Business Process Management - Service Oriented Architecture

Maximizing ROI through business process optimization and SOA


NEW! ZapThink Whitepaper: SOA in Any Economic Climate The flexibility that SOA provides enables businesses to brace themselves for any economic cycle, positioning them for success, not just survival. NEW! Process Integrity for SOA: Achieve 21st Century Transaction Integrity with the IBM Smart™ SOA approach Read Gartner's insights on...What Does it Mean to Implement a Business Process Platform? Achieving Consistency Between Business Process Models & Operational Guides Collaborative BPM Key WebSphere Service Registry & Repository Scenarios in BPM Driving Business Agility with Composite Business Applications on IBM WebSphere Business Services Fabric

NEW! How well are your business operations performing? How long does it take before you find out there are problems? WebSphere Business Monitor can provide insight and visibility so that you can make smarter decisions...learn how in this short demo. IBM BPM Business Value Analyzer Tool Identify and prioritize business goals, then find the right project to meet your organizational objectives. Learn how to Justify Your Investment: Upside Research explains how organizations have saved time and money by implementing a SOA-enabled BPM investment. BPM Assessment Tool: Answer ten questions to test your BPM readiness. Software Trial: Business Process Integration Extension for IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory: Accelerate, simplify and reduce the skills required for the development of web based or portal based user interfaces for human tasks in BPM solutions. Free Software Trial: WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced V6.1.1: Learn the basics of creating, analyzing, reporting, and updating a business process model.

NEW! BPM for Supply Chain Learn how TradeMerit Corp leveraged BPM built on the Smart SOA™ approach from IBM to offer their customers the supply chain visibility needed to compete in today's marketplace. NEW! Playing it safe with your IT investments seems OK - but can you afford to stand still? See how Delta Consultants engaged their technology partners, PointSource and IBM to justify a long-term BPM strategy. Jumpstart Your Business Process Management Journey: From Documentation to Deployment Learn how USAA, a large financial services company, embarked on a BPM journey starting with business process modeling. Business Event Processing (BEP): The 'When' to BPM's 'What' Learn how Business Event Processing can make your business more agile. Achieving Business Breakthroughs with BPM Listen to a simple and concise discussion on "BPM 101" to help your business achieve breakthroughs with BPM. How Insurers' Can Increase Agility and Innovation While Keeping Costs Down This session will discuss the level of innovation that dynamic business applications can drive to accelerate process flexibility. Business Activity Monitoring: Smart Decisions with Real-time Visibility webcast Dr. Angel Luis Diaz will describe how Business Activity Monitoring empowers business users. Creating a Process-Driven Enterprise Find out how Highmark, a Blue Cross Blue Shield company, implemented BPM powered by SOA.

IBM WebSphere Education: BPM Curriculum Free IBM Mini Education Course: BPM End to End Free IBM Mini Education Course: WebSphere Business Services Fabric 6.1 Overview Subscribe to the IBM SOA Newsletter SOA Sandbox: Try the IBM Smart SOA™ approach today for free! IBM SOA and Web Services Forums

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.

• BPM with SOA Helps Delta Consultants Capitalize on Change

Amy Larsen DeCarlo
Site Editor

Most executives are scrutinizing every dollar spent on IT today. But for Delta Consultants, the urgent need to revamp the company’s core, market-leading environmental health and safety application, IntelligentEHS® (iEHS), trumped most concerns about short-term savings versus longer-term gains. The environmental consulting firm’s application was ten years old, and lacked the flexibility, customization and dynamic capabilities that would help keep the company competitive. Delta Consultants decided to redesign the application around a service-oriented architecture. The result: a more flexible and extensible environment that lets the company change with the times—and go after those opportunities.

• BPM Benefits Add up to Big Business Dividends
June 2008

• The IBM BPM Suite: Making a Positive Impact on Business
May 2008

• Business Services Fabric: The Foundation for Adaptive Insurer
April 2008

• BEP: Putting Events in a Business Context
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 disciplines without the reinvestment in some of these complex and expensive systems.” – Gary D. Cripps, Chief Financial Officer Watch the video


	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. Read article

SAVE THE DATE...
Impact Comes to You. Combining the essentials of IBM Impact 2008 with a location that’s near you, Impact Comes to You makes it easier than ever to learn the benefits of SOA.

To learn more about BPM and SOA solutions from IBM, click here for a list of all IBM events coming to a location near you.

Why IBM for Business Process Management enabled by SOA
Companies are combining the principles of Business Process Management (BPM) with the flexibility provided by SOA to move their levels of innovation and operational excellence higher. SOA software elements from IBM such as business dashboards, service repositories, tools, and rules engines help accelerate process improvements. And since software alone is not enough, IBM can also provide the expertise to deliver BPM through process knowledge, industry methods and models needed to make SOA-enabled BPM truly valuable. To learn more, visit us at: www.ibm.com/software/info/bpmsoa

Beyond Alignment: Converging IT with the Business - download this free e-book
Business Innovation
May 2008

Open Source ERP
Business Innovation
May 28, 2008

Smart SOA Tutorial
Business Innovation
June 2008

eResource Kit: Integrating .NET & SharePoint into WebSphere Portal
Business Innovation
June 2008

CEOs Get Smart
Insurance & Technology
May 5, 2008

Data Architect: Answering the SOA Performance Question
IBM Database Magazine
May 21, 2008

SOA Can Deliver
Insurance & Technology
May 13, 2008

BPM: Process is the Key
InformationWeek
May 10, 2008

PPS Overhauls Business Operations With IBM's Insurance Application Architecture
Insurance & Technology
May 23, 2008

IBM Dives Deeper into Web 2.0
InformationWeek
May 15, 2008

Visit these other IBM and TechWeb Partner Sites:
Business Innovation – Technology Strategies and Solutions for Driving Business Success
IBM Database Magazine – Strategies and Solutions for DB2, Informix, and IBM Data Servers
Internet Evolution – The Macrosite for News, Analysis, & Opinion About the Future of the Internet