BPM News 9-25-2006

Six Sigma Technology Group News — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:04:54 GMT

Integration and synergy in project management
Contractor Mag - Des Plaines,IL,USA
... in the mechanical services business and want ... Within project management, every action requires forethought to integrate and implement each individual process. ...

Emerson performance guarantee for Shell Pernis
Processing Talk - UK
... Nyquist, president of Emerson Process Management Europe. 'The contractual guarantee shows the Emerson commitment to contribute to Vopak business results, and ...
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Managing For Success
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
... "You do see some jobs being replaced," said Ethan Smith, a partner for BusinessEdge Solutions' business-process management practice. ...

The maturing of BI
InfoWorld Fri, 22 Sep 2006 7:25 AM PDT
( InfoWorld ) - Business intelligence software is evolving into its older sibling, business performance management, a combination of planning, budgeting, reporting, and benchmarking tools, according to the father of BI, Howard Dresner. At the same time, the main obstacle to BI or BPM adoption remains cultural rather than technological, he said. Dresner coined the term "business

As BI matures, companies should too
IT World Fri, 22 Sep 2006 7:17 AM PDT
Business intelligence software is evolving into its older sibling, business performance management, a combination of planning, budgeting, reporting and benchmarking tools, according to the father of BI, Howard Dresner. At the same time, the main obstacle to BI or BPM adoption remains cultural rather than technological, he said.

OutlookSoft Brings Process Context to Performance Apps
ComputerWire Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:08 PM PDT
Business performance management firm OutlookSoft Corp is embarking on a strategy that will make it easier to add performance management capabilities on top of its core BPM platform via pluggable process-defined application services.

FileNet Announces Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Its Acquisition by IBM
SYS-CON Media Fri, 22 Sep 2006 7:02 PM PDT
has terminated. Termination of the waiting period satisfies a closing condition of the transaction.

FileNet Announces Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Its Acquisition by IBM
FinanzNachrichten Fri, 22 Sep 2006 2:09 PM PDT
COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FileNet Corporation ( Nachrichten ) today announced that the waiting period required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 -- with respect to IBM's proposed acquisition of FileNet -- has terminated.

WFM Needs Some Attention
destinationCRM Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:12 PM PDT
Many adopted workforce management (WFM) solutions are not getting the love they deserve, according to a study conducted by Customer Relationship Metrics.

Apple Fixes 'Urgent' AirPort Wireless Flaws
BPM Today Fri, 22 Sep 2006 9:01 AM PDT
Apple has released a security patch to address three vulnerabilities in its AirPort wireless networking technology. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, although Apple claimed that it is not aware of any attacks actively exploiting the flaw. The patch applies to systems running OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.7. It is designed for Apple systems released in the past two years,

CSTV Networks Partners with Broadband Enterprises
EContent Magazine Thu, 21 Sep 2006 9:02 PM PDT
CSTV Networks, Inc., a digital sports media company, and Broadband Enterprises, which specialize in broadband video sales, syndication, and original production, have announced a syndication partnership agreement.

Javien Partners with Gold Mobile for M-Commerce Solution
EContent Magazine Thu, 21 Sep 2006 9:03 PM PDT
Javien Digital Payment Solutions, Inc., and Gold Mobile have partnered to provide a mcommerce solution for companies planning to capture a share of the mobile content sales market.

ClipBlast! Launches Video Search Toolbar
EContent Magazine Thu, 21 Sep 2006 9:03 PM PDT
ClipBlast! has introduced an online video search toolbar and formally emerged from its 18-month beta period.

IBM Bags FileNet, Continuing Spree
RedNova Sun, 24 Sep 2006 3:10 AM PDT
By Sayer, Peter; Knorr, Eric CONTENT MANAGEMENT IBM LAST THURSDAY EXTENDED ITS run of major acquisitions, agreeing to buy business process and enterprise content management specialist FileNet for approximately $1.6 billion in cash.

House Call: Heart-rate decrease
The Sacramento Bee Sun, 24 Sep 2006 0:15 AM PDT
Q: Is a rapid heart-rate decrease after exercise a sign of overtraining?

ProQuest Launches PressDisplay 3.0
EContent Magazine Sun, 24 Sep 2006 0:17 AM PDT
ProQuest Information and Learning, a distributor of NewspaperDirect products to libraries in North America, has launched PressDisplay 3.0.

Making The Right Move On The Digital Managing Chessboard
Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News Fri, 22 Sep 2006 4:00 PM PDT
Television's George Jetson had a robot maid, a fold-up space car and a host of futuristic gizmos at his disposal.

SAP Reportedly Had Triple-Digit Growth In BI Market
TechWeb Fri, 22 Sep 2006 3:32 PM PDT
The German software maker reports triple-digit growth in business intelligence sales last year.

Microsoft To Ship All Versions Of Vista On One DVD
TechWeb Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:48 PM PDT
Microsoft says it will ship all versions of Windows Vista would be on one DVD to make it easy for customers to upgrade.

Open EC Technologies, Inc. Announces Termination of Negotiations and Letter of Intent to Acquire China Based A & D
CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance Fri, 22 Sep 2006 5:08 PM PDT
NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Open EC Technologies, Inc. announces that the protracted negotiations with the shareholders of A&D Science & Technology Co. Ltd. to acquire all of the shares of A&D Tech have come to an end.

Business Calendar
The Oregonian Sun, 24 Sep 2006 0:22 AM PDT
Send Sunday business calendar events to The Oregonian Business News Department no later than 17 days prior to the event. Fax: 503-294-4079; e-mail: money@news.oregonian.com. Only events sponsored by nonprofit organizations will be printed.

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BPM News 9-25-2006