The latest independent, impartial analysis and opinion from Neil Ward-Dutton as published on IT-Director.com http://www.it-director.com/r/au/102/f/fd_ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:36:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2MW en Content Copyright 2012 as indicated per item. http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/2/developing_process_applications_a__.html?ref=fd_ Over the years I've been part of many conversations that revolve around how 'BPM' is not the same as 'BPMN' (in the context of process automation). The point... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/2/developing_process_applications_a__.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:06:39 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/2/developing_process_applications_a__.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/1/systems_of_co_ordination_greasing__.html?ref=fd_ Ever since I read Geoffrey Moore's Future of IT paper introducing the concept of systems of engagement (published last year), I've had a slight uneasiness about the ongoing discourse. For... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/1/systems_of_co_ordination_greasing__.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:15:33 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/1/systems_of_co_ordination_greasing__.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/1/tibco_nears_the_1bn_mark_so_what_s_.html?ref=fd_ Just before Christmas, TIBCO released its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for 2011 (the intervening holiday is why I haven't blogged about it until now). While companies like... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/1/tibco_nears_the_1bn_mark_so_what_s_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:41:38 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2012/1/tibco_nears_the_1bn_mark_so_what_s_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/kofax_captures_singularity.html?ref=fd_ Today document capture specialist Kofax announced its acquisition of UK-based BPM and case management technology vendor Singularity. This comes on the heels of Lexmark's acquisition of Dutch... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/kofax_captures_singularity.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:08:32 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/kofax_captures_singularity.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/progress_buys_corticon_adds_anothe_.html?ref=fd_ Progress Software announced today its acquisition of Corticon, the last remaining pure-play business rules management (BRM) technology provider of any size. Terms were not disclosed, but the company... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/progress_buys_corticon_adds_anothe_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:06:47 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/progress_buys_corticon_adds_anothe_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/2012_outlook_business_process_mana_.html?ref=fd_ In last year's BPM outlook, we predicted that 2011 would be a year when the progress of BPM into mainstream industry adoption would continue apace - and that has certainly come to pass.... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/2012_outlook_business_process_mana_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:08:34 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/12/2012_outlook_business_process_mana_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/11/enterprise_2_0_in_the_mainstream_b_.html?ref=fd_ This post was written with additional insights from Angela Ashenden, MWD's lead Collaboration analyst - thanks Angela! Yesterday I came across this really thorough post on the Enterprise... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/11/enterprise_2_0_in_the_mainstream_b_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:14:05 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/11/enterprise_2_0_in_the_mainstream_b_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/11/bny_mellon_on_bpm_at_ibm_s_busines_.html?ref=fd_ Yesterday I spent the morning at IBM's London Southbank offices, attending a Business Agility Executive Forum - one event in a series being held around the world in the... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/11/bny_mellon_on_bpm_at_ibm_s_busines_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:16:30 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/11/bny_mellon_on_bpm_at_ibm_s_busines_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/10/calling_bs_on_our_technology_makes_.html?ref=fd_ In the quest for ever more 'business meaningful messaging', I've noticed that the concept of 'business agility' has become ever more commonly deployed by software and... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/10/calling_bs_on_our_technology_makes_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:12:39 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/10/calling_bs_on_our_technology_makes_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/10/transition_for_tibco_at_tucon.html?ref=fd_ The week after Progress' Revolution customer event in Boston, I spent a few days in Vegas courtesy of TIBCO at its annual TUCON customer shindig. At one level, there are some interesting... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/10/transition_for_tibco_at_tucon.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:34 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/10/transition_for_tibco_at_tucon.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/progress_revolution_in_boston_more_.html?ref=fd_ Having attended Progress Software's analyst day in the spring, not much of the high-level announcements and presentations at last week's Progress Revolution in Boston were new to me, as... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/progress_revolution_in_boston_more_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:49:09 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/progress_revolution_in_boston_more_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/last_chance_to_give_us_your_views__.html?ref=fd_ A quick update on my post from earlier this month BPM Centres of Excellence - valuable or vapour? - our BPM centres of excellence survey will be open for JUST ONE MORE WEEK, so... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/last_chance_to_give_us_your_views__.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:48:07 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/last_chance_to_give_us_your_views__.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/capgemini_gets_its_bpm_ducks_lined_.html?ref=fd_ I've had some research into the role that systems integrators and consultants play in BPM initiatives as a priority for quite a while now, but most of my interactions until now have been with... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/capgemini_gets_its_bpm_ducks_lined_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:53:28 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/capgemini_gets_its_bpm_ducks_lined_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/bonitasoft_s_11m_vc_boost_biting_t_.html?ref=fd_ Yesterday a flurry of tweets trumpeted the news: open-source BPM technology provider Bonitasoft had secured $11m of B-series funding in a round led by existing investors Auriga Partners and Ventech,... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/bonitasoft_s_11m_vc_boost_biting_t_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:55:32 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/bonitasoft_s_11m_vc_boost_biting_t_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/calling_bs_on_you_re_an_order_take_.html?ref=fd_ Over the past couple of years we've all heard more and more talk about the potential for IT to transform business and drive innovation and profitability - and hand-in-hand with this, the... