• Singapore, April 20th to 23rd
• Melbourne, May 4th to 6th
• Canberra, May 18th to 21st
• Singapore, June 8th to 11th

We were pleased to see that a few students wrote fairly detailed analysis of Intalio. One paper from Pekka Helkiö, Antti Seppälä, and Ossi Syd discussed the importance of standards, specifically BPMN and BPEL, and the degree to which Intalio complied with these standards. For BPMN they noted that there were some notations missing but the end effect was negligible. For BPEL they found "no evidence of non-conformance to [the] WS-BPEL 2.0 standard." Looking at the report from an objective standpoint it was a great read. From a vendor standpoint I would love to have seen some comparison.

Speaking of comparisons, the other report was done by Pin Nie, Riku Seppälä, and Måns Hafrén in cooperation with the end client Logica. This paper picked up on the previous research noting that the authors themselves would have liked to see comparisons as well. So, these students compared Intalio|Community Edition with JBoss jBPM. In a section on the different methodologies of the two companies, the authors discussed the philosophy here at Intalio of getting IT and business people on the same tool, as opposed to catering only to developers. There is a lot of detailed information in this paper as well. Intalio was given high marks for the ability of our process engine to support compensating transactions and exception handlers. In the area of process modeling, Intalio|Designer gained prominence for our "superior visualization."

View it here:

Intalio EE 6.0 is still in beta version (as of February 2009) but it's already a big hit among customers that are using it. Myself and the rest of the process expert team have been working closely with our engineering teams to make a much more usable and productive system that business analysts and IT engineers alike will want to use. Many systems favor one role or the other. I believe that at Intalio we've done a great job of creating a system that is equally effective for the business users concentrating on workflow as well as the IT engineers wanting to do services orchestration.

The screencast is in Flash format, and includes the following:

• BPMN 1.2 process modeler
• New workflow forms system (AJAX).  This is in addition to the previous XForms module.
• Business Rules Engine (BRE) decision tables and decision management
• Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
• Simpler modeling for multiple process participants (implicit WSDL)

If you haven't downloaded a new version of Intalio in a while, this is the one for you! Besides the dozens of features highlighted in the demonstration, there are many more features and enhancements over version 5.2. If you are considering Intalio for an upcoming project, I recommend starting with 6.0. We are close enough to a GA release that by the time you are ready to go into production the 6.0 GA version should be ready.

Keep an eye on the Intalio.com website for more flash demos like this one. I will be several more demos over the coming months as we get more features from the 6.x series integrated into the product.

Also, feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the features in the demo.

Our partner in Japan, Tomoaki Sawada, translated the presentation into Japanaese:

In the article Ismael lays out the components of a BOP and compares them to the Anatomy of the Linux Kernel which is:

Developing more complex processes with Sharepoint seems to be a hot topic these days. Have you had any experience with implementing Sharepoint into a BPM environment? If so let us know what you found to be good and bad about it.

As always we would love to hear about your successes in implementing Intalio. Feel free to send me an email at Jonathan Crow.

A short summary of the article in English:
"PMI methodology had been successful for many years, but project managers in charge of BPM projects face new challenges that should force them to drop some old concepts. Embracing BPM is more about changing the way the business itself is managed, but the project oriented approach is not up to change anytime soon. Here's the list of the top concepts to be dropped by BPM project managers aiming to deliverer good results."

Here is the summary in Spanish:
"La metodología respaldada por el PMI tuvo sus orígenes en los mundos de la ingeniera. Ha sido probada eficiente y exitosa tantas veces que llego a migrar al mundo de los sistemas y por mucho tiempo fue la forma correcta de realizar proyectos de TI. Entonces, ¿Por qué habría que pensar que hay que tener alguna consideración especial cuando se habla de BPM?"

Don’t hesitate to join us during our cocktail sessions:

• February 9th: Shanghai, People Republic of China
• February 10th: Singapore, Republic of Singapore
• February 12th: Bangalore, Australia
• February 17th: Sydney, Australia

In the interview Arnaud talks about how "Open Source permitted it to Intalio to place the conventional sales model on the head" (you have to love automatic translation engines). The ability for Open Source to provide a pay-as-you-go approach to building your BPM project, what we refer to as COSMO (commercial open source model) has proved to be a successful approach for us. Arnaud and BT also discussed the state of the industry today in regards to co-opetition in the Open Source world.

Our CEO Ismael Ghalimi, will be in town so we want to extend the invitation to our friends and colleagues in the area to come join us for drinks and chat about Business Process Management. A number of visionaries in the industry mentioned they would drop by, so I think it will provide some interesting conversation. A great opportunity to talk to others who are going through the same BPM adoption path you are, or have innovated and are willing to share their recipe for success.

If you are interested, let me know either by email jos@intalio.com or by phone (203) 791-0182.

Looking foward to seeing you there.

Bino Jos
Process Expert, Intalio.

Renaissance Time Square Hotel

Two Times Square, 714 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10036

He made the slides available on Slideshare. Don't hesitate to give some feedback!

Intalio uses Apache Ode as the BPEL engine. This is the leading BPEL engine. It uses only open standards, uses a fully transactional engine, and is embeddable. Processes are tied to memory. There are customers with 200,000+ processes running.

Ode is very scalable. It uses multi-threading and can be clustered. Clustering supports automatic failover. In a clustered environment the database is used as a system of reference. Only minimal node synchronization is required.

Performance depends on:

• Message bus
• Process design
• Process persistance
• Event persistance
• Hardware software configuration

Typical server performance on standard server hardware.is 1 million transaction per day on a database persistent server. Non-persistent servers get 10 million transactions a day.

Process management is handled from the bpms console. On top of that there are process query and debug APIs. Process versioning is done as processes are deployed. By default the new version of a process replaces an older version. It is also possible to have custom versioning by using the server API, to control process life-cycle.

The workflow components are a set of components that allow you to define your own workflow rules. There are many choices for user interface creation including XForms (Orbeon), TIBCO GI, Ruby etc.

The available task types for workflow are;

• Initiate Process
• People Task
• Notifications

Intalio currently has many features in development. Here are a few:

Simple BPEL - simPEL
Simple BPEL provide an alternative to using visual design tools. It has a simpler syntax. Developers do not need to create BPEL directly. SimpEL is a scripting dialog of BPEL, programmer friendly with a syntax similar to JavaScript. You can mix SimPEL with Java, PHP, Ruby etc. You can also generate BPMN diagrams from SimPEL.

RESTful BPEL
Provides a simpler method of using web services, such as those provided by Amazon, google, salesforce.com etc. Provides the ability to exposing processes as resources.

TAS3
Trusted Architecture for shared security, a European Union project on how to deal with trust and security, details are available at www.tas3.eu

Feeds
Adding support for BPEL to distribute data on an internet-scale.

Native XQuery Support
Providing a more powerful data manuiplation lanaguge.

Publish-Subscribe
Popular architecture for event distribution, decouple publishers from consumers.

Singleshot
Experimental task manager for process managemen, being developed in Ruby on rails.

• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Introducing BPP
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Henry Peyret - Forrester
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: BAM Presentation
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Liferay Portal
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Intalio Server Overview

Within the last ten years the idea of the Enterprise Portal has matured to fulfill the promise of the original value statement.

IBM Webshphere and Oracle and BEA Portals. Really when you are looking at Enterprise Portals, there are fewer and fewer players. When Oracle purchased BEA that created a combinate of 4 portals under the same roof. What is certain is that only one of those is going to survive. If you are looking to deploy a portal today, there is a lot of risk.

Liferay has a leg up in that they are the leading Open Source vendor. They are also a competitor to Sharepoint. Liferay provides same degree of collaboration, same Sharepoint functionality but in an open way. Also, social software and collaboration is combining into one category to make knowledge workers more productive. Liferay vigorously adheres to standards.

Customers include NBA, Sesame Street (a favorite of mine) and BMW.

• Unify personalization, securit, application/data access and user experience across the enterprise
• Quickly create portals, intranets, shared workspaces, web sites and apps
• Bring together SOA and Web 2.0
• Retain control of your technology and business

In the past Portals have promised more than delivered. Liferay is determined to give as much functionality out of the box to deliver on the original promise and now the technology is mature enough to make it happen. As Ismael mentioned, you are never sure which software is going to survive, and without access to the source code you can never be sure that software will live on. Open Source assures the customer that they always have access to the code to maintain.

HanseMerkur Insurance Group
High availability website - in moving from Web 1.0 to 2.0, we still need to ensure availability but with dynamic content.

Advertising campaigns drove customers to website in waves. Hard deadline set by business because of campaigns. Content was constantly changing. Liferay portal for content publishing with multiple authors. The site went live in 6 weeks. At peak a quarter million pages are served per hour.

Enterprise Integration portal - customer and sales data integrated. Assured online access for entire sales. Single sign on and bringing in a single user experience were key. They received a very high level of acceptance immediately after going live. Adding services quickly is now possible.

Cisco Systems
Wanted to use Liferay for developer network for social collaborative work. Diagram of community of communities, different groups for technologies and solutions. They wanted to foster innovation among partners to accelerate solutions development. They used Liferay to create stickiness and reduced dependence on internal support by providing this community. Phase 1 is building a collaboration platform, Phase 2 will add Business Processes, and Phase 3 is building community enhancement.

