Xytech gets media flowing

Xytech Systems, a provider of media business solutions for workflow management, resource scheduling, and asset management, unveiled MediaPulse Pipeline at the NAB 2009 show in Las Vegas, reports MarketWatch.

According to the company, Pipeline is a dramatic step forward in workflow and asset management solutions for both file-based and physical media. It is a comprehensive solution, ideal for broadcasters, studios, educational institutions, and corporate media departments.

Pipeline is designed to automate high-volume media workflows, including services such as ingestion, transcoding, watermarking, QC, and delivery.

As the US government strives to do more with less, federal agencies are learning that Lean business process management (BPM) is a must. The US Defence Security Services (DSS) tapped Serena Software to help streamline current business processes, automate workflows and tasks, and achieve more efficiency with the company's Lean BPM solutions, says PR Newswire

With Serena's solutions, the US DSS, which protects the nation's technological base and classified information, has been able to automate five processes including configuration management, hardware/software procurement, and software distribution.

According to the company, the DSS also increased its configuration management productivity fivefold. What used to involve disparate processes for its various applications, as well as significant manual overhead, is now automated up to 80% to 90%.

Based in Romania, eData will work with Lanner to extend the reach of its solutions and boost its profile across the Eastern European region, according to PR-inside.

Witness, Lanner's flagship simulation solution, will complement eData's suite of enterprise architecture, BPM and workflow solutions, enabling eData to extend its portfolio of propositions to customers within the public and private sectors.

As simulation becomes increasingly recognised as an integral component of BPM projects, eData required a partner in this space to extend its simulation offering and ensure its proposition was completely aligned with demand.