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/calling_bs_on_you_re_an_order_take_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:31:01 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/calling_bs_on_you_re_an_order_take_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/bpm_centres_of_excellence_valuable_.html?ref=fd_ One of the key themes of BPM research I'm working on in 2011 revolves around the idea of BPM Centres of Excellence (COEs). We've published a couple of case studies of companies which have... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/bpm_centres_of_excellence_valuable_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:35:08 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/9/bpm_centres_of_excellence_valuable_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/tibco_buys_nimbus_partners_to_deep_.html?ref=fd_ It might not be on the same scale as HP buying Autonomy, but today's purchase of UK-based software vendor Nimbus Partners by TIBCO is still pretty important news in the BPM space. Nimbus, a... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/tibco_buys_nimbus_partners_to_deep_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:00:16 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/tibco_buys_nimbus_partners_to_deep_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/calling_bs_on_the_pc_is_dead_.html?ref=fd_ I'm not sure whether it's just that I'm getting more cranky as I get older and hang around in the IT industry for longer, or whether industry commentary is becoming more hyperbolic,... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/calling_bs_on_the_pc_is_dead_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:46:46 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/calling_bs_on_the_pc_is_dead_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/scaling_and_sustaining_bpm_success_.html?ref=fd_ After a few months of research work, we've finally published a new Strategic Insights report looking at how organisations can take individual BPM project successes and scale them to develop BPM... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/scaling_and_sustaining_bpm_success_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:38:35 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/8/scaling_and_sustaining_bpm_success_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/open_text_doubles_down_on_bpm_mark_.html?ref=fd_ I'm hardly hot of the press with this one, for which - apologies. (My initial reaction on Twitter came down to this). My excuse is that vendors never consult me on the timings of their... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/open_text_doubles_down_on_bpm_mark_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:23:51 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/open_text_doubles_down_on_bpm_mark_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/a_directory_of_specialist_bpm_cons_.html?ref=fd_ On our travels around conferences and on customer engagements, we've come across quite a few specialist BPM consultancies doing great work. Indeed, we've found that these specialist... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/a_directory_of_specialist_bpm_cons_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:43:13 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/a_directory_of_specialist_bpm_cons_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/time_to_declare_independence_from__.html?ref=fd_ Looking at Twitter periodically today and seeing a sprinkling of Fourth of July meditations and messages flit past, I got to thinking about the idea of independence. Whether personal, at the state... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/time_to_declare_independence_from__.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:55:58 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/7/time_to_declare_independence_from__.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/tibco_s_on_a_strong_growth_path_bu_.html?ref=fd_ TIBCO's been through some tough times, but over the past year it's started to really motor along. The acquisitions of Spotfire (analytics), Netrics (data matching), Data Synapse (grid and... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/tibco_s_on_a_strong_growth_path_bu_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:57:32 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/tibco_s_on_a_strong_growth_path_bu_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/enterprise_architecture_heroes_and_.html?ref=fd_ For as long as the discipline of Enterprise Architecture has been around, it's been a... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/enterprise_architecture_heroes_and_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:58:30 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/enterprise_architecture_heroes_and_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/pegasystems_keeps_on_truckin_and_f_.html?ref=fd_ I've just returned from another lightning trip to the US - this time to take in PegaWorld, Pegasystems' annual user conference. The company is currently publishing full-year revenue... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/pegasystems_keeps_on_truckin_and_f_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:24:05 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/6/pegasystems_keeps_on_truckin_and_f_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/software_ag_aims_to_fire_up_its_pl_.html?ref=fd_ With its recent focus on Business Process Excellence following its acquisition of IDS Scheer, it's perhaps easy to forget that Software AG still has a healthy business as an integration... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/software_ag_aims_to_fire_up_its_pl_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Fri, 27 May 2011 12:53:46 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/software_ag_aims_to_fire_up_its_pl_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/evolutionary_steps_for_progress_rp_.html?ref=fd_ Last week I made my annual 24-hour flying visit to the US east coast and the Progress Software analyst day. Last year CEO Rick Reidy laid out plans to create a $1billion company by bringing together... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/evolutionary_steps_for_progress_rp_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 17 May 2011 12:29:19 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/evolutionary_steps_for_progress_rp_.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/active_endpoints_cloud_extend_for__.html?ref=fd_ A few weeks ago I was given a hush-hush pre-briefing on a new product offering from Active Endpoints called Cloud Extend for Salesforce.com. It takes the BPM and SOA technology provider into new... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/active_endpoints_cloud_extend_for__.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Mon, 09 May 2011 23:29:29 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/active_endpoints_cloud_extend_for__.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/colosa_and_pentaho_tie_up_deepens__.html?ref=fd_ A few weeks ago I got an update briefing from Brian Reale, CEO of Colosa - the company behind the open source ProcessMaker BPMS tool. Colosa has recently entered into a partnership with open... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/colosa_and_pentaho_tie_up_deepens__.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 03 May 2011 13:44:27 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/5/colosa_and_pentaho_tie_up_deepens__.html?ref=fd_ http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/4/ibm_s_business_process_manager_mor_.html?ref=fd_ Yesterday at IBM's IMPACT conference in Vegas, the company announced the release of Business Process Manager 7.5. At first glance, Business Process Manager might look like a simple updating and... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/4/ibm_s_business_process_manager_mor_.html?ref=fd_">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:38:36 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2011/4/ibm_s_business_process_manager_mor_.html?ref=fd_