Here at Appian, we are gearing up for our biggest global user conference yet.  This is the 4th Appian World conference, and the first to feature a multiple tracks that cater to the diverse and growing audience expected to attend this April.

For Appian World 2012, we will be featuring a BPM Beginner, Appian Developer, and Business track featuring.  Each track will feature a variety of customer case studies, 3rd party analyst / BPM expert perspectives, and learning sessions to ensure success in your BPM endeavors. More »

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Happy 2012..

Appian recently released our biggest update yet to the Google Android platform.  We have seen interest in Android surge from our clients and we are happy to announce that our Android mobile client is now at parity with our Apple iOS mobile offering.

For clients who use Appian’s Android version, you will notice that the interface is different from the Apple release and optimized to be friendly and familiar for Android users.  In addition, Appian Forms support has been updated on Android to support all the great features Apple users have enjoyed, such as intelligent pickers and rich media capture from the mobile camera and mic.

Appian has seen interest in Mobile BPM continue to surge with a growing list of expanded use cases and potential for process optimization.  Some Mobile BPM examples we are currently implementing include:  field engineering support, break-fix, field inspections, at home healthcare and nurse management, and mobile spend requests and approvals.

Demand for mobile access to critical business processes will grow for many more years as we all come to depend upon our mobile devices to perform more and more tasks previously only possible on our desktop/laptop computers.

For Appian customers, you can download and start using the latest version of the Appian Android mobile client from the Google Android Market.  For just the curious, try signing up for a free Appian trial and explore the Appian BPM Suite as well as this Android mobile client update.

Thanks,

Malcolm Ross

Director, Product Management

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Appian has scheduled our next Appian Tips and Tricks webinar for October 27th at Noon EST, 5 PM BST.  During this webinar Appian will be introducing our new Reference App

Appian already provides a large set of reference apps covering HR On-boarding and Security Processing, Federal Procurement and a host of process areas in Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare and other industries. The new Appian Reference App provides a “guided tour” for building applications from specifications to design to final product, capitalizing on Appian’s best-practice delivery methodology and incorporating Appian’s latest Mobile BPM and Social BPM capabilities. It will be continuously upgraded in step with all future enhancements to Appian functionality. More »

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It’s always great to see Appian software being used to support a great cause.  The latest implementation of Appian in this direction will be at the National Council for Family Affairs in Jordan to support a case management solution for tracking domestic violence cases in Jordan.  This is a important initiative for the Queen of Jordan to ensure a better life for the families of Jordan.

A few days ago, His Majesty King Abdullah II and Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah personally met with the Board of Trustees of the National Council for Family Affairs regarding the initiative and to review a presentation of the Appian software prepared by Mohammad Abusinnah (Appian’s Program Manager for the Middle East) and software engineers from SSS Process, a subsidiary of SSS IT, Appian’s strategic business partner in KSA and Jordan.  The image below is of His and Her Majesty at the review meeting.

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Appian has released our latest version of Appian 6 to our customers and invites all Appian Forum members to join us for a webinar reviewing the latest features.

Appian is making available two webinars to accomodate our customers in the Americas and Europe on Sept 14th at 12 pm EST as well as in Asia, Australia and New Zealand on Sept 15th at 12 pm AEST.  Registration is available here:

• Appian Q3 2011 Product Announcement Webinar – Americas / EMEA - Sept 14th 12 PM EST
• Appian Q3 2011 Product Announcement Webinar – Asia / Australia / New Zealand – Sept 15th at 12 PM AEST

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When Appian started our mobile BPM development efforts, we like everyone else had an important choice to make.

Do we optimize our web interface for mobile or build native mobile client applications?

Luckily we saw the same benefits that mobile users are seeing.  Despite the wonderful developments of HTML 5, native client apps for mobile devices provide an overall superior end-user experience.

A recent Nielesen Media report on Smartphone Analytics shows that on average Android users are in agreement, spending 2/3 of their time inside native mobile apps rather web apps.

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When Appian released our last iOS update, we added the capability to capture images directly from a mobile device and submit as part of an Appian task or form.  The feedback was overwhelmingly positive as customer began to imagine the many use cases inside their business, but the most immediate response was “What about voice capture?”

Well just a few weeks later, we’ve been able to add another update to our Mobile BPM offering that includes voice capture and playback directly inside an Appian task or form.

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I’ve been speaking with many clients and analysts over the past several months discussing what exactly is this “social” thing inside the enterprise.  I’ve heard from some analysts that social is not really a market, but just a feature that could be applied to several areas inside the enterprise.  While many clients are just asking  ”How will social inside my enterprise help my business?”

To get some answers we need to look at consumer trends in social platform adoption by asking a simple question:

“What are consumer social platforms replacing?”

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Appian would like to invite all our Appian Forum members to the next Tips and Tricks webinar titled:  Maximizing Appian Analytics Performance.  This session will feature Adam Glaser, Director of Engineering and head of Quality Assurance for Appian and will be held on June 30th at Noon EST.  Register here.

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I’d like to extend a big thanks to the Appian’s Mobile R&D team for completing excellent releases for BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, and now Google Android!

Appian has made big investments to place us as the market leader for Mobile BPM solutions.  The trends are obvious, with Gartner reporting web traffic from mobile devices to exceed PC devices by 2013, enterprises cannot afford to overlook the mobile revolution upon us.  IT professionals need to be looking for solutions today that provide mobile access to key business processes that drive further efficiency and growth. More »

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