Now Bryan goes into demo mode. He shows how easy it was to build a replica of the Nintendo site and compartmentalize the site by creating different articles and combining them on the same page.

• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Introducing BPP
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Henry Peyret - Forrester
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: BAM Presentation
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Liferay Portal
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Intalio Server Overview

BI takes data from the operations and submits it to the managing BPM. BAM integrates BI report design into Intalio|Designer. Serves the report to browsers from Intalio|BPMS.

This is a key part of Intalio|BAM. It enables a special way of storing the data occurring in a process. Process variables are not persistent between process instances. The difference between process variables and external variables is that the data from an external variable is stored in a database and can then be used to display information used in reports to make better decisions. Processes, forms, and reports are created in Intalio|Designer. The business analyst and the IT staff work together to define whatever is necessary in Designer, and then deployed to Intalio|Server. As processes are running, the data is saved to a data store to be used by the report generator. This means that the data is displayed in real-time.

• Create a metric, something that must be decided at the beginning of the process. When you start designing the process sit down with a high level stakeholder that can define goals and measurements.
• Add metric to process as external variable
• Create a data source
• Define report
Defining variables is a simple operation where you define the name and add specific values and attach a key value, something that identifies it uniquely. The data mapper allows us to track and update the data variable in real-time.

Creating the data source requires knowledge of the target. Intalio can generate the right kind of code for the database you are using.

Defining the report allows you to display the information in the most accessible manner.

Key Performance Indicators are good to put wherever there is a change of state, e.g. from new to revised.

Here Ben went into demo mode. To view a screencast of BAM in action you can go to our Intalio community site.

No other BAM competitor uses external variables. In all the other vendors you have to manually define, select, and map the data. External variables can be simply dragged and dropped into the appropriate area are tracked automatically.

For SAP data business objects, you can drag and drop these the same way. Take the external variable and map them directly into your SAP instance.


Other blog articles in this series:
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Introducing BPP
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Henry Peyret - Forrester
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: BAM Presentation
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Liferay Portal
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Intalio Server Overview
]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-japancon-2008-bam-presentation/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-japancon-2008-henry-peyret-forrester/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-japancon-2008-henry-peyret-forrester/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:02:18 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1913 Next on the agenda for Intalio JapanCon 2008 is the keynote address from Henry Peyret, the Principal Analyst, Forrester Research. His presentation introduced "BPM Trends for Intalio."
]]> Next on the agenda for Intalio JapanCon 2008 is the keynote address from Henry Peyret, the Principal Analyst, Forrester Research. His presentation introduced "BPM Trends for Intalio."

Has worked on BPM for ten years now, started out with EAI, connectors, BAM, ESBs. Henry started out as any good analyst would with numbers showing how BPM is becoming mainstream. The goal now is to not only make it mainstream, but to make it successful.


Market Trends
Business drivers:
• Uncertainty requires agility
• End-to-end process optimization, across silos
• not only about productivity improvements
• Globalization - a single process for everyone
• localization - managing variants

According to customers, the most important benefit is increased productivity. But the most important element for Henry is the ability to change processes quickly and easily. This is becoming key for IT because of the changing regulations, changing requirement, changing business environment.

A BPM Center of Excellence is necessary for results. It is a key factor for success not only for measurement but for implementation. There is a strong correlation with a COE and goals being met. Metrics measured right now, productivity, quality, risk, compliance. Need to include measurements for agility as well.

The answer to what type of BPM project is most underway is modeling. They start with modeling and move on, but the maturity is not quite as far along with other BPM projects. The next level of maturity is execution, and the higher levels are process monitoring and optimization. Most customers have done some sort of execution but have not yet gone further.

Customers need to correlate and monitor internal and external data. If a company is growing 20% which is a good number for that company, but the industry is growing at 40%, there is a better understanding of how well the company is really doing. Instead of just Key Performance Indicators, which should be called Key Productivity Indicators, we should add Key Quality, Agility, and Risk Indicators (KQI, KAI, and KRI). The goal is to recognize that each of these is supplied by different groups - suppliers, employees, outsourcers, IT systems, partners. For contract monitoring each resource involved should inherit global objectives. Contract monitoring is becoming a key area for BPM in the near future.

Software-as-a-Service, it will be important to externalize these processes to partners, across different types of repositories an important aspect of contract monitoring. Choose the right level of BPP that is not too simple but not too complex.


What is next

Dynamic Business Apps. We build applications that are agile, flexible, able to change. Characteristics:

• user-centric
• process-oriented
• flexible
• collaborative
• context-driven
• dynamic - can change in business time without programmers
• information-rich

Telco's originally took 2 years to deliver applications on their platforms. The next generations took 4 months, then 1 month. Now with the fourth generation it takes one week. That is the type of dynamic bussiness application development process that needs to occur now. These apps will represent a fraction of the IT portfolio but will be the most strategic. These Dynamic Business Apps need to be tested.


Recommendations:
• Bring a BPMS center of excellence to your organization
• BPMS is a good candidate for Dynamic Business Apps
• Continue to watch the most innovative BPMS providing competitive advantages

Other blog articles in this series:
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Introducing BPP
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Henry Peyret - Forrester
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: BAM Presentation
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Liferay Portal
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Intalio Server Overview
]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-japancon-2008-henry-peyret-forrester/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-japancon-2008-introducing-bpp/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-japancon-2008-introducing-bpp/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:45:58 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1905 Tomoaki Sawada. Our CEO and co-founder Ismael Ghalimi started off the conference with a presentation introducing Intalio|BPP for the first time, the world debut if you will. Ismael posted his own article about the session here. Ismael's full presentation is available below.]]> Today is the beginning of Intalio JapanCon, hosted most graciously by our partner Tomoaki Sawada. Our CEO and co-founder Ismael Ghalimi started off the conference with a presentation introducing Intalio|BPP for the first time, the world debut if you will. Ismael posted his own article about the session here. Ismael's full presentation is available below.

Sawada-san set the stage by welcoming the attendees, and discussing Intalio's success - over 500 customers, about 50,000 individuals working with our community version, and specifically addressing some of the exciting things that are happening in the Japanese market. Sawada-san mentioned how much Ismael loves Japan and is excited to be here.

This is Ismael's 10th trip to Japan in a very short time. The market is definitely taking off for Intalio.

Because of the financial crisis in the US and America it presents an opening for Japan to work with SaaS companies to build a worldwide presence.

BPP - Business Process Platform. How can you use BPP to build your SaaS offerings. BPM 2.0 - what does this mean and why should you care?

What problem does Intalio solve? Customers looking for an enterprise have only a few options - IBM, Microsoft, Oracle (BEA), SAP, all are expensive fragmented and closed source. The acquisition of BEA, or indeed any other acquisition, means that some of the products will not be continued. A closed source company that gets acquired - there is no guarantee that they will be around, even large companies and the software can die with them. Open Source Software (OSS) means that the software can be maintained and is available for as long as the customer wants. The Microsoft BPM offering is pretty much only for Microsoft shops, and more companies are moving away from Microsoft. SAP is the same way, only for SAP users. So you have two options left IBM and Oracle. Even these large companies can discontinue products and customers are stuck with software that is no longer supported, end users are no longer able to make changes to that software. OSS gives you the source code which allows you to make changes to your software for as long as you want. OSS means never having to say goodbye.

Intalio Business Process Platform



Same components as the bigger players. Partnerships with other OSS vendors has allowed us to build an integrated platform that rivals IBM and Oracle. It goes beyond BPM it is about building the platform you will use today and tomorrow for creating enterprise applications. You can do this in the cloud or in your hosted environment. We are doing this in a very collaborative model. The software is written in the US, Japan, Brazil, China, the Ukraine, and other global locations.

We take integration very seriously. Other offerings from IBM and others are a patch-work. How are they integrated?

1. Runtime compnents integrated at the API level.
2. Deployment supported on the same app server
3. Installation supported from main Intalio installer
4. Certified for all platforms (widest array in the business)
5. Dev tools integrated in an IDE
6. Unified life-cycle through Intalio|Repository
7. System admin tools integrated through Hyperic HQ
8. Authentication supported through Diamelle OpenIAM
9. Component upgrade supported automated
10. Internationalization and localization offered for all supported locals

Commercial Open Source Model - COSMO

How do we mix OSS with a way to commercialize the product? Open Source Code Base - Donated to Apache and Eclipse. We work with large Open Source organizations so that they can promote and manage.

Community Edition - add 10% of code to the OSS software. Free to use but no binaries and no support. The most widely used BPM in the world.

Enterprise Edition - add another 10% of code to the Community Edition. You have the right to the source code and modify it forever. We provide support and maintenance, patch updates, and indemnification. It gives the customer all the benefits of OSS, and gives us IP protection.

Proof that the model works is the adoption. Intalio has an incremental adoption process. First we engage with our community users through training. Training is sold by email mostly, we have one tele-sales rep. The people giving the training are the ones selling it mostly. We essentially have no sales people. All sales are made by trainers. What that means for the end user is that you will not give us money to pay a salesperson's salary. Every penny goes to something that gives real value to the company and the software.

