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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,...
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- CODA and Corefino ink cloud accounting partnership
- CODA, which has developed an on-demand financial application built on the Force.com platform has inked a partnership deal with Corefino, the Sunnyvale CA. based accounting outsourcer. Dubbed Corefino2go, the service sees CODA providing the technology requirements for Corefino's people, place and platform offering. Karen Watts, Corefino's CEO...
- Tags: Business Process, Accounting, Partnership, Financial, CFO, Corefino, CODA, Business Structures, Operational Planning, Financial Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Momentum Webcast: Streamline Your Construction Business Processes With Smart Move (Level 100)
- Construction SmartMove is a fast-track implementation of Microsoft Dynamics SL Financial and Operational construction software. Construction and other project-based companies looking to improve their business processes can gain valuable insight into the Microsoft Dynamics for Construction integrated software solution by attending this educational webcast. The attendee will learn how Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Business Process, Webcast, Streamline, Microsoft Corp., Operational Planning, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Management
- Webcasts 2009-06-18
- Learning from Business Process Management Leaders
- Read about the benefits, prerequisites, and impact of successful business process management BPM initiatives, with a closer look at the United States. This report on a new IDG Research Services study illustrates why BPM software implementations are now moving into the mainstream.
- Tags: Business Process, BPM, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software
- White papers 2009-06-17
- INNOV8 2.0: A Business Process Management Simulator
- Innovate your business' process model, play against the market, compete against others on our scoreboards and WIN!
- Tags: Business Process, BPM, IBM Corp., Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software
- Resource centers 2009-06-03
- Fax proves a lingering business process communications point in need of automation
- Fax proves a lingering business process communications point in need of automationFax is not old-fashioned.See it as an incoming-digital-message-with-immediate-printoutThat's modern - and above all - convenient. No need to sort, review, and manually print.Problem solved. There is no problem.
- Tags: Operational planning, business process communication, fax, business process
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- Fax proves a lingering business process communications point in need of automation
- This guest post comes courtesy of David A. Kelly at Upside Research, where he’s principle analyst. You can reach him here. Sometimes, no matter how much some things change, others stay the same. Take the example of the fax machine. The first fax patent...
- Tags: Business Process, Fax Machine, Esker S.A., Automation, Esker DeliveryWare Solution, Fax, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Active Endpoints' new ActiveVOS 6.2 offers ‘MultiSite’ BPM capabilities
- Run business process management BPM applications in data centers anywhere on the planet, scale up, scale down as your business needs change, and never worry about losing a process if a server or an entire location goes down. This is the market Active Endpoints is aiming at...
- Tags: Business Process, BPM, ActiveVOS MultiSite, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk With Kevin - Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management (Level 100)
- Looking for ways to connect with the peers in communities, share ideas and get guidance around the challenges face in the organizations today? The presenters of this webcast discuss the challenges/approaches with the peers, find out how Microsoft products and technologies address the issues, and engage with the peers to...
- Tags: Business Process, Webcast, BPM, IT Manager, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Peer, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Business Operations, It Operations
- Webcasts 2009-05-04
- Seven stages of SOA maturity: from silos to services
- Many of you who have visited this site over the years may have noticed somewhat of a bias toward small-scale SOA as the best way to get things rolling within the enterprise -- particularly if there is resistance or benign neglect on the part of management to new ways of...
- Tags: Business Process, SOA, Service, Chris Harding, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Process Readiness: Are you ready to run a Marathon?
- April 19 is Patriot’s Day in Boston. The reenactment of the Shot Heard Round the World on Lexington Green, the parades, the Red Soxâ€"maybe I’ll pop over to Hopkinton and run the 26 miles of the Boston Marathon. I think not â€" I’ve never run more than three miles in...
- Tags: Business Process, Training, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Operational Planning, Human Resources, Business Operations, AMR Research
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- MSDN Webcast: Building Services That Manage Communications With Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)
- Communication-enabled business processes reduce human latency by using presence, Instant Messaging IM, and voice communications to communicate with human stakeholders at the right time in the right context. The attendee of this webcast will learn how the Microsoft Unified Communications UC platform Software Development Kits SDKs provide the tools that...
