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Looking for a way to double customer satisfaction while slashing cycle times as much as 90 percent? Look to BPM.

The pressure on business and IT to deliver results continues to increase. At the same time, limitations in many applications make it extremely difficult for IT to keep pace with the needs of the business. Check out this on-demand webcast to hear Hank Barnes, VP of...

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

Webcasts 2005-05-11

Ultimus and the BPM Advantage

This paper discusses about BPM, which is the discipline of modeling, automating, managing, and optimizing business processes. A successful BPM initiative, which includes the right mix of business leadership and technology, enables significant reduction in cycle times - sometimes as much as 90% - and costs. This is particularly true...

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

White papers 2004-04-08

Supporting BPM Teams

This paper discusses the key element for success in most BPM projects is to assemble a team for designing, building, modeling, optimizing and deploying business processes. An effective BPM team is made up of people from around the organization, each of whom plays an important role in the success of...

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

White papers 2004-01-01

Understanding Business Process Modeling & Analysis: The First Step to Achieving Breakthroughs in Productivity Improvements

This paper focuses on Business Process Modeling and Analysis BPMA, which leverages the computational power of modern software to enable organizations to document, model, understand and improve their business processes. BPMA software tools provide the ability to define and build a model of a business process and then use statistical...

Tags: Business Process, Business Process Modeling, Ultimus, Operational Planning, Research & Development, Business Operations

White papers 2003-09-01

Additional Resources

Cisco's Chambers sees collaboration fueling productivity gains; Web 2.0 as new enterprise engine?

Cisco CEO John Chambers said Tuesday that there will be an "instant replay" in technology-led productivity gains in the current downturn just like the U.S. saw in the mid-1990s. The difference this time around: In the mid-90s those productivity gains were based on big enterprise resource planning...

Tags: John Chambers, Web, Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

9/11 suspects get laptop, no Net

Al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed gets a laptop and 12 hours of battery time a day, but no Internet. That's what a military judge ruled last week, according to the Miami Herald. The issue in the 9/11 trail of Mohammed and his coconspirators is what resources they...

Tags: Battery, 9/11 Commission, Laptop Computer, Engineering, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Gartner's CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or worse)

Gartner analyst Mark McDonald late Sunday laid out the chief information officer agenda for 2009 and the big theme is that tech executives need to make a business difference or fade away. Why? Companies have other options--software as a service, cloud computing and shared services--that could deliver more value than...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., McDonald's Corp., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Can virtualization help when times get tough?

When times get tough, many organizations look for new ways to reduce costs while still being able to provide their customers with the products and services they need. This appears to be just such a time. Virtualization technology can most certainly be part of the solution. Let's review how each...

Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-13

eBay ProLine Calculator (ods)

eBay ProLine Calculator allows you to manage up to 13 auctions at one time. Being more than just managing, you have advanced planning tools directly before you to help you get the correct starting price and other planning. You then have advanced and comprehensive tools to help you through every...

Tags: Percentage, eBay Inc., Tool, Downtown Shukel, eBay ProLine Calculator, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-10-12

Hot rumor: Apple developing LCD HDTV with built-in networking, Apple TV?

Just in case you wanted a new Apple rumor that didn't involve updated MacBooks and building laptops out of aluminum bricks, here's an inevitable-seeming one from tech guru Jason Calacanis, who tells our sister site CNET UK that Apple is planning an LCD-based HDTV that would sport built-in networking and...

Tags: Network, built-In, HDTV, Apple Inc., Apple TV, LCD, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-11

Garmin Nuvi 265WT

The Garmin Nuvi family of portable navigation devices PNDs is growing constantly, and the GPS manufacturer has added a new line called the Nuvi 2x5 series that focuses on providing high-end features for an affordable price. The flagship model of this line is the Garmin Nuvi 265WT, and it offers...

Tags: Keyboards, GPS, Network technology, POI database, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Garmin Nuvi 265WT

Product reviews 2008-10-09

Easing the SaaS-to-cash cycle

Easing the SaaS-to-cash cycleCredit crunchMonetization of services becomes all the more critical in these times. As volumes increase operational efficiency becomes critical. At eVapt we therefore go beyond allowing service providers to plug in eVapt billing and payment capabilities. We allow users to scale and automate collection and analysis...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, SaaS IS, SaaS-to-cash, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Tempest or Nuclear Winter

A Hurricane Ike for Tech Start-Ups VentureWire Alert free subscription required today reported that venture capitalists are advising their portfolio firms to prepare for a potential nuclear winter. One venture capitalist featured in today's newsletter was quoted as telling firms "to slow down their burn rate, and...

Tags: Firm, Venture Capital, Product Development, Investment, Product Marketing, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Up on the rooftop: Brightening prospects for solar technology

It's midnight, do you know where your solar panel is? I read somewhere yesterday where thefts of solar panels are on the rise, no doubt due to the rather dear price that they still command. Hopefully, that's on a pace for change, given that many of us...

Tags: Installation, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Asustek to offer touch-panel Eee PCs?

While the Web swoons over news of Apple's latest $800 market entry, Asustek is planning to launch touchscreen Eee PCs in the first quarter of 2009, which the company expects will help drive sales further, according to Samson Hu, general manager of Eee PC business at Asustek, by way of...

Tags: AsusTek Computer, Keyboards, Notebooks, Sales Strategy, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Processors, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Security, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Building a Data Quality Scorecard for Operational Data Governance

" Operational data governance is the manifestation of the processes and protocols necessary to ensure that an acceptable level of confidence in the data effectively satisfies the organization's business needs. In this white paper, David Loshin from Knowledge Integrity examines how a data governance program defines the roles, responsibilities, and...

Tags: Data Quality, DataFlux Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-10-09

Credit-Aid PRO Credit Repair Software (zip)

Professional credit repair software for mortgage brokers and credit repair business: fix bad credit reports. Boost your FICO score, generate credit dispute letters, order free credit reports, remove errors and negotiate with creditors, and get the best loan, mortgage, refinance or credit card rate possible. Includes organization and planning tools....

Tags: Software, Credit Doctor Software, Mortgages, Tools & Techniques, Sales Channel, Productivity, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Management, Sales

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Network Home Reporter (zip)

Network Home Reporter helps network administrators keep a handle on their storage resources. By automatically generating a report for the administrator detailing the locations of each user's home directory, as well as the size and kinds of contents, you will be more able to ensure proper capacity planning or enforce...

Tags: Network, Digital Sapience, Storage, Networking, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Have we all become a bunch of anxious, depressed, sleep-deprived irritable stress-heads?

Let's face it, the last month or so has been a challenge for just about anyone's tolerance of stress and has made even the most "stable" of us question our own emotional and mental health. But I've discovered that IT workers in particular, or anyone who...

Tags: Sleep, Job, Beverage, Health Care, Computer, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Food & Beverage, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Large Hadron Collider gets fresh power supply

Cern is planning to build a new computing hub in France, because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. The lab cracking data from the Cern Large Hadron Collider experiment needs a new computing hub because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. ...

Tags: CERN, Power Supply, Grid, Computer, Hadron Collider, Productivity, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-08