User base - we have 50,000 user organizations using our software. Intalio is the most largely used BPM software in the world today. Our customer base took off dramatically when we switched to the COSMO model. Just last quarter we signed 1.26 customers every single day including weekends. We have 30 resellers around the world and today most customers are coming through our partners. Adoption of the software is really driven by our customers.


Intalio|BPP

This is the first time we have talked about the complete story. This audience is the first to hear it. BPP is not just for process, it is about building any application. 20 years ago applications started with the database. About 10 years ago came a new piece of software that helped you build applications on top of that stack - the app server. Moving forward we need that, but we need more and better support for things that move and evolve. You need both data and something very similar to the DB engine for the process. You need a process engine next to the database engine - a BPEL engine. This was the vision we had nine years ago. We turned that vision into something real. Along the way we learned that even though this is the platform there are many different ways you can use the software based on what you want to do. We are building the platform to be used by the business people, the architects, the developers either in the cloud or hosted by you. We started by addressing the needs of the architects or business analysts - Intalio|Designer and a workflow task manager. On top of that we added components to make it a real, scalable, secure architecture - BAM, Portal, ECM, BRE, ESB. These components plus Designer plus Server = Enterprise Edition. Over the last year we got a lot of feedback saying that's great but what if I want to write code. You have a zero-code single click deploy, but I want to write code. We sat down with them and tried to understand what they need. They like the engine but don't like BPEL. Too complex. They need something powerful like BPEL but simpler. We developed a new language - SimPEL a simple language based on Ruby a very clean syntax, very small. Semantics are similar but a lot easier to use. We built Singleshot on top of that for lightweight mash-ups, a task manager built on things like REST, RSS, iCal. You can now do load balancing in a mash-up based on availability. For the language we decided not to decide. We allow people to use whatever they want to use - any language. We are providing containers, object binding for whatever language.

Ismael stated that this is a breakthrough because you can keep writing in whichever language you want, whenever you need orchestration, or support for asynchronous things, long-running processes, you code in whatever language you use, Intalio provides the most powerful engine without having to learn it. Much like the database could be used by any development platform Intalio|BPP does that for the process engine. This is the Intalio Developer Edition that was announced several months ago.

Today we announce a new project. several months ago we released Intalio|Server running on Amazon Web Services - Intalio|On Demand. We are now developing four new products - an online BPM Designer running on any web browser, mash-up templates for things like SalesForce.com, an online SimPEL editor, and an online UI developer.

The online BPM designer uses the same standard - BPMN 1.1 - to drag and drop objects via a web interface to design processes.

The beauty of this model is that you can start from one perspective, say a web developer working in lightweight environment, and easily migrate to an enterprise environment.


Other blog articles in this series:
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Introducing BPP
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Henry Peyret - Forrester
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: BAM Presentation
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Liferay Portal
• Intalio JapanCon 2008: Intalio Server Overview
]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-japancon-2008-introducing-bpp/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/new-online-advanced-bpmn-training/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/new-online-advanced-bpmn-training/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:35:54 +0000 Rick Geneva http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1896 More info Event Date:10/03/2008 Event Time:12:30 - 16:15 EDT (GMT-0400) BPMN online level-2 training will discuss some very important topics, much of it coming from research and an upcoming book project.]]> While we have had basic BPMN training online before, BPMN online level-2 training represents a first for us.

More info
Event Date:10/03/2008
Event Time:12:30 - 16:15 EDT (GMT-0400)


If you plan on attending you will need to register and attend tomorrow's BPMN online class, level 1: September 26th. If you have prior BPMN training this class may not be necessary.

BPMN online level-2 training will discuss some very important topics, much of it coming from research and an upcoming book project. We will talk about:

• BPMN process patterns for solving business problems
• How this is a big leap forward from the Van Der Aalst patterns that simply define possible flows in a mathematical, technical way.
• Real-world examples in a simple, easy to understand format.
• Process modeling vocabulary: What is a controlling authority? What are participation levels? And more!
• Decision management patterns
• Turning the “guess work” into a scientific formula that is easily reproduced for any process modeling exercise.
And much, much more!

Even if you already think you know a lot about BPMN, it’s well worth your time to attend this event.

Register now

Here is the full list of online classes coming up.

BPMN online class, level 1: September 26th
Provides a good introduction to the BPMN 1.1 specification and how to model processes. Covers all of the BPMN 1.1 shapes and how to use them. Provides a good introduction into the concepts and vocabulary necessary for effective process modeling.

Register now

BPMN level 2 class: October 3rd
Provides a practical approach on how to use the modeling notation to accomplish common process modeling problems. Included in this course will be an introduction to over a dozen common BPMN patterns that will help you accomplish your business objectives quickly, accurately, and without the guess-work normally associated with process modeling. Also, there will be an introduction into decision management and a vocabulary that will help your organization be more efficient when communicating about your business processes.

A good, full understanding of the BPMN 1.1 specification is a prerequisite to attend this class.
Register now

Process Modeling Framework (PMF) class: October 17th
The Process Modeling Framework (P.M.F.) is a structured approach to process modeling that results in consistent, accurate, readable process diagrams using the BPMN 1.1 modeling notation.

Provides an introduction into a structured approach to process modeling. The methodology and best practices of the experts will be shared in this class. PMF is more than just a methodology - it's a management practice for processes that involves executives, business analysts, managers, and IT staff. Each part of an organization has different needs for diagramming processes, and long-term management of the processes once they are automated. This course offers a practical guide on how to implement BPMN on a large scale throughout your organization.

Realizing that process are not 1-dimensional, the PMF addresses the idea that multiple people, and systems are involved an a business process. A single, simple diagram does not meet the needs of a large organization. Executives need a different diagram style than managers. IT engineers need a different diagram style than business people. Different levels of detail, different levels of process ownership are all included into the PMF.

PMF also includes a strategy for long-term process management and process governance.

A good basic understanding of the BPMN 1.1 specification is required to attend this session. The BPMN level-1 online class satisfies this requirement, but it is recommended that you also attend the BPMN level-2 class to get the most from this session.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/new-online-advanced-bpmn-training/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/eclipse-bpmn-modeler-sub-project-available-for-feedback/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/eclipse-bpmn-modeler-sub-project-available-for-feedback/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:32:34 +0000 Antoine Toulme http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1892 BPMN modeler we develop as part of the SOA Tools project is planning to evolve from the status of component to the status of sub-project. You can read the announcement here, don't hesitate to contact us if you are interested to join us!]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/eclipse-bpmn-modeler-sub-project-available-for-feedback/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/bpm-in-south-africa/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/bpm-in-south-africa/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:31:16 +0000 Arnaud Blandin http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1890 I just came back from a trip in Johannesburg where I had the ability to demonstrate the capabilities of Intalio|BPMS at BPM Congress 2008 and meet our first South African customers.
]]> I just came back from a trip in Johannesburg where I had the ability to demonstrate the capabilities of Intalio|BPMS at BPM Congress 2008 and meet our first South African customers.

It was interesting to hear our users' confusion as the marketing messages from some of the more traditional vendors in South Africa is very BPM 1.0 oriented. One vendor at the conference even confessed that they were using BPM in their marketing brochures as it was very trendy and their platform was not designed to use the latest industry standards!

On the good news side, many companies had started SOA initiatives and realized that they could just download and test Intalio|BPMS for free to get an idea why BPM is the killer app for SOA. It was also very exciting to get a full room of trainees for our first ever training in South Africa - we even had a waiting list!

Our good partner Shimo IT is currently implementing projects for our users and you should see some follow-up news soon.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/bpm-in-south-africa/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/going-to-gartner-bpm-summit/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/going-to-gartner-bpm-summit/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:30:39 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1888 On Sept. 10-12 we will be heading over to Gartner's BPM Summit in Washington D.C. If you are going as well please drop by. Process expert Stephen Day and I will be in booth H showing off our latest stuff - BAM, BRE, Alfresco and Liferay Integration, and just geeking about BPM in general (we can also talk about other subjects if pressed;).

Are you not going, but would like to? Gartner has given us a couple of free passes to extend to our beloved community. So, if you are interested shoot me an email at crow [at] intalio [dot] com. I am sure the tickets will go fast, so it's on a first come first serve basis.

Hope to see you there.

 

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/going-to-gartner-bpm-summit/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/attending-business-process-management-congress-2008/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/attending-business-process-management-congress-2008/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:27:41 +0000 Arnaud Blandin http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1885 Business Process Management Congress 2008 Learn How To Model, Manage, Monitor, And Optimise Your Business Processes September 1 - 5, 2008 · Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa The event looks really solid, with something like 50 speakers, and many of them really worth listening to. But come and see my presentation anyway:). I will be discussing real projects of real customers using our BPM solution, Intalio|BPP, as their core platform. I will also bring out some of the reasons why open source was important for their adoption of our software suite. BPM Main Brochure 13286 001 (Updated 12062008)
Get your own at Scribd or explore others: Business General information communication
]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/attending-business-process-management-congress-2008/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/bpm-is-missing-the-data-not-any-more/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/bpm-is-missing-the-data-not-any-more/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:25:51 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1883 A little while back Informatica announced that they were embedding Intalio into PowerCenter, their data quality and integration platform. The topic of BPM and SOA and data quality and integration has beed widely discussed, not only at our user conference, but by Ash Parikh of Informatica on his blog, also here, here, and here, not to mention the vendors trying to cobble together solutions.
]]> A little while back Informatica announced that they were embedding Intalio into PowerCenter, their data quality and integration platform. The topic of BPM and SOA and data quality and integration has beed widely discussed, not only at our user conference, but by Ash Parikh of Informatica on his blog, also here, here, and here, not to mention the vendors trying to cobble together solutions.

