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Business Process: An action taken in the course of conducting business. Whether manual or automated, all processes require input and generate output. Depending on the level of viewing and modeling,...; Full Business Process Definition >>

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Integrate services into Business Processes to achieve your SOA objectives: A correctly implemented service-oriented architecture (SOA) is built on flexible and effective business and infrastructure services. This sample chapter from Implementing SOA: Total Architecture in Practice discusses various ways you can integrate those services into your organization's business processes. It looks at service interaction patterns, service access mechanisms, types of...; Tags: Business Process, SOA, Service, Addison-Wesley, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations; Book chapters 2008-05-08
The Long Tail of Services: The "Long Tail" explains the growing use of services outside of the core domains of SOA, business process implementation and integration, says XAWare chief science officer, Kirstan Vandersluis. Commentary--The "Long Tail" moniker has been used extensively (some would say overused) in marketing and mass media over the last couple...; Tags: Long Tail, SOA, Service, Head Area, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, XAWare, business process; News items 2008-04-28
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
EA/Studio Community Edition (zip): EA/Studio Community Edition is a free business process modeling (BPM) tool that allows you to build, manage and understand complex business processes, and is based on the BPMN standard. It includes configurable importing capabilities that let you import diagrams from Microsoft Visio and Excel. This version is the first release...; Tags: Business Process, Business Process Modeling, Embarcadero Technologies, EA/Studio Community Edition, Operational Planning, Business Operations; Software downloads 2008-03-18

Voice over SOA sounds promising -- will vendors deliver?: Can SOA add automation and intelligence to the way calls and other communications are routed throughout the enterprise? This may be the next great frontier for SOA -- and, at long last, a tangible benefit of architecture for the business. Digital communications, enhanced by SOA ...; Tags: Business Process, Voice, Communications Server, Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., David Greenfield, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-03-16
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
Infomercati Modernizes and Automates Business Processes to Increase Operational Efficiency: Infomercati is an obligatory association established in Italy under a 1996 law requiring creation and management of an information system for wholesale food and agriculture markets. Infomercati wanted to deploy a single tool for recording the prices of food and agricultural products, such as produce, fish, flowers, and meat and...; Tags: Business Process, Food, Open Standard, Oracle Corp., Italy, Infomercati, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing; Case studies 2008-03-01
Finansbank Streamlines Business Processes and Increases Implementation Speed by Over 100%: Finansbank is one of the largest private banking institutions in Turkey. Finansbank wanted to implement an automatic data management system for business intelligence to reduce man time lost through manual coding and reduce mistakes and anomalies caused by human error when manually coding. The challenge was to streamline systems for...; Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Finansbank, Data Management, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Banking, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Management, Financial Services; Case studies 2008-03-01
Italian Institute for Foreign Trade Improves Business Processes With Integrated Financial Infrastructure: The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE) is a public sector organization responsible for developing, facilitating, and promoting Italy's international economic and commercial ties - with a special focus on the needs of smaller enterprises and associations of emerging businesses. ICE wanted to replace it's legacy financial applications with an...; Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Financial, ICE, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Finance, Financial Planning; 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'That's what I have been saying all alongI wrote a post in response to this article. I agree that BPM is key to SOA initiatives.http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/without-bpm-soa-is-sol-22704Business people will never care about SOAIt shouldn't be any surprise that business folks get...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Operational planning, Business process automation, Web services, Enterprise software, Middleware, Strategy, SOA, BPM, business process; Discussion threads 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
Vincenzo Zucchi Integrates Information Systems for Greater Accuracy and Synergy: Vincenzo Zucchi S.p.A (Zucchi Group) is a leading European home linens manufacturing and distribution group. Vincenzo Zucchi S.p.A (Zucchi Group) wanted to revise business processes following a generational management shift and introduce an information system model incorporating all business processes: planning, demand, production management, order fulfillment, etc. The challenge was...; Tags: Business Process, Information System, Oracle Corp., Vincenzo Zucchi, Operational Planning, Strategy, Business Operations, Management; Case studies 2008-02-01
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
Content and Business Processes Integration for the Largest Container Transshipment Hub Using Microsoft Sharepoint: The internal processes of Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) used two separate content management systems: the enterprise information portal managed the web content using MacroMedia Contribute while business documents were managed through Documentum. PSA wanted to bring uniformity into the access and management of all data handled by these systems....; Tags: MindTree Consulting, Business Process, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Integration, Portals, Groupware, Content Management, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software, Business Operations; Case studies 2008-01-24
Analyze this: SOA and BPM 'codependency': In my last post, I discussed the sometimes uncertain relationship between service oriented architecture and business process management (BPM). BPM doesn't need SOA as much as SOA needs BPM -- yet In a recent post, Jim Sinur sheds more light on SOA-BPM, calling this...; Tags: Business Process, BPM, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Strategy, Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-01-08
Complex Event Processing and SOA: a 'beautiful thing'?: The drums keep beating louder for the impending marriage of SOA with Event Driven Architecture and Complex Event Processing. This is top of the news for many analysts, and something IBM, Oracle, and other vendors are positioning future offerings around. Is this the year when organizations will start linking SOA...; Tags: Business Process, BPM, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-01-04
Business Process Analysis: View Available Dates and LocationsIn this course, you'll learn to model business processes as they are currently enacted, assess the quality of those business processes, and collaborate with the stakeholders to identify improvements. The course begins by teaching you the roles and responsibilities of the...; Tags: Business Process, Process Improvement, Stakeholder, Prepare, Draw, Operational Planning, Business Operations; Training 2008-01-01