Survey finds IT companies ill-prepared for pandemic
A survey undertaken by Forsythe Solutions Group reveals that many US companies are not prepared for a pandemic, reports Gen News.
The survey of more than 75 senior IT and business continuity professionals at Fortune 1 000 and other major companies across the country found that 79% of respondents acknowledge that there is some likelihood that a disaster or crisis, such as the Avian influenza, will interrupt their business workflow over the next two years.
But, only 9% have increased - or are in the process of increasing - their infrastructure technology budgets to prepare for such an event.
SAP targets business process experts
SAP is taking its Business Process Expert (BPX) Community initiative mainstream with the aim of creating an online forum for business analysts and consultants to exchange information and access software from SAP and some third-parties, reports Computer World.
A new category of worker is emerging: the business process expert, according to Mark Yolton, VP of community programmes at SAP. When the applications company officially launches its BPX community Web site, it will be aimed at these workers who act as a bridge between the IT and business sides of their organisations.
The individuals combine a strong knowledge of their companies` business needs with some technical know-how, particularly in application development, he added.
firm selects BPM
Business process management software company Lombardi says Spot Trading, an off-floor trading firm specialising in equity options, is deploying the TeamWorks BPM platform to help it manage and automate various trading processes, reports Business Wire.
The securities firm`s processes are time-sensitive, and involve collaboration between multiple constituents such as traders and research analysts, as well as integration with external trading counterparties.
"We selected the TeamWorks product because it gives us the rapid process development and implementation capabilities we need," said Govind Rabindran, director of software development at Spot Trading.
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