Especially in BPM projects content is king. We all know bad data in = bad data out. But if you turbo charge the process with BPM you get bad data out squared. Other solutions tend to minimize the data integration complexity or rely on application integration to handle the data. Enterprise companies require flexibility in their data integration projects. With a mixture of batch and real-time data migration applications can easily get out of synch. Duplication of data at the minimum can cause a significant drop in productivity. At the more problematic end of the spectrum it can cause, for example, billing issues that may cost the company (previously) loyal customers.

What data problems do you have? I would be interested in hearing your stories about how bad data has created headaches for your company.

 




]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/bpm-is-missing-the-data-not-any-more/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intaliojapancon-2008/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intaliojapancon-2008/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:24:32 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1879 For those of you in Asia who may have missed IntalioCon 2008, we are excited to present Intalio JapanCon 2008 in Tokyo on October 6-7.

Our good friend and partner Tomoaki Sawada, he of Dogear fame and the principal consultant at JISI, is arranging the conference. He put up some more details in Japanese on his blog.

]]> For those of you in Asia who may have missed IntalioCon 2008, we are excited to present Intalio JapanCon 2008 in Tokyo on October 6-7.

Our good friend and partner Tomoaki Sawada, he of Dogear fame and the principal consultant at JISI, is arranging the conference. He put up some more details in Japanese on his blog.

The conference will take place at the KDDI hall in Ohtemachi. The speaking lineup will include industry notables, partners and customers showing off the latest in how they have implemented and integrated Intalio|BPMS, and of course our CEO, Ismael Ghalimi.

The agenda is still to come, but I wanted to make sure your calendars were marked.

Intalio User Conference In Japan October 6 7 (English)
View SlideShare presentation (tags: intalio > bpp > bpms > process)
>]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intaliojapancon-2008/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-award-from-infoworld/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-award-from-infoworld/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:16:08 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1872 IDG's InfoWorld announced the winners of its Best of Open Source Software Awards. We are honored to see that Intalio was named best Open Source BPM in the Enterprise Application category.
]]> IDG's InfoWorld announced the winners of its Best of Open Source Software Awards. We are honored to see that Intalio was named best Open Source BPM in the Enterprise Application category.

It was also great to see some of our friends and partners mentioned as well. Orbeon was included with their XForms offering. Alfresco was picked for Enterprise Content Management and Liferay was tops in Enterprise Portals. It just goes to show we know how to pick good friends;).

All in all a very auspicious list, and one in which we are extremely gratified to be included.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-award-from-infoworld/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-partners-w-witech-leading-italian-telco-solutions-co/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-partners-w-witech-leading-italian-telco-solutions-co/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:12:08 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1870 Recently we signed on WiTech as a partner to help us grow our already increasing (and impressive) list of telco companies adopting Intalio|BPMS. WiTech is a leading Italian telecommunications consulting & engineering and solutions company with deep knowledge of NGN/NGS (Next-Generation Networks/Next-Generation Services). They focus on BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) and standard technologies like WiFi/HiperLAN, 3.5G/LTE and WiMAX.
]]> Recently we signed on WiTech as a partner to help us grow our already increasing (and impressive) list of telco companies adopting Intalio|BPMS. WiTech is a leading Italian telecommunications consulting & engineering and solutions company with deep knowledge of NGN/NGS (Next-Generation Networks/Next-Generation Services). They focus on BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) and standard technologies like WiFi/HiperLAN, 3.5G/LTE and WiMAX.

WiTech provides a wide range of services from strategic consulting on investment plans to engineering services for network design and network planning. On the solution side, the company is engaged in the development of specialized decision support tools, capable of performing comprehensive technical-economic analyses of wireless initiatives in an integrated manner. They are also working with Intalio to develop and integrate BPM-enabled NGOSS/BSS frameworks and components (Business Process Management-enabled Next-Generation Operation Support System/Business Support System). These tools will allow more automation and better control of key telecommunications processes.

Claudio Adriani, WiTech's CTO, had this to say about the partnership, "at WiTech, we have been engaged in the development and integration of key OSS/BSS systems in Open Source environments since our foundation in 2003. When we started to work at our “BPM-enabled Next-Generation OSS/BSS” value proposition, we searched extensively for best-of-breed technologies in the Open Source, Java-based segment and found the Intalio|BPMS platform to be the best and most compelling choice for us. It provides the breadth and width we need in terms openness, flexibility, scalability, and reliability. Intalio and its network of technology partners supply a great foundation to address the evolving requirements of today’s Telecommunications service providers, especially when coping with the challenge posed by the introduction of new network technologies like, for example, WiMAX, and new services."

For my part I am really thrilled to work with Witech as their offering for network operators is truly unique. Their platform provides automation of support services processes within their platform. This allows operators to become more and more efficient in shorter time spans. This is very important for new operators adopting WiMAX licenses. WiTech is expanding the Intalio|BPP to provide what we are confident our customers will find a compelling solution.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-partners-w-witech-leading-italian-telco-solutions-co/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/standalone-bpmn-modeler-now-packaged-with-ganymede/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/standalone-bpmn-modeler-now-packaged-with-ganymede/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:11:13 +0000 Antoine Toulme http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1868
You can grab the bits here !

Feedback is welcome.

Cross-posting from the SOA Tools blog... ]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/standalone-bpmn-modeler-now-packaged-with-ganymede/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/neville-bradburry-presents-intalio-at-acs-sydney/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/neville-bradburry-presents-intalio-at-acs-sydney/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:09:41 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1866 Neville has over 20 years experience leveraging Open Source Software in the Enterprise. The session will include a demonstration of how Intalio can use process management workflows across systems as well as providing project management a tool for collecting and management a business (i.e. a simple example of a prince2 workflow).
]]> Neville Bradbury, managing director of OpenSoft Australia our partner and friend, is showing off Intalio|BPMS at an event hosted by the Australian Computer Society in Sydney. If you are in the area you should definitely register for this free event.

Neville has over 20 years experience leveraging Open Source Software in the Enterprise. The session will include a demonstration of how Intalio can use process management workflows across systems as well as providing project management a tool for collecting and management a business (i.e. a simple example of a prince2 workflow).

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/neville-bradburry-presents-intalio-at-acs-sydney/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-doug-neal-bpm%e2%80%93green-global/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-doug-neal-bpm%e2%80%93green-global/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:48:55 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1856 In continuing my series wrapping up our Intalio User Conference 2008 today's article will focus on Doug Neal, Research Fellow at the Leading Edge Forum – Executive Programme of CSC. His session charted new courses for BPM - New Aspirations for BPM – Green and Global. (Other presentations from the conference are available on our forum.)
]]> In continuing my series wrapping up our Intalio User Conference 2008 today's article will focus on Doug Neal, Research Fellow at the Leading Edge Forum – Executive Programme of CSC. His session charted new courses for BPM - New Aspirations for BPM – Green and Global. (Other presentations from the conference are available on our forum.)

Before I get to the notes on the session itself I wanted to discuss an article I found today on InfoWorld. It was actually a study that Rackspace did of its user base on IT and the Green issue. The article found that "a large number of IT shops aren't willing to sacrifice performance even if it would help the environment, according to a new survey." The problem with this is that the survey and perceptions of the IT folks included in the survey are calculated as if in a vacuum. As Doug points out in his presentation (and is noted somewhat in the article) there are many benefits to going Green that do affect the bottom line - energy savings, marketing benefits, sustainability. The article points to an apparent conflict between green and the bottom line where there are in fact a lot of synergies.

James Taylor also posted an article on Ismael's talk over at his blog - Smart (enough) Systems. And Mauricio added his comments (in Portuguese)

Here are some points Doug made during his talk:

• Doug went down memory lane, to his beginnings in BPM in 2001.
• Before BPM solutions were baked in concrete, no flexibility.
• BPMS lead to a change in the way we manage all the aspects of our business - people, systems, organizations.
• Intalio BPMS designed for Federated Deployment - seamless access of various services independently provided throughout the enterprise.
• Without Federated Deployment, you lose the ability to measure across the business.
• Without significant measurement, there is no way to improve efficiencies to become greener or go global (collaboration and social network monitoring) .
• Rising prices, concerns, and regulations are driving technology greener.
• IT usage of energy far outweighs energy used in production of IT.
• However, Moore's law has an environmental downside. Things that have short life cycles require more energy in production, have high toxins, and are bad for landfills. IT driving the short life cycle products.
• Lots of room for improvement - energy lost: as heat, during transmission, only 22-30% reaches point of use.
• Greenwashing by corporations has been found out and put them on the defensive.
• Measurement is key to providing intelligence in time to do something about it.
• Lots of great examples of measurements used in companies to reduce carbon footprint.
• Technology used as alternatives to travel.
• He predicted a carbon footprint label on product something akin to the nutritional labels now used on food.
• Projects for: Green IT, Green Supply Chain, Social Network Monitoring, Identification and Authentication all benefit from Federated Deployment, BPM, and ability to track across the enterprise.

