BPM to Help Increase Efficiency if 2009

The Metastorm News Blog recently highlighted that the results of the Gartner EXP CIO report shows that IT budgets will most likely remain flat in North America and Europe and slightly increase in Latin America and Asia/Pacific.

The results of the survey also show that senior executives will try to reduce enterprise costs by changing business processes and not by cutting costs directly. Business process management is on the top list of priorities for CIOs since these solutions can help improve efficiencies.

BPM can improve business intelligence

Business intelligence tools are used to gather large amounts of information, then they process the information through a variety of tools to receive valuable information about the business they're running. For more on how companies are integrating it with business process management to become more productive, read this article at IT Web.

BPM case study winner announced

In September, we let you know about a BPM case study competition. OMG and BP Trends recently announced the winner. For the more details, read here.

The winners were:

Best Overall Enterprise-wide BPM Effort - University of California, San Diego

Best Overall Single BPM Application - Arizona Public Service

Best BPM Application that Demonstrates the Use of Business Process Standards - European Union's GENESIS Project

BPM Application that Demonstrates the Best Return on Investment - US Military Entrance Command (USMEPCOM)