Business process management (BPM) with service-oriented architecture (SOA) gives companies the flexibility and efficiency they need to thrive in a competitive environment. This site, a joint effort of CMP and IBM, presents resources to help companies maximize their BPM investments to achieve business efficiency.

• Business Services Fabric: The Foundation for Adaptive Insurer

Gone are the days when businesses lived by the adage “you have to spend money to make money.” Today, businesses looking to slash expenses without ceding competitive ground are turning to their technology infrastructures to support streamlined operations and increased responsiveness to shifting market dynamics. This shift is especially pronounced in the insurance industry, which has lagged behind in IT innovation. Recognizing that antiquated IT systems and inefficient practices must be addressed, insurance firms are turning to business process management (BPM) to outfox their competition and resuscitate their profit potential.

• Maximizing ROI through BPM with SOA
April 2008

• BPM 101: Making Rapid Change Work for the Business
March 2008

• BAM: Process Visibility for Better Decision Making
February 2008

• Highmark: Designing a Blueprint for a Process-Driven Business
January 2008

• BPM & SOA: Making Business Agility Real
November 2007

• Business Process Management: The Human Element
October 2007

• Best Practices for Maximizing ROI for BPM & SOA: Seminars that
bring you hands on experience
September 2007

• Business Process Dashboards: The Key to Managing Success
July 2007

• Simplified Business Process Management: Turning a Model into Code
June 2007

• Better by Design: The Model for Business Process Change
May 2007

• BPM and SOA: Making the Connection for Corporate Success
March 2007

“We can manage the data we already have and go through an SOA and provide that information across multiple discipline without the reinvestment in some of these complex and expensive systems.” – Gary D. Cripps, Chief Financial Officer
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The trend is clear: More companies than ever are relying on BPM enabled by SOA today to streamline their business processes and respond better and faster to market dynamics. BPM in conjunction with a services-oriented architecture blends the software capabilities and business expertise to accelerate process improvement and facilitate business innovation. But in order to develop this kind of responsive environment, first you need to be able to track, manage and continuously improve business operations. Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) provides the means to do this in order to achieve the kind of effective business processes that will help you do much more than simply automate routine task. BAM can provide the mechanism you need to produce bottom line results and realize broader strategic business goals.
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And learn more about BPM and SOA solutions from IBM
IBM WebSphere Services Technical Conference
Las Vegas
May 4-9, 2008

ACORD LOMA
Las Vegas
May 13-15, 2008

Brainstorm
Washington, DC
June 24-27, 2008