If you saw the presentation I would love to hear what you got out of it. If you have any notes on any of the other sessions feel free to send them to me crow [at] intalio [dot] com and I will include them in future posts.

Other articles in this series:

1. IUC 2008 Sessions: Janelle Hill - Linking Bussiness and IT
2. IUC 2008 Sessions: Ismael Ghalimi - Intalio State of the Union
3. IUC 2008 Sessions: Doug Neal - New Aspirations for BPM – Green and Global

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-doug-neal-bpm%e2%80%93green-global/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/01informatique-review/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/01informatique-review/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:48:02 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1854 Last week 01Informatique, the number one IT publication in France, wrote an article in their magazine comparing Intalio to Sun.
]]> Last week 01Informatique, the number one IT publication in France, wrote an article in their magazine comparing Intalio to Sun.

The article describes the parallels and differences between how both companies have built and designed their BPM suites. On one hand you have an aggregation [and development] of open source software (Intalio). And on the other you have a company largely trying to build it themselves (Sun). The articles mentions that 01Informatique likes the drag-and-drop functionality along with the standards-based technology of Intalio. And we come off well against jBPM.


]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/01informatique-review/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-ismael-ghalimi-intalio-state-of-the-union/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-ismael-ghalimi-intalio-state-of-the-union/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:47:09 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1852 In continuing my series wrapping up our Intalio User Conference 2008 today's article will focus on Ismael Ghalimi, our beloved CEO and co-founder. His session amounted to a State of the Union address for Intalio. (Other presentations from the conference are available on our forum.) ]]> In continuing my series wrapping up our Intalio User Conference 2008 today's article will focus on Ismael Ghalimi, our beloved CEO and co-founder. His session amounted to a State of the Union address for Intalio. (Other presentations from the conference are available on our forum.)

James Taylor also posted an article on Ismael's talk over at his blog - Smart (enough) Systems.

Here are some points Ismael made during his talk:

• Impressive growth (35k strong community in 40 countries).
• COSMO - Commercial Open Source Model - has been receiving positive traction in the industry, and built an incremental sales process.
• Intalio manages the largest process in the world.
• Brought up the D3 model (another session discussed in more detail) which has reduced Intalio's costs and made the company more responsive the customer needs.
• Ismael outlined exit paths for:
  • BEA Fuego, to be discontinued by Oracle.
  • Tibco Staffware, disappointing results last quarter
• Iona will be acquired in 2008 [well that was quick, it happened in the week since the conference]. The buyer seems lukewarm to open source.
• Intalio will support ServiceMix ourselves.
• Key growth in a number of verticals: Finance, Government, Telecommunication, along with horizontal growth in the area of Globalization
• Ismael put out a call to spread the word. Intalio finally has a marketing staff which is actively collecting use cases and success stories [to let us know about your use case you can contact me - Jonathan Crow].

If you saw the presentation I would love to hear what you got out of it. If you have any notes on any of the other sessions feel free to send them to me crow [at] intalio [dot] com and I will include them in future posts.

Other articles in this series:

1. IUC 2008 Sessions: Janelle Hill - Linking Bussiness and IT
2. IUC 2008 Sessions: Ismael Ghalimi - Intalio State of the Union

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-ismael-ghalimi-intalio-state-of-the-union/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-janelle-hill-linking-bussiness-and-it/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-janelle-hill-linking-bussiness-and-it/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:46:06 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1850 After Intalio User Conference 2008 wrapped up last week I was able to get most of the presentations posted to our forum. But, I wanted to put the presentations in some sort of context. I have notes from some of the sessions and will be posting them over the coming weeks.

First off I wanted to highlight Janelle Hill from Gartner and her presentation on Business Processes: The Foundation Linking Business and IT.

]]> After Intalio User Conference 2008 wrapped up last week I was able to get most of the presentations posted to our forum. But, I wanted to put the presentations in some sort of context. I have notes from some of the sessions and will be posting them over the coming weeks.

First off I wanted to highlight Janelle Hill from Gartner and her presentation on Business Processes: The Foundation Linking Business and IT.

Mauricio Bittencourt posted a little blurb about the session. But as my Portuguese isn't so good I will leave it untranslated. James Taylor also posted an article on his blog over at Smart (enough) Systems.

Here are some points Janelle made during her talk:

• Intalio is the only credible open source BPM vendor. jBPM is only a low-level BPM engine.[Ed. note: remember these are her words;)].
• Companies should use BPM as tool to achieve visibility to improve business decision making. Don't run businesses on guts/instincts/past history as things are changing too fast.
• Janelle cited a mortgage company as an aggressive adopter of BPM technology. Processes are well documented and transparent and metrics are clearly defined and collected such that the company feels very comfortable letting employees telecommute.
• SAP has not decided to adopt SAP NetWeaver BPM to drive internal business processes.
• BPM has about 7-year cycles. Last one started in 2000. We are at year 8, the beginning of a new cycle.
• The BPM hype peaked. Disillusion is now setting in. There is no magic bullet. Companies need planning, training, and execution to ensure a successful BPM deployment.
• Major industries adopting BPM:
  • Insurance (claim management)
  • All top banks
  • Mortgage firms
  • Government
• Some of the most common BPM deployments are customer-facing and self service
• The average commercial BPM deployment costs USD $500K to $800K. One company paid 2 million euro. [Ed. note: no wonder or customer acquisition rate is looking very hockey puck-ish these days].
• None of the major SIs are credible vendors in the BPM space at this point in time.
• There is a major opportunity for BPM SIs to step because:
  • Customers are jaded with spending large sums of money
  • Companies need to focus on process re-engineering and business transformation

If you saw the presentation I would love to hear what you got out of it. If you have any notes on any of the other sessions feel free to send them to me crow [at] intalio [dot] com and I will include them in future posts.

Other articles in this series:

1. IUC 2008 Sessions: Janelle Hill - Linking Bussiness and IT
2. IUC 2008 Sessions: Ismael Ghalimi - Intalio State of the Union

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/iuc-2008-sessions-janelle-hill-linking-bussiness-and-it/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalioliferay-cocktail-party-in-singapore/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalioliferay-cocktail-party-in-singapore/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:45:16 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1848 Intalio and Liferay, our Enterprise Portal partner, will jointly host a cocktail on July 8th, 6:30pm at the Hilton on Orchard.
]]> Intalio and Liferay, our Enterprise Portal partner, will jointly host a cocktail on July 8th, 6:30pm at the Hilton on Orchard.

Last week at our user conference Joe Shum, Liferay's Principal Architect, co-presented the integration between our two products with our own Nicolas Modrzyk. Now it is our chance to take the message to Singapore and show off Intalio|BPMS and Liferay to a whole new audience. Liferay will provide strategic insights into their latest 5.0 release amidst the fast-changing global portal market and the recent strategic alliance with SunMicrosystems. All of you in the Southeast Asia, and beyond, are invited to attend. The cocktail party is free upon registration. For more info, please see the Liferay blog article announcing the event.

For those of you not in the area there is another opportunity coming up as well. Nicolas will be presenting at the Liferay meetup on Friday, August 1 in the Liferay offices near Los Angeles, CA. This is also a free event.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalioliferay-cocktail-party-in-singapore/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/images-from-intalio-user-conference-2008/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/images-from-intalio-user-conference-2008/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:44:41 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1846 Intalio User Conference 2008 on a Flickr group.]]> Intalio User Conference 2008 on a Flickr group. Thanks to Agathe Azzis, www.asmaart.com, for some great shots. If you have more, please share! Hopefully tomorrow I can start putting some commentary up regarding the individual sessions.]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/images-from-intalio-user-conference-2008/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-2008-wrap-up/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-2008-wrap-up/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:31:59 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1830 Intalio User Conference 2008 is in the books for this year. I put up a number of presentations already and will add more as they become available.

]]> Intalio User Conference 2008 is in the books for this year. I put up a number of presentations already and will add more as they become available.

You can access the presentations and get notified of new postings on our community forum. In the coming days I will also be posting notes that were taken during the conference to give a broader context for the presentations.

We also have a Flickr group set up to share images. Hopefully I can add some more images very soon.

From the feedback I received people seemed to get a lot out of the conference. Enough so that we have already started preparations for next year and have added a conference for Europe. So, please share feedback - dates, locations, what you want to see, etc. - so that we can build an even better event next time.

Thanks again to everyone who participated for their energy and enthusiasm and hope to see you soon.

Jonathan

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-2008-wrap-up/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/soa-tools-bpmn-modeler-in-ganymede/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/soa-tools-bpmn-modeler-in-ganymede/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:31:23 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1828 Infoworld article as part of the Ganymede release.]]> Infoworld article as part of the Ganymede release. We are going 1.0 this year ! That means the BPMN modeler is now a stable and mature project.

You can enjoy the latest of the BPMN modeler coupled with 5.2 beta available on our community website.]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/soa-tools-bpmn-modeler-in-ganymede/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-sneak-peek/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-sneak-peek/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:27:01 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1822 user conference, coming up just next week!
]]> user conference, coming up just next week!