- Tags: Business Process, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Office, Communication, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server, Operational Planning, Instant Messaging, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications
- Webcasts 2009-04-22
- MSDN Webcast: Building Services That Manage Communications With Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300)
- Communication-enabled business processes reduce human latency by using presence, Instant Messaging IM, and voice communications to communicate with human stakeholders at the right time in the right context. The attendee of this webcast will learn how the Microsoft Unified Communications UC platform Software Development Kits SDKs provide the tools that...
- Tags: Business Process, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, IM, Microsoft Office, Communication, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server, Instant Messaging, Operational Planning, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2009-04-15
- 10 best practices for business process measurement
- Lean times often present opportunities for analyzing, fine-tuning, and improving business processes. In fact, the economic survival of some organizations may depend on such improvements. Here are some pointers to help you build a successful process measurement program.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog....
- Tags: Business Process, Best Practice, Polly Schneider Traylor, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Download resources 2009-04-07
- JobOrder 2009 (Mac)
- Designed to maximize business productivity, JobOrder is comprehensive and robust software that automates the flow of information throughout your entire business �¢â�¬â�� from the moment a prospective client calls for a proposal until the final invoice is sent. JobOrder business process software streamlines repetitive administrative tasks, continuously refining your company�¢â�¬â�¢s...
- Tags: Business Process, Accounting, Apple Macintosh, Management Software, JobOrder 2009, JobOrder Business Process Software, Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Business Operations, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-04-06
- Europaische Reiseversicherung AG Improves Efficiency by Standardizing Business Processes
- Europaische Reiseversicherung wanted to deploy standardized software that will enable the company to fulfill the requirements across all of its international offices and enable the realization of cost synergies as part of the company's longer-term corporate strategy. The challenge was to harmonize and increase the efficiency of core business processes...
- Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Light Touch, Firm Impression: Switch From Paper Systems to IT But Keep to the Business Process Script
- Many businesses throw IT at problems without fully considering the real needs of the business process or the working conditions of the user. As mobile technology is increasingly used to digitise traditional paper-based processes that were effective but limited, care must be taken to keep unnecessary costs down. Making the...
- Tags: Quocirca, Business Process, Mobile, Information Technology, Operational Planning, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Marketing
- White papers 2009-04-01
- SaaS provider Workday extends HR business processes to iPhone, mobile tier
- For busy managers flooded with expense report sign-offs and hiring and firing minutiae, the mobile access can be a godsend. It prevents slowed up processes, and also prevents the overloaded email in-box. Making SaaS apps reach the mobile tier -- but in an appropriate way that recognizes the use requirements...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Business Process, Software-as-a-service, Human Resources, Mobile, Workday, Mobile Solution, Advertising & Promotion, Software As A Service (SaaS), Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Top 10 undergraduate courses for the CIO track
- If you’re thinking about becoming a CIO, you can lay a good foundation by taking courses that translate into the skills and knowledge you’ll be using every day. Seasoned CIO Jay Rollins offers a list of essential classes that will help you get ready for the job. For more posts...
- Tags: Business Process, CIO, Operational Planning, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Financial Accounting, Databases, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Process-Oriented Modeling for SOA, Part 4: Tying It All Together With a Case Study
- Learn how a process model drives both a use case model and service model. This paper ties everything together with a case study about home shopping that illustrates the concepts in the previous parts of this series. In this series, learn about a new business process decomposition technique that can...
- Tags: Business Process, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-03-24
- Active Endpoints aims at greater process design and implementation productivity with ActiveVOS enhancements
- Active Endpoints, maker of the ActiveVOS visual orchestration system, has kicked things up a notch with the recent release of ActiveVos 6.1, which incorporates new features and functions designed to make developers more productive. The latest offering from the Waltham, Mass. company provides what amounts to shrink-wrapped...
- Tags: Business Process, Developer, BPM, BPEL, ActiveVos 6.1, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-03-18

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