Business Activity Monitoring Adoption

by Henry Peyret, April 17, 2008

Business activity monitoring (BAM) remained a separated product niche until five years ago when advanced business process management (BPM) vendors began including BAM capabilities in their product suites. Their objective was to close the loop of continuous . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Case Study: BNP Paribas Improves Service, Reduces Delays With A BAM Center Of Excellence

by Henry Peyret, April 17, 2008

Faced with numerous business changes in its retail bank operations, such as regulatory changes and an increased need for risk assessment, BNP Paribas decided to extend its existing business service management (BSM) center of excellence (COE) to take on . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Navigating The BxM Acronym Maze

by Ken Vollmer, Peter O'Neill, November 22, 2006

Vendors and analyst firms love to create three-letter acronyms to refer to the latest products or strategies in the marketplace. The "BxM" string is particularly confusing because it includes BPM, which has multiple meanings in its own right. It is therefore . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Increase Business Agility With BPM Suites

How BPM Suites Support Forrester's Digital Business Architecture

by Ken Vollmer, Colin Teubner, September 25, 2006

It's obvious that a solid technological foundation is necessary to conduct business operations effectively, but how to achieve it is not so obvious. Forrester believes that the reality of the digital age is that your business is embodied in your technology, . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites Are A Good Choice For SOA

IC-BPMS Vendors Have Added Key SOA Features

by Ken Vollmer, July 19, 2006

Integration-centric business process management suites (IC-BPMSes) are comprehensive products that can address not only enterprise application integration (EAI), business-to-business integration (B2Bi), electronic data interchange (EDI), and business . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

HP OpenView Business Process Insight: A Step Forward In IT Service Delivery For Business Users

by Henry Peyret, April 19, 2006

In the past, business service management (BSM) failed to gain enough credibility with business users to give them confidence to invest in such projects. HP has moved to build better credibility for its OpenView Business Process Insight product by signing . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Fuego Acquisition Extends BEA Software's SOA Platform Innovation Leadership

AquaLogic Platform Now Offers Human-Centric BPM

by John R. Rymer, Connie Moore, Ken Vollmer, April 4, 2006

BEA Systems announced its cash acquisition of Fuego on March 1, 2006, adding a crucial element — business process management (BPM) — to its AquaLogic SOA platform product line. There's much integration work still to be done, but with strong data services, . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Systar Templates: How To Decrease BAM Project Delays And Costs

by Henry Peyret, March 15, 2006

Systar, like Nimbus, is an example of the rare breed of independent BAM providers that continue to offer differentiated BAM functionality from embedded BPM, EAI/BPM, and BI products. Why? Because most BAM projects suffer from implementation delays and . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Business Process Management Suites And SOA

Enabling Flexible Process Improvements

by Ken Vollmer, March 10, 2006

Organizations are increasingly relying on business process management suite (BPMS) products to support their process improvement efforts, and this is driving an annual growth rate of 20% and up in this market. BPMS and service-oriented architecture (SOA) . . .

Nimbus: An Example Of Combined BPA And BAM

The BPA/BAM Approach Helps Solve Lagging Indicator Challenges

by Henry Peyret, February 28, 2006

Nimbus is one of the independent software vendors that combine business process analysis (BPA) or modeling and business activity monitoring (BAM) to complement the other performance tools in the marketplace. Its unique approach and its control-ES product . . .

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

HandySoft: Easy-To-Use Human-Centric BPMS With Integration Highlights

Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by Connie Moore, February 24, 2006

HandySoft, a pure-play, US-based BPMS provider owned by a Korean collaboration vendor, lacks broad market recognition. That's a shame — HandySoft BizFlow provides a best-in-class, easy-to-use portal; integration capabilities well-suited for enterprises . . .

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Fujitsu Brings Standards-Based BPMS To A Broad Base Of Users And OEM Customers

Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by Connie Moore, February 24, 2006

Fujitsu, a global IT and communications vendor, is also a business process management suites (BPMS) vendor with more than 14 years of extensive experience — although it's been flying under the radar in the US. Despite its low profile, Fujitsu Interstage . . .

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

TIBCO Delivers BPMS That Spans Human And Integration-Centric Processes

Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by Connie Moore, February 24, 2006

Almost two years ago, TIBCO Software executed on its vision for business process management suites (BPMS) by acquiring Staffware, the largest pure-play BPMS vendor at that time. As a result, TIBCO is not only a leader in the human-centric BPMS market, . . .

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

FileNet's BPMS Is Unbeatable At The Intersection Of Content And Processes

Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by Connie Moore, February 24, 2006

FileNet, a strong performer in both enterprise content management (ECM) and human-centric business process management suites (BPMS), holds a unique position in the BPMS market. With respectable modeling, simulation, and monitoring, Business Process Manager . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Oracle Has Strong Business Monitoring And Trust Enablement For SOA And Web Services Management

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by Randy Heffner, February 10, 2006

Oracle recently bundled seven products as its SOA Suite, which it offers as its service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services management solution. The core element of the solution, Oracle Web Services Manager, provides strong security features . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Business Activity Monitoring Slowly Prepares For SOA

by Henry Peyret, October 27, 2005

Early business activity monitoring (BAM) project implementations reveal significant user frustration: The available products are too tightly linked to vendor technologies like business process management or business intelligence and aren't really open . . .

Business Activity Monitoring Is Only One Step Toward Enterprise Performance Management

by Henry Peyret, Jost Hoppermann, August 25, 2003

Enterprises need to think of BAM as part of a broader set of enterprise performance management tools, processes and methodologies, without forgetting to BAM-enable existing applications.