]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-sneak-peek/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-david-lyle-informatica/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-david-lyle-informatica/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:26:04 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1820 At Informatica World 2008, Informatica announced some major updates to PowerCenter, its data integration platform. A big part of this announcement was the bundling of BPMN and BPEL. Any guesses who may have provided the engine behind that? hint

]]> Fresh from Informatica World 2008 held last week, David Lyle will present a panel discussion on BPM Is Missing the Data. One of the points he will make is that data drives BPM. And he is absolutely right, without the data there is nothing to act on. But too often the data quality and data integration components are left out of the equation assuming that SOA can do everything that is needed.

What people are learning in real world implementations is that when data quality and integration are left out of the SOA discussion the project is at the mercy of dirty data.

At Informatica World 2008, Informatica announced some major updates to PowerCenter, its data integration platform. A big part of this announcement was the bundling of BPMN and BPEL. Any guesses who may have provided the engine behind that? hint


]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-david-lyle-informatica/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-daniel-oneufer/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-daniel-oneufer/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:25:03 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1818 What are the benefits of BPM in this particular instance? How do you implement it? Daniel Oneufer explains in Case Study: Using Intalio BPMS in Pennsylvania's Criminal Justice Systems, June 17-18, at our User Conference in San Francisco.
]]> Work for the government? Directly or indirectly? Many challenges face developers when building solutions across government institutions. Everything from Red Tape, to policies, and idiosyncrasies. Many large corporations fall into this category too.

What are the benefits of BPM in this particular instance? How do you implement it? Daniel Oneufer explains in Case Study: Using Intalio BPMS in Pennsylvania's Criminal Justice Systems, June 17-18, at our User Conference in San Francisco.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-daniel-oneufer/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-tom-debevoise/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-tom-debevoise/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:23:17 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1816 BPM, ESB, SOA, EAI... Whether they integrate at the services level or not, the software integration industry is not only quite an alphabet soup, each technology also claims to hold the most value in the stack. That means 'consolidate around me' in business parlance. But the industry too often forgets that the goal is operation agility at reduced cost. And technology ends up the driving force - on tactical grounds and strategy is a casualty.
]]> Sun Tzu once said 'All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.'

BPM, ESB, SOA, EAI... Whether they integrate at the services level or not, the software integration industry is not only quite an alphabet soup, each technology also claims to hold the most value in the stack. That means 'consolidate around me' in business parlance. But the industry too often forgets that the goal is operation agility at reduced cost. And technology ends up the driving force - on tactical grounds and strategy is a casualty.

Tom Debevoise will take a step back and discuss, the driving consolidation forces in industry software integration, taking a look at the main technologies, on his panel BPM, SOA, ESB, Data (technology/management): Who's Driving?, June 17-18, at our User Conference in San Francisco

Also of interest is Workshop 13: SOA Services and People and this article from Dennis Byron (free registration required).

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-tom-debevoise/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/cronos-the-business-analysts-is-now-a-partner/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/cronos-the-business-analysts-is-now-a-partner/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:22:33 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1814 System Integrators tend to realize more and more these days the importance of joining the Intalio Partner Network. Intalio is now getting partnership requests every single day and it is important for us to work with people we can trust.
]]> System Integrators tend to realize more and more these days the importance of joining the Intalio Partner Network. Intalio is now getting partnership requests every single day and it is important for us to work with people we can trust.

I am happy to announce that CRONOS-The Business Analysts has just joined our Partner Network which makes it our first partner in Belgium.

"A thorough understanding of customers' business needs and a continuous quest for innovation, combined with a consistent but flexible attitude towards excellence, have made our decision to use Intalio as the tool for describing the business needs in BPMN and later in execution to BPEL."

Welcome to Christian Gijsels and his team. You will probably hear soon about our new implementation in Belgium :)

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/cronos-the-business-analysts-is-now-a-partner/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-bruce-silver/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-bruce-silver/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:21:46 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1812 We are genuinely thrilled to announce Bruce Silver at the Intalio User Conference, June 17-18, San Francisco.
]]> We are genuinely thrilled to announce Bruce Silver at the Intalio User Conference, June 17-18, San Francisco.

He will be at the conference the opening day, presenting BPMN and Business-Empowered Implementation on a Panel Session at 4:45 to 6:00 PM just before the cocktail reception starting at 6pm.

Intalio follows his blog at brsilver.com/wordpress, and highly recommends it.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-bruce-silver/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/top-ten-reasons-to-attend-intalio-user-conference-2008/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/top-ten-reasons-to-attend-intalio-user-conference-2008/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:20:15 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1810 Why the Intalio User Conference Is a Must Attend Event

Intalio User Conference 2008 provides you with great opportunities to build connections with our developers, partners and other Intalio users.

We know your time and resources are limited. So, here are the
Top Ten Reasons why you can't afford to miss the Intalio User Conference 2008:

]]> Why the Intalio User Conference Is a Must Attend Event

Intalio User Conference 2008 provides you with great opportunities to build connections with our developers, partners and other Intalio users.

We know your time and resources are limited. So, here are the
Top Ten Reasons why you can't afford to miss the Intalio User Conference 2008:

1. Network with attendees representing the leading edge in BPM from all over the world and learn from their experiences working with Intalio|BPMS.
   


2. Hear industry experts such as Janelle Hill from Gartner, Doug Neal from CSC, James Taylor and Neil
   Raden (authors of Smart (Enough) Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions) discuss trends in BPM.


3. Listen to customers like Coghead and the State of Pennsylvania talk about best practices, tips and tricks.


4. Save money on training and grow your skills through over 16 hours of workshops at the event (worth $2,000 at the regular training price).


5. Find out how our Open Source partners are working with us to extend Intalio|BPMS to Enterprise Portals (Liferay), Identity and Access Management (OpenIAM), Document Management (Alfresco) and much more.


6. Be the first to find out about Intalio|BPP (Business Process Platform) – the next evolution of BPMS


7. Go in depth into the new features of Intalio|BPMS 5.2 featuring Business Activity Monitoring.


8. Spend time with Intalio product gurus and experts to help maximize your investment in your BPM project.


9. Discover the traits of successful BPM projects.


10. Influence future Intalio product development by sharing your ideas.



What's more you get to meet our CEO, Ismael Ghalimi, a future inductee into the BPM Hall of Fame;).



]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/top-ten-reasons-to-attend-intalio-user-conference-2008/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/user-conference-discussion-forum/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/user-conference-discussion-forum/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:19:28 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1808 We created a space on the community forums to discuss the Intalio User Conference, it is available here: discuss on the community forums.
]]> We created a space on the community forums to discuss the Intalio User Conference, it is available here: discuss on the community forums.

So far there is a section to discuss the sessions, meet up with fellow developers, and find what to do in San Francisco.

See you on the forums!

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/user-conference-discussion-forum/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-janelle-hill/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-janelle-hill/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:18:40 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1806 At Intalio, we've been pushing towards bridging the gap between IT and Business Analysts. This is because whenever there is lack of strong communication between the people defining the requirements and the people building the system the result is a dysfunctional process.
]]> At Intalio, we've been pushing towards bridging the gap between IT and Business Analysts. This is because whenever there is lack of strong communication between the people defining the requirements and the people building the system the result is a dysfunctional process.

We find that the people who come to our training are a good mix between the business side and the technology side. Our tool is designed from the ground up to be used by both camps, and to provide common ground on which the two sides can work. That is why we felt that Janelle Hill's presentation of BPM as the Foundation Linking Business and IT would be a great addition to our Intalio User Conference, June 17, in beautiful San Francisco.

Any person interested in this keynote will likely be interested in Workshop 8: How to Run a Successful BPM project as well.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-janelle-hill/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/other-bpm-training-is-to-intalio-as/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/other-bpm-training-is-to-intalio-as/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 19:00:23 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1802 review of Intalio training from Gary Gilbert. In it he makes a great comparison.

]]> review of Intalio training from Gary Gilbert. In it he makes a great comparison.

Other BPM training is to Intalio training as go-kart racing is to Formula 1. Hmm, maybe we need to buy Jason Howlett a new racing outfit?

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/other-bpm-training-is-to-intalio-as/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-james-taylor-neil-raden/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-james-taylor-neil-raden/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 18:59:41 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1800 James Taylor and Neil Raden are giving a talk at our user conference called Applying Decision Management to Make Processes Smarter, Simpler and More Agile. But we are happy to tell you that not only did we get the authors of the book Smart (Enough) Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions, we also got the book!

]]> James Taylor and Neil Raden are giving a talk at our user conference called Applying Decision Management to Make Processes Smarter, Simpler and More Agile. But we are happy to tell you that not only did we get the authors of the book Smart (Enough) Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions, we also got the book!

That's right, we will be giving attendees a free copy of their book which provides insight into how companies can combining existing technologies to make huge differences in improving decision making processes. It also provides concrete examples throughout multiple verticals of Enterprise Decision Management in action. In some ways you could think of this as even better than getting to see them in person. The book you get to take home with you;).

Here is what Dr. Hugh J. Watson, C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair of Business Administration, University of Georgia said about the book: "James Taylor and Neil Raden are on to something important in this book - the tremendous value of improving the large number of routine decisions that are made in organizations every day. While experienced business intelligence professionals may recognize the individual pieces, the authors do a wonderful job of integrating the component parts and providing frameworks, concepts, technology discussions, examples, and implementation guidelines to help companies make the potential a reality."

