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Business Process Management addresses the real challenges that face the business community today, or so the software vendors would have us believe. In its new In-Depth Report, Butler Group challenges the myth that this or any other process management technology comes close to providing the finished solution.
Business Professionals come face to face with a wide range of technology and infrastructure challenges on a daily basis. They struggle to manage the continually increasing needs of an enterprise culture that dictates that more work can be achieved by fewer staff, and all that IT can offer by way of compensation is BPM. Butler Group says that the technology lacks maturity, many of the offerings from established vendors are nothing more than re-branding exercises, and Butler Group delivers its verdict on the technology warts and all in its new In-Depth Report.
“We are certain that business professionals have an urgent need for systems capable of allowing data to be passed between disparate operating systems, solutions that can manage application-to-application integration, and application-to-human interactions” says Andrew Kellett, Senior Research Analyst at Butler Group. “BPM software is being put forward as the technology that can achieve all of this and more. In response, but the BPM message, even if it represents a true picture of the technology, is not being understood by its target audience, the business community”.
“Providing business users with application-agnostic solutions where the process-centric approach to development overrides the restrictions imposed by back-office and legacy systems, and providing the ability to respond to change whenever and wherever it occurs” are the key issues for BPM, continued Kellett. “But then of course there are the normal business issues, increasing profitability, reducing error and cycle times, and the automation of manual business processes. The software vendors insist that BPM has the answers, but we believe that it has a long way to go before it earns the right to claim its place as a silver bullet technology.”
In ‘Business Process Management – Improving Business Efficiency’, Butler Group challenges the suppliers to prove the worth of a technology that they believe falls well short of the current vendor hype. Kellett continued: “It is our view that whilst the front-end model looks good, its integration capability looks to offer nothing new, and whilst the efforts of erudite bodies such as the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) to develop standards are welcomed, we are of the opinion that the large software vendors will continue to dictate long term policy issues.”
The Report contains reviews on most of the significant players. It considers the origins of the technology and gives the Butler Group view on the merits, or otherwise, of pure-play BPM suppliers as opposed to those that have stumbled into the arena with offerings that date back to the days of Business Process Re-engineering.
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Notes to the Editors:
The Business Process Management – Improving Business Efficiency Report retails at £895, with discounts available on multiple purchases, and can be purchased on-line at: www.butlergroup.com, or by calling: +44 (0)1482 608355.
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Journalists can also register for Butler Group’s Newswire to receive regular updates about present and future research.
About Butler Group:
Butler Group is Europe’s leading independent IT Research and Advisory organisation. Our mission is to ensure our clients are the most comprehensively informed IT and business managers on current, emerging, and future technology matters, and their impact on business - in short, “Analysis without compromise”.
Founded in 1990 by Martin Butler, Butler Group has established an enviable reputation for the impartiality and incisiveness of its research and opinions. A client base encompassing over 50% of the top 100 companies in each of our key markets evidences this.
Butler Group delivers a broad spectrum of research, analysis, and advice on all issues surrounding the practical application of technology in business. Our analysis is available via direct access to our experts, written research, and conferences.
For further information on Butler Group, its products and services, visit the Web site: www.butlergroup.com.
Helen White, Press Office, Butler Group
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CONTACT:
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The Living Foods Workshop
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THE LIVING FOODS WORKSHOP HOSTS AN OPEN HOUSE PARTY
January 19, 2003 at the Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY., 4:00-8:00 p.m., $20. With all the buzz about living and raw foods, this is your opportunity to see for yourself what it is all about. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, reverse signs of aging, increase energy and vitality, have better digestion, learn how to eat healthier, prevent disease and improve your overall quality of life, adding more living foods to your diet is the key.
This is your opportunity to learn about living foods and the Living Foods Workshop, mingle with like-minded people, listen to personal testimonies and understand the power of living foods, and experience delicious live food cuisine that is wholesome, soulful and full of love, in an atmosphere infused with warmth, friendship, caring, creativity and gaiety.
At the Living Foods Workshop you will learn what living foods consist of, how to cleanse your body of toxins with living foods, how to gradually incorporate living foods into your current diet, how to prepare living foods to obtain optimal nutrition, and learn tried-and-true food alternatives to fit your lifestyle. Workshops are held monthly from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in New York City. Tuition is $125/Advance, $150/Door and includes workbook and lunch.
Lillian Butler and Eddie Robinson started the Living Foods Workshop in June 2002. Their enlightened journey began with Ms. Butler’s initial visit to the Ann Wigmore Institute in Puerto Rico where she learned how to live the Living Foods Lifestyle™. It didn’t take her long to realize that the Living Foods Lifestyle was the answer to her digestive problems, Lillian immediately adopted the Lifestyle and so did her husband, Eddie. For the last 4 years they have willingly been sharing their knowledge and experience with everyone they meet. Now it’s your turn. You won’t be disappointed.
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New York, NY August 6, 2004 -- “A Sexy Love Fest” features a collection of dramatic poetry, three one-acts and black and white photography by actress Kimberly Scott (“Soul Food” on Showtime and “The Unites States of Leland”). Serving a raw and honest depiction, “A Sexy Love Fest” is seasoned with hilarious humor with sexy twists, while exploring how love is perceived, received, made and played in the real world. The piece was first performed at The Complex on theatre row in Hollywood, CA. Most of the Los Angeles cast will perform in the New York production.
Ishmael Butler is a new and welcomed addition to the cast. Since his days with Digable Planets, Butler has formed the critically-acclaimed, funkafied-Hip Hop group, Cherrywine. He has also been garnering rave reviews as an actor in the short film “I Am Ali” and the feature “Men Without Jobs”.
Hollywood theatre-goers hailed “A Sexy Love Fest” as “amazing” and exclaimed, “They hit on every emotion…I was laughing hysterically one minute and crying the next. I have never seen such a talented and beautiful cast assembled in one production.”
New Jersey native Cindy Malika was a regular on the Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theatre scene, as well as the theatre touring circuit, before moving to Los Angeles in 1998. She is a Staff Director for The Coleman & Smith Artistic Company in Hollywood and has been honored with several awards for her work there. Malika is also a free-lance TV producer, lending her talent and skills to shows such as “Teen Summit”, “Mike’s World”, a Brand Jordan sponsored show, “Lyric Café” and “The 18th Annual Stellar Gospel Awards Preshow” for BET and currently “Cuttin Up” and “The Hook Up” on ESPN2. She can be seen on screen at several film festivals in the short film “Love Aquarium”, directed by acclaimed hyphenate kA’RAMUU KUSH.
The Playwrights Horizons is located at 416 West 42nd Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues). Performances are Thursday through Sunday at 8:00 PM, $18.00. The Nuyorican Poets Café is located at 236 East 3rd Street (between Avenues B and C), and the matinee is on Sunday, August 29th at 4:00 PM, $15.00. For tickets to performances at The Playwrights Horizons call 212-279-4200 or go to www.ticketcentral.com. For the Nuyorican Poets Café visit www.nuyorican.org.
For more information, please visit www.cindymalika.com.
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