K2 updates SharePoint, BPM capabilities

Software company K2 has updated its software platform that provides visual tools to develop SharePoint-centric workflow and process-driven applications, states Image & Data Manager.

The K2 4.5 platform includes K2 blackpearl and K2 blackpoint, offerings that allow SharePoint users to automate business workflows without requiring any code-level programming.

K2's visual tools allow people of various technical backgrounds to create applications that automate processes and streamline operations.

Cloud computing business management software vendor NetSuite has unveiled SuiteFlow, reports PR Newswire.

The graphical workflow management software gives users of cloud computing business suites the ability to easily develop, automate, and streamline complex business processes.

NetSuite says this offering dispels the myth that software-as-a-service business applications force companies to alter their normal business processes to accommodate hard-coded workflows that come with the vendor's software. With SuiteFlow, users will be able to quickly point and click to create and alter custom workflows to support the way businesses need to work in real-time.

Virtosoftware has released a Microsoft SharePoint Web part for monitoring currently run workflows - Virto Workflow Monitor, compatible with both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010, says BigNews.biz.

A simple and effective component, it allows an administrator to be fully informed about running workflows and related issues and errors.

Virto Workflow Monitor displays all the workflows running on the site, provides information about the source list and item of a running workflow, allows for quick switch between the list view and a workflow details view, generates a number of workflow related reports, highlights workflows with errors and provides the administrator with the tools for workflow and data management such as sorting, filtering and group operations.