Captaris delivers BPM features

BPM is a high-growth market, with over 150 software vendors having some form of BPM capability as part of their product portfolio.

There is a reason for this, and it is not due to general hype about the BPM market. The number one reason for such broad inclusion of BPM functionality in vendor portfolios is its flexible nature, says IT-Director.com.

Rather than encapsulating specific process-centric functions in software, as is the norm in process applications prior to BPM, the more generic workflow tools of BPM allow vendors to address anything (and almost everything) that falls outside (or on the edges) of current process offerings.

Captaris, a provider of software products that automate business processes, has announced the upcoming release of Captaris Workflow 6.0.

This upgrade includes features for workflow developers, business process analysts and enterprise system architects, and will continue to advance the combining simple workflow development and deployment for the Microsoft .NET framework, along with powerful business process management (BPM) functionality.

Version 6.0 manages document-based workflows and offers a complete workflow development system on which organisations can standardise to automate any business process.

Staff at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, in Mexico, have streamlined their purchasing programme through use of business process management and workflow automation software from Ultimus.

The Cary-based software developer worked with the Institute to automate purchase orders. As a result, the Institute has doubled the number of transactions handled daily, and the department involved in purchasing has reallocated one third of its staff, reports LocalTechWire.com.

"With the Ultimus BPM suite, we were able to adapt to changing circumstances with very little effort," said Abraham Urcadiz, director of the computer services department of the Monterrey campus.