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Optimization in process and rule based systems using machine learning

Posted on November 24, 2017

Traditional process and rule systems The traditional approach to optimization in process and decision support systems is to model the problem using a framework (e.g. business processes, business rules, or a combination of the two), integrate the model to the necessary data sources, deploy and execute the model using an engine that understands the model, […]

Posted in Software Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, bpm, business process management, business rules, machine learning Leave a comment

Social Platforms for Business

Posted on September 15, 2014

Background Widespread adoption of social networking in the consumer market by late 2000s, got the attention of B2B software vendors early on. Employees in an organization can potentially use a Facebook-like service internally to better communicate, network, share knowledge and expertise, and collaborate on projects. Such a service can also be extended to customers and partners by building […]

Posted in Business, Software Tagged enterprise social platforms, enterprise social software, social business, social networking, social platforms Leave a comment

File Sync and Share, and Collaboration in the Cloud

Posted on June 2, 2014

Background One of the interesting developments in software and cloud in the recent years is the so-called file sync and share space that started to shape up in mid to late 2000s. Back in 2011 I spent a few months researching this space as part of a strategic project with a previous employer, and continued to cover it through […]

Posted in Business, Software Tagged accellion, amazon zocalo, box, citrix, cloud, collaboration, dropbox, emc, forrester, gartner, google drive, microsoft onedrive, saas, sync-share Leave a comment

Competitive Intelligence Process and Best Practices

Posted on November 22, 2013

In the previous post, Introduction to Competitive Intelligence, I provided an overview of CI and introduced a high-level CI process. In this post I discuss the process in further detail and provide CI guidelines and best practices. CI is the process of research and gathering information on the target markets, the competitors and their products […]

Posted in Business, Marketing, Software Tagged ci, competition, competitive intelligence Leave a comment

Introduction to Competitive Intelligence

Posted on November 21, 2013

The other day I came across this quote by Henry Ford (cited in Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman): “The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.” While that statement can be true, it may seem to undermine the […]

Posted in Business, Marketing, Software Tagged ci, competition, competitive intelligence, enterprise software, market research Leave a comment

An introductory note on BPM

Posted on January 13, 2011

Business Process Management (BPM) for some time now has been established as an important business management practice and discipline. Complemented with BPM software, often referred to as a BPM Suite (or BPMS), a category of enterprise software, BPM has shown that it can help organizations streamline and automate their key business processes, effectively monitor and […]

Posted in Business, Software Tagged bam, bem, bpm, bpms, cep, collaboration, process, six sigma, soa, workflow 1 Comment

Oracle Ambitions and Plans

Posted on November 1, 2010

Oracle with the 2009 revenue of $26.8 billion, market cap of about $135 billion, and a future revenue goal of $100 billion, has been a powerhouse in software for some time. Many in the IT world – both vendors and customers – fear Oracle. From a vendor perspective they are a threat to most, and […]

Posted in Business, Software Tagged acquisitions, bpm, ecm, emc, fusion, ibm, middleware, oracle, rsa, silicon valley, storage, virtualization, vmware Leave a comment

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