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-james-taylor-neil-raden/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-jason-woodruff/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-jason-woodruff/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 18:57:53 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1797 Jason Woodruff to come to our user conference and moderate a panel called Restful BPM – the elephant in the room?.

]]> Jason Woodruff to come to our user conference and moderate a panel called Restful BPM – the elephant in the room?.

The session addresses the impact of restful, resource-oriented architecture on the rationale for BPM. It's a question that is getting asked more and more often right now. John Mettraux writes about restful bpm and asks:



RESTful orchestration

Has it been reached ? By adding the HTTP verbs to a business process definition language ?

Isn’t that a kind of specialization ? BPEL was born with a similar specialization a few years ago.



Christina Lau at IBM wrote an article BPM and RESTful SOA in which she stated that RESTful SOA is "a key enabling technology that makes [getting into BPM without a huge investment] possible."

Our own CTO, Assaf Arkin, addresses what Intalio is doing with REST in his session Deep Inside the Minds at Intalio|Labs. With all this momentum for REST + BPM I think Jason and his panel will have a lot to discuss.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-jason-woodruff/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/welcome-to-nsi-from-italy/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/welcome-to-nsi-from-italy/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 18:55:52 +0000 Arnaud Blandin http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1793 NSI - NIER Soluzioni Informatiche.NSI specializes in building web based applications in the healthcare sector for clinics and hospitals

]]>
Welcome to Giuseppe Frangiamone and his team at NSI - NIER Soluzioni Informatiche.NSI specializes in building web based applications in the healthcare sector for clinics and hospitals

You may wonder why a system integrator should consider joining our Partner Network, here is the answer according to Giuseppe:

"We have chosen Intalio BPMS for the project we are starting to develop because it is very standards compliant and because it is quite easy to integrate with other forms technologies."

We look forward to working with you!

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/welcome-to-nsi-from-italy/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-doug-neal/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-doug-neal/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 18:54:37 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1791 Intalio User Conference is now just a little over a month away. In the coming weeks I will be posting notices highlighting some of the sessions featured in the conference. Today we serve up Doug Neal from the CSC: Leading Edge Forum. He co-authored the book The Networked Supply Chain: Applying Breakthrough BPM Technology to Meet Relentless Customer Demands.

]]> Intalio User Conference is now just a little over a month away. In the coming weeks I will be posting notices highlighting some of the sessions featured in the conference. Today we serve up Doug Neal from the CSC: Leading Edge Forum. He co-authored the book The Networked Supply Chain: Applying Breakthrough BPM Technology to Meet Relentless Customer Demands.

Recent projects have included Green IT – Moving Beyond the 2% Solution, Harnessing Web 2.0 – Enterprise Strategies for Living on the Web, theConsumerization of IT, Developing Employee Responsibility and Trust, TheUse and Misuse of Collaborative Technologies, The Emergence of Business Process Management, and Business Process Management: Delivering on the Promise.

So, based on these recent works it probably comes as no surprise that his talk will be - New Aspirations for BPM – Green and Global.

Some of the questions he will be asking are:

• How do you do global business collaboration among hundreds of companies who never shake hands?
• How do you put mashup/process tools in the hands of employees so they can safely solve problems themselves?
• How do you do Green IT processes and measurement that help deal with the 98% of energy use that is outside the datacenter and the desktop?

We believe these are things that BPM is especially adept at addressing. But then, we might be a little biased.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-user-conference-highlight-doug-neal/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/discover-bpm-advantages-with-intalio/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/discover-bpm-advantages-with-intalio/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 18:53:43 +0000 Arnaud Blandin http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1789 training session in Europe has decided to share his experience...]]> training session in Europe has decided to share his experience with processes by writing two books. Indeed Patrice Briol gives a very good BPMN introduction in ‘BPMN: the Business Process Modeling Notation’ as well as a good overview on the BPM world today in ‘Ingenierie des processus metiers, de l’elaboration a l’exploitation’ (in French). What is even more interesting is that he provides examples built with Intalio|BPMS. You can check out his website at http://www.ingenieriedesprocessus.net ]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/discover-bpm-advantages-with-intalio/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/1787/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/1787/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 18:53:03 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/1787/ Intalio User Conference and it turns out we will have over 16 hours of in depth training on everything from the newest features of Intalio|BPMS and what we are working on in the deep dark recesses of the Intalio|Labs, to performance tuning your Intalio|Server.

]]> Intalio User Conference and it turns out we will have over 16 hours of in depth training on everything from the newest features of Intalio|BPMS and what we are working on in the deep dark recesses of the Intalio|Labs, to performance tuning your Intalio|Server.

If you compare that with our 3 hour online training course, we are talking about training worth almost $2,000. And you get that with a regular attendee pass for only $500 - a savings of $1,500. Pretty great savings in and of itself, but throw on tips and best practices from the Intalio|Community, industry trends from keynote speakers, and well just hanging out with us and how can you resist?

For more information or to register please visit the Intalio User Conference website.]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/1787/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-training-user-conference-package/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-training-user-conference-package/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:46 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1785 user conference on June 17-18 in San Francisco.

]]> user conference on June 17-18 in San Francisco.

We have also organized a training session after the event, June 19-20 in Palo Alto. The great news is that now, users who sign up for the training by Friday May 23 also get a free pass to the user conference.

For details you can email sales@intalio.com, or contact us by phone at 650-596-1800 and press 3 for sales.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-training-user-conference-package/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/first-partner-in-india-and-singapore/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/first-partner-in-india-and-singapore/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 18:50:12 +0000 Arnaud Blandin http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1783
ITCInfotech is our first partner in India. For those of you who may not be familiar with the Indian market, ITCInfotech is the IT arm of ITC, one of the largest company in Asia. Genoko has now signed on as a Silver partner in Singapore. They bring their expertise in Document Management systems and office processes built around the FujiXerox environment.

Both companies made their decisions after seeing the potential of our product and its maturity during our first training class in Singapore.

We really look forward extending our activities in APAC thanks to our partners. Several key projects are already in the pipeline, so it looks to be a promising year.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/first-partner-in-india-and-singapore/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/process-solutions-day-in-frankfurt/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/process-solutions-day-in-frankfurt/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:13 +0000 Sebastien Stadil http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1781 Our German friends will be interested in knowing that there is a Process Solutions Day in Frankfurt, on May 27th. Our trusted partner AncudIT has written an article on it.

We will be unveiling our Intalio|Business Process Platform (Intalio|BPP) there, too: "We are taking our BPMS solution to the next level, a Business Process Platform – creating an environment where enterprise applications can be tied together through process management enabling what I like to refer to as process driven applications." says Arnaud Blandin, our Business Development Director. "BPP goes beyond just integrating an ECM, ESB, IAM, Enterprise Portal, ERP and other mission critical applications. Intalio|BPP combines all those functions in one package and we provide support for all those applications. We have chosen Process Solution Day to unveil and demonstrate Intalio|BPP for the first time in Europe."

If you are interested, check out the complete agenda.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/process-solutions-day-in-frankfurt/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/architecting-enterprise-bpms-presentation-from-dr-samarin/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/architecting-enterprise-bpms-presentation-from-dr-samarin/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:38:32 +0000 Arnaud Blandin http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1777 Dr. Alexander Samarin gave a presentation at the Architecture and Process Conference last week in Washington DC.

The sildes, titled "Architecting Enterprise BPM Systems for Optimal Agility" are available below:


Architecting Enterprise BPM Systems for Optimal Agility
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: bpm architecture)

Particularly check out slides 17-18;).

But what I found very useful about this slide deck was the appreciation of how complex it is to build optimal agility throughout the enterprise. The good news, I am now paraphrasing, is that BPM can be done incrementally, is appreciated by the various stakeholders and all participants can, in effect, mark off their own territory in the sandbox.

Alexander already demonstrated it with several of our customers in Switzerland. He is also putting together a book explaining how to improve BPM systems with the help of Intalio|BPMS: "Improving business process management systems" (www.improving-BPM-systems.com) ]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/architecting-enterprise-bpms-presentation-from-dr-samarin/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-at-javaone-update/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-at-javaone-update/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:36:38 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1775 Small update on our presence at the JavaOne conference announced here.
]]> Small update on our presence at the JavaOne conference announced here.

Come visit us at JavaOne for free, using the one-day pass print out.

We are located at booth 539 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-at-javaone-update/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-at-javaone/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-at-javaone/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:35:15 +0000 Sebastien Stadil http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1773 Yours truly will be exhibiting at Sun's JavaOne Conference next week. Hurrah!
]]> Yours truly will be exhibiting at Sun's JavaOne Conference next week. Hurrah!

This is a great occasion to come see us in person, ask questions, and get product demos, as well as meet the members of the engineering team Alex Boisvert, Hugues Malphettes, and Matthieu Riou.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intalio-at-javaone/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/worlds-first-intalio-user-conference/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/worlds-first-intalio-user-conference/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:18:17 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1771 Registrations are now open for Intalio User Conference, the first conference to bring together Intalio Partners, customers, and users from all around the world.
]]> Registrations are now open for Intalio User Conference, the first conference to bring together Intalio Partners, customers, and users from all around the world.

Intalio User Conference will feature world class speakers such as Janelle Hill, Doug Neal, and Joe McKendrick. Intalio CEO Ismael Ghalimi will address Intalio's State of the Union as well.

