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QUODfm (zip)

The QUODfm is a VSTi, a softwaresyntheziser for windows based on FM synthesis, with some new concepts for song developing and live use. You can select and hear sounds during a running sequence for 4 synths parallel. Select and hear microtunings for 4 synths during a running sequence. Play algorithmic...

Tags: Scale, ESKA, QUODfm, CPU-Load, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Processors, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-09

Part 2: Green tech and corporate ethics

Just following up my post from yesterday about a new consulting service from IBM designed to examine the ethical weight of green technology practices. There's another white paper on the Web site for business process management software vendor Metastorm about the impact that surprise rethinking the way...

Tags: Business Process, Metastorm, Green Technology, Ethics, Operational Planning, Business Ethics, Business Process Automation, Business Operations, Leadership, Management, It Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Think Liquidate: Oracle dismantling BEA's AquaLogic business?

AquaLogic line may be split between SOA and BPM by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Business Process, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., BEA AquaLogic, BPM, Register, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-06-06

ActiveVOS (zip)

ActiveVOS makes the design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of services-based applications easy. By delivering the best of open standards like the Business Process Execution Language BPEL, BPEL4People and WS-Human Task in a comprehensive, all-in-one environment, developers working in a services-oriented architecture environment can deliver applications flexibly, freeing their processes...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, Active Endpoints, ActiveVOS, ActiveVOS 5.01, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-12

SAP BPM - business fail?

On Sunday I sat through a day of SAP sponsored discussions around business process management as part of the company's ramp up to Sapphire08. In and among the presentations, Ginger Gatling, SAP NetWeaver BPM product manager introduced the packed room to Galaxy - aka SAP's NetWeaver Business Process Management environment....

Tags: BPM, SAP AG, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Innovate Over ERP with Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, and Enterprise Social Computing

In this free white paper, learn how to unlock the hidden potential of SAP and other Enterprise Resource Planning ERP systems to improve agility and responsiveness. Discover how the right mix of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, Business Process Management BPM, and Enterprise Social Computing can dramatically increase the return on...

Tags: Business Process, BEA Systems Inc., BPM, Social Computing, ERP, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Middleware, Software, Business Operations, It Operations

White papers 2008-04-21

2-Layer BPM: Oracle's Unique Strategy Towards Exceptional Agility and Business Process Efficiencies

This CNET white paper explores the unique concept of 2-layer Business Process Management BPM supported by Oracle's Service-Oriented Architecture SOA offering, and its successful implementation at ABN AMRO, a global financial services company.

Tags: Strategy, Business Process, Oracle Corp., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Web Services, Business Process Automation, Financial Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Finance

White papers 2008-03-31

VIRTUAL DJ PROPHET - TURNTABLE MIXING STUDIO (zip)

Mix MP3, WMA, WAV on 2 Virtual DJTurntables, also Dub Vocals and Record Mixes. Features 2 Virtual Turntables, Beatmatching, Scratching, Mixer, Playlist Editor, Sampler, CD Burner, CD Ripper, Recorder, Aux-In Channel, 2 Stunning Effects, Voice Over system, Media Pool, Media Search Utility, Wave Editor, Audio Clip Export, BPM Detection and...

Tags: CD, PCM Software, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Digital Music, Digital Media, It Operations, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-03-19

The Instantly Responsive Enterprise: The Marriage of BPM and CEP

In this free white paper, learn how two proven but separate business process technologies, Business Process Management BPM and Complex Event Processing CEP, can be merged to achieve better results and improved ROI. Now a mainstream business tool, BPM provides the visibility; while CEP, proven successful in countless business realms,...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software

White papers 2008-03-01

The Instantly Responsive Enterprise: The Marriage of Business Process Management and Complex Event Processing

The BPM-CEP synergy discussed here is characterized as the optimal processing of business events, but be sure not to be misled: The "Complex processing" part is critical. In a world where large enterprises are bombarded with a million events per second, CEP is the only technology able to filter out...

