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		<title>Appian World 2012 Session Tracks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social BPM and the Real-world Complexity of Changing Priorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed Adam Deane&#8217;s recent post on &#8220;BPM: Priorities.&#8221; He points out how limited typical BPM systems are in dealing with the complexities of how work actually gets done based on the often chaotic nature of how business and task priorities constantly change. In my opinion, this is where Social BPM capabilities become so critical. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/02/02/social-bpm-and-the-real-world-complexity-of-changing-priorities</link>
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		<title>Defense Business Board Urges DoD to &#8220;Act Decisively&#8221; in Move to Cloud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported in Federal Computer Week, a January 19 report from the Defense Business Board (DBB) states that &#8220;pursuing IT efficiencies could save DoD between 25 and 50 percent on annual expenditures, while also improving mission effectiveness and achieving return on investment even ahead of schedule.&#8221; The report outlines a four-step approach of &#8220;normalizing, standardizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/01/30/defense-business-board-urges-dod-to-act-decisively-in-move-to-cloud</link>
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		<title>Guidewire – A Good Step in the BPM Direction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s nothing like an initial public offering (IPO) to get people to sit up and notice a company.  IPOs are only possible when companies are delivering novel solutions that offer great value and facilitate strong revenue growth.  That’s the case with Guidewire, a software company that’s built enterprise applications to support the core systems of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/01/27/guidewire-%e2%80%93-a-good-step-in-the-bpm-direction</link>
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		<title>Mobile, Cloud and Social BPM Drive Record Results for Appian in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week we announced Appian&#8217;s results for 2011. In the immortal words of Frank Sinatra, &#8220;it was a very good year.&#8221; The numbers speak for themselves: 90 new-name customers, a 219 percent jump in license orders over 2010, and nearly 40 percent of total orders coming for Appian Cloud. The story behind the numbers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/01/25/mobile-cloud-and-social-bpm-drive-record-results-for-appian-in-2011</link>
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		<title>Working on Public Sector Process Improvement? Hear &#8220;Confessions of a Federal CIO&#8221; at Appian World 2012!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BPM software is key to how federal departments and agencies are going to cope with the unrelenting pressures to increase agility, transparency, accountability, cost reduction and constituent service.  If you work in the public sector and have a focus on process improvement, you can&#8217;t afford to miss Appian World 2012. The conference (April 15-17 at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/01/17/working-on-public-sector-process-improvement-hear-confessions-of-a-federal-cio-at-appian-world-2012</link>
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		<title>With BPM, Insurance Companies Don’t Need to Outrun the Bear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that the business of insurance is getting more and more competitive.  Thanks to numerous comparison sites on the internet, it’s easier than ever to quickly find just what you need.  As consumers, we’re all benefiting from more options, easier selection, and lower prices.  But for insurance companies, all of this transparency is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/01/13/with-bpm-insurance-companies-don%e2%80%99t-need-to-outrun-the-bear</link>
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		<title>Removing the Concrete Shoes with BPM Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forrester analyst Craig Le Clair has published an excellent report called &#8220;Stuck In Cement: When Packaged Apps Create Barriers To Innovation.&#8221; In his related blog post, he frets that &#8220;concrete&#8221; is the more apt, but less poetic analogy. Based on the research findings, I suggest &#8220;Packaged Apps Are the Concrete Shoes Pulling Business Down.&#8221; That&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/01/12/removing-the-concrete-shoes-with-bpm-software</link>
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		<title>Realizing Intelligent Business Operations with BPM Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gartner&#8217;s Jim Sinur recently predicted that 2012 will be &#8220;The Year of Intelligent Business Operations (IBO),&#8221; and stated that Intelligent Business Process Management Software (iBPMS) is the central enabling technology. Appian customers are among the vanguard of &#8220;leading edge organizations&#8221; Jim mentioned that are making IBO a reality today. This is because the innovations Appian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/01/05/realizing-intelligent-business-operations-with-bpm-software</link>
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		<title>Appian Android Mobile BPM Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Android version, you will notice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appian.com/blog/2012/01/04/appian-android-mobile-bpm-update</link>
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