Skyward selects OpenEdge BPM

Skyward has selected its Progress Software's OpenEdge BPM platform to develop its Workflow Manager product, says Trading Markets.

The Skyward Workflow Manager aims to provide end-users with tools and a number of easy-to-use templates that they can customise to support their own workflow processes.

Scott Glinski, president of Skyward, says: "With the Progress OpenEdge BPM platform, our customers will have greater visibility into their workflow, which will enable them to make more effective decisions."

Cloud-based workflow software provider XCM Solutions has joined the CPA-focused strategic alliance formed in 2010 by Fujitsu and cloud-based sales tax automation service provider SpeedTax, with the goal of educating and gaining further access to firms who would be most interested in their services, states Accounting Today.

Fujitsu, SpeedTax and XCM presently work directly with CPA firms of all sizes, and share the goal of sponsoring education and thought leadership initiatives that help firms better understand how new technology adoption leads to improved client service and retention, and ultimately to firm growth, according to CPA and XCM president Glen Keenan.

“The most exciting part [of the alliance] for us is we're like-minded vendors and they have a good foothold in the industry,” he adds.

London VFX studio, The Mill, is using YoYotta's YoYo workflow management system to anchor its production pipeline, writes Broadcast Engineering.

According to colorist Seamus O'Kane, every edit decision list that's handled goes through one of The Mill's two YoYos. One is permanently connected to the Pandora color processor, and the other is used in the facility's data lab where the assistants organise work and feed data to the Pandora.

Originally designed as a conform I/O interface for Pandora color correctors, YoYo has evolved into a suite of three modules that give post facilities a comprehensive tool set for managing workflow. With YoYo, facilities can ingest, transcode, conform and output just about every standard video- or data-based file format.