BPM growth, challenges cited

BEA Systems has released its 2008 State of the BPM Market white paper, reports CNNMoney.

The paper synthesises hundreds of analyst reports, industry articles and market surveys into a practical guide designed to help customers navigate a fast-paced, dynamic market.

The report reveals that both business and IT executives see process improvement initiatives as their number one priority for 2008, above launching new products, controlling costs and geographic expansion.

The BPM market is going through a change process and many of the old categories are no longer appropriate, as BPM products all provide support for application integration and human workflow, says IT-Director.

One of the key sales messages from BPM vendors is the relationship between service-oriented architecture (SOA) and BPM.

Cordys has entered the BPM market with a version 2 product that not only provides BPM to support SOA, but is itself developed on SOA.

Skelta Software's Document Management Solution has been selected as a finalist in the Best Document Management Solution category of the 2008 CODiE Awards, according to India PRwire.

The CODiE Awards are presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and celebrate outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries.

This year's finalists were selected after a review by over 250 judges from the trade press, consulting, educators, IT specialists and other knowledgeable, but neutral, experts.