Tags: Business Process, BEA Systems Inc., Event, BPM, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Web Services, Software, Management

White papers 2008-03-01

Using BPM to Drive the Growth of a New Company

Tkonecta TKTA is a new, rapidly expanding telecommunications company that provides cable, Internet and telephone services across Mexico. Tkonecta needed to establish itself in the market by signing up 15,000 customers monthly. The challenge was to maintain low staffing levels and keep their guarantee of five-day service activation. TKTA deployed...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., BPM, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software

Case studies 2008-03-01

'Give businesspeople a reason to care about SOA; give them BPM'

"Give businesspeople a reason to care about SOA; give them BPM [Business process management]." That's the advice given by Kaushal Mashruwala in an article just published in Financial Express. Kaushal makes a lot of sense, because BPM is a strategy that business executives and managers identify with...

Tags: BPM, SOA, Kaushal, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-02-25

BPEL4People advances toward the mainstream

BPEL Business Process Execution Language is too machine-oriented, catering to applications talking to other applications, they say. Most business processes need the human touch somewhere along the line. Do people need BPEL4People? Consider these un-automatable scenarios: A process may need an executive's approval to...

Tags: Business Process, BPEL, Workflow, OASIS, Bottom Line, BPEL4People, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Web Services, Business Operations, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-02-20

FlexiteBPMS (exe)

Flexite is a powerful BPMS Business Process Management Suite and a process-oriented document management system, created to design, automate and improve business processes. Included in the package is a unique method and methodology, which gives the business side full control of the design, deployment and improvement of their own business...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, Automation, Flexeurope AB, FlexiteBPMS, Flexite, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Software, Finance, Management

Software downloads 2008-02-20

IDS Scheer: Jazzing up BPM

I spent a quick but very interesting day at the annual user conference for IDS Scheer, the progenitors of the Aris BPM solution. In case you hadn't heard of it, Aris holds the singular distinction of being included in the partner roadmaps of rivals SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft, all without...

Tags: IDS Scheer, BPM, Rote, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-02-18

SOA, Enterprise Architecture, BPM all the same underneath

Is it time to fold SOA into Enterprise Architecture EA? Is there even really any fundamental difference between SOA, EA, and for that matter, BPM business process management? That's the question Kyle Gabhart asks in his latest post. (Dave Linthicum also predicted last year that SOA would...

Tags: BPM, Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-02-05

SCANA Streamlines Development, Cuts Costs With Business Process Management Solution

SCANA is a holding company that includes electric and natural gas utilities in the Carolinas and Georgia. Years ago, SCANA deployed Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 to support critical Business Process Management BPM functions such as billing, payroll, and Electronic Data Interchange EDI transactions with vendors. By 2006, the number of...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Corp., SCANA, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, EDI, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Middleware, Business Operations, It Operations, Software, Management

Case studies 2008-02-01

Architecture in Practice, Part 6: Why Business Process Management (BPM) Is Important to an Enterprise

One of the most interesting economic developments of the 21st century is globalization. New marketplaces, new workforces, new competitors, and a diverse cultural mix must be taken into account by any enterprise that wants to stay ahead of the competition. The last decade has brought constant change to enterprise IT...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, Enterprise, Operational Planning, Globalization, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, It Operations

White papers 2008-01-29

IBM's AptSoft acquistion opens SOA event processing to line of business personnel

IBM has beefed up it's business process management BPM offerings in the service oriented architecture SOA space with today's announcement that Big Blue is acquiring AptSoft Corp., Burlington, Mass., a provider of business event-processing software. The move also extends event-processing capabilities to line-of-business personnel. Business event processing identifies event...

Tags: Event, Line Of Business, SOA, IBM Corp., AptSoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Strategy, Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-01-23

BeaTunes (dmg)

How well organized is your iTunes Library? Are your artists always spelled the same way? Any R.E.M. vs REM? beaTunes can easily fix this and other problems with its unique inspection feature. Could your last mix CDs song order use some improvement? Let beaTunes re-arrange your playlist for you! Always...

Tags: Song, BPM, Apple iTunes, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Digital Music, Digital Media, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Management, Software

Software downloads 2008-01-15