The complete Agenda is currently being put together, and will be available shortly - we are all ears however, and are open for input from you. If you have a suggestion for a topic, speaker, or workshop, please email us at intalio-conf-08@intalio.com. What kind of sessions would you like to see?

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/worlds-first-intalio-user-conference/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intaliopartner-ancud-it-wins-ingres-partner-excellence-award/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intaliopartner-ancud-it-wins-ingres-partner-excellence-award/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:11:05 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1767 Ancud IT won the Ingres Partner Excellence Award...]]>
We just found out that one of our partners, Ancud IT won the Ingres Partner Excellence Award for best contribution to open source. The award was announced in Prague at the Ingres Partner Summit.

Ancud IT integrated the Ingres Open Source Database with Alfresco's Enterprise Content Management to create an enterprise portal. With some projects already in the pipeline things are looking good for them.

Congratulations!

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/intaliopartner-ancud-it-wins-ingres-partner-excellence-award/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/q1-from-this-side-of-the-pond/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/q1-from-this-side-of-the-pond/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:06:48 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1765 Arnaud's post about the State of the Union for Intalio in EMEA and APAC, I thought I would let everyone know about what is going on with Intalio in my neck of the woods.

We trained 18 new people

Signed 2 new subscription customers: A major US government agency (can't say which yet) and IT Frontier

• The US government agency is in using BPM for a funds approval process.
• In Feb. we made an announcement about IT Frontier heading up our community in Japan. They continue to be a major driving factor in Japan for us.
Renewed 2 subscription customers: France Telecom (California) and DIP (formerly known as DLGPSR, in Australia)

• The R&D division of France Telecom in California is experimenting with BPM, tying in a SaaS front end to see what they can do with it. Who knows where this could lead in the broader FT worldwide.
Brought on 2 new partners: Borealis (Silver, Canada) and eVision (Platinum, Canada)
• Borealis develops a product for mining firms to manage everything around the preperation and management of a new mine, including the geological data used to determine optimal placement.
• We are working with eVision to organize our first training in Montreal next week
Renewed 2 partners: Modus21 (Gold, US) and SIG SA (Gold, Mexico)

• Modus21 is a business and technology consulting firm that specializes in Business Process Management and Systems Interoperability.
3 new OEM customers: ABIT (Croatia), NTT DATA Intramart (Japan) and Brickell Research (US)

• ABIT is an OEM customer of ours in Croatia that does builds an ECM for the banking industry
• NTT DATA Intramart (we just talked about in a press release this week) integrated Intalio into their Web platform
• Brickell Research is an OEM Customer based in Florida that sells solutions for small and medium Healthcare centers everywhere in the US.
Now on to 5.2 and Q2!

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/q1-from-this-side-of-the-pond/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/soa-boring/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/soa-boring/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:05:29 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1763 Is SOA Getting Boring? Tony Baer's Report from IBM IMPACT" concluding that "From a technology standpoint, SOA might be getting a lot more boring. However, impacts to vendor business relationships are for now anything but."

I couldn't agree with him more. But, I am a marketing guy so I figured I should shut up about the technology being boring so as not to offend the developers, without whom I really have nothing to market;). But, now that someone else is saying it... yippee!

But the most important aspect of his comment is the last bit - what businesses are doing with SOA (and I would lump BPM in as well) is terribly exciting. And that is my job, right? Explaining to everyone whose eyes roll back in their heads when I say that I work for a BPM company (because to them BPM=Technology for technologists) what is so cool about BPM, in other words how it affects companies and the interesting ways companies are using it to make the world safe for democracy. Ok, well at least pretty darn interesting. So, look for more of those stories from me over the coming months. It is also the reason our CEO, Ismael Ghalimi, is sexing up BPM. Check out his article on "Process Discovery".

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/soa-boring/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/gartner-itxpo-the-it-vs-business-strategy-discussion/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/gartner-itxpo-the-it-vs-business-strategy-discussion/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:01:11 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1761
First off, in one session Andy Kyte talked about why leaders place IT Strategy before Business Strategy. This is a conversation near and dear to to our hearts. What we have been preaching is better collaboration between the business and IT groups. And the fact is that we provide the tools to facilitate that collaboration - a single tool that can be used by both to build and deploy processes.

Andy Kyte talked mostly about IT assets and how decisions are made within the organization to spend money on IT resources. But I found a lot of what he was saying applies to how decisions are made within the organization about Business Processes.

Some very provocative and interesting comments (and humorous, he really was quite entertaining):

It is exceptional to find people at the top of the org chart who are leaders.

The cultural myth is that bad cheese is the starting point for good strategy (leader gets up in the middle of the night because of the bad cheese and the muse gives him/her the inspiration to build the strategy). Moses comes down from the mountain to bring strategy to the masses. Obviously it doesn't happen in the real world.

Waiting for the business strategy doesn't work, but going on with IT strategy in the lead doesn't work either.

So, what do you do? We need a new vision for how IT and Business leaders collaborate. There is an assumption by the Business world of how agile the IT world is, and how fast the technology can change to match what the vision is. The gap between the assumption and reality is what kills us. While Kyte was discussing, in the main asset planning, we find this equally true in the BPM space. In traditional BPM tools when the tech staff develops the process, because they are using different tools than the ones used by the business analyst, there is a disconnect. When the process is developed in Intalio both groups use the same tool. We have seen cases when the techie went to the business user and showed where the the process was defined, and where there is a break in the process because, for example, the data is not there to support the process. So, instead of showing the underlying gobbledygook code the business user sees the graphical tool for mapping data and can clearly understand the disconnect.

Businesses go through customization and integration for applications that are about to go through upgrades, all because of the budget cycle. We in the business community are very bad at terminating bad applications. The equivalent in the business process world is how processes are defined, written in stone, transformed into code for execution and locked into deployment. What is needed is flexibility in being able to design and deploy on the fly (hmm, how coincidental is it that we do that?).

There is a need to create a well defined knowledge base used to support the decision making processes a living strategy that informs the realities of the business vision and where we are in relationship to the vision and is continuously revised. A longer term view gives us a better understanding what is possible and what is desired and limits the gap between the two. Create a shorthand notation which is digestible by all not something pulled out once a year that is monolithic. In the BPM space there can be a huge disconnect between the business users and the IT analysts. Having people work within the same tools gives each group visibility into what is desired and what is possible. Within our modeling tool we give ability to annotate the various steps within a process, or even attach documents. This allows both camps to build a common language, in essence a living knowledge base of the process that can be easily modified.

There is conflict between stakeholders. There is nothing wrong with conflict. There is everything wrong with undocumented conflict. Understand the wants demand and needs of the stakeholders, but also understand that it is impossible to fully satisfy everyone. We should follow the Japanese model of arguing before the decision and agreeing after the decision is made, instead of the model here of letting one side dominate and ignoring the decision after. Well, not sure how to rectify the cultural aspects in a BPM tool;) but good advice.

So what have you seen? Is there a disconnect between Bus. and IT in your organization? How have you handled it? Are there ways we could better address the issue?

Look for more discussions at Gartner ITXpo on the blog tomorrow.

]]> http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/gartner-itxpo-the-it-vs-business-strategy-discussion/feed/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/david-french-on-intalioon-demand/ http://www.intalio.com/news/blog-posts/david-french-on-intalioon-demand/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:17:25 +0000 Jonathan Crow http://purple.intalio.com/?p=1754 We received the following comment from David French:

An organization using this as a production solution will need to consider its exposure to

• failure in the cloud removing access to fundamental business process engine and related dashboard information
• privacy and security of data passing through a commercial computing host in a jurisdiction that may not have the same legislative protections as your business domicile

On point 1:
The Intalio|On Demand servers are no more vulnerable than local servers. Better yet, since they are maintained by people who know the server and product in gory details, the chance of failure is likely less. In that event, however, we guarantee one (1) business day response time. In most cases, the response time is under 1 hour. As for backups, the data is backed up every minute for the past hour, every hour for the past day, and every day for the past month.

On point 2:
This is a concern to all that do business over the Internet, and if you do not trust established security protocols like https, ssh, and virtual private networks, or disagree with US Legislation, than we recommend you use our on premise version to install locally.

• The City of Den Haag (in the Netherlands) will be evaluating the product with our support. They are working on a prototype that will help manage some online services for their citizen. The project should be completed by September.
• Eurobank EFG is evaluating Intalio|BPMS Enterprise Edition over the next 3 months in order to determine how it can be best used in building core processes. "We selected to run a Proof of Concept with Intalio since we consider its BPMS offering to be the only credible open source alternative that features such a high level of adherence to standards for process design, deployment and execution." mentioned Livas Dimitrios, Director of Multichannel Applications & Integration Technologies.
• Thames Valley University is using our product for a Research and Development project that aims at improving the University teaching program definition.
• SmartInternet in Australia. This one is the first of what I am sure will be a long list of customers signed by our Platinum partner OpenSoft.

1. The customer downloads the product.
2. The customer plays with it and decides s/he needs training.
3. After receiving the training from us they decide they need to upgrade to the Enterprise version.

Ismael Ghalimi is responsible for many of the things that today define what BPM actually is – a technology based on Internet and web services standards, and, more important, a technology that empowers business to take charge of their own processes.

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