Big news today for government agencies that are looking into cloud computing. The Dept. of Education has issued an Authority to Operate (ATO) certification for its Appian Anywhere process solution built on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This is the first cloud-based business process management solution to be given an ATO by a federal agency. Its significance extends well beyond the Dept. of Education, because it assures other departments and agencies that Appian running on AWS meets the stringent requirements for federal information systems.

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Forrester Research has just published “The Forrester Wave™: Business Process Management Suites, Q3 2010,” and Appian has been named a Leader. Forrester is strict about the language vendors can use in describing their relative positioning, so I’ll just say we are very pleased with our placement. Take a look at the report and decide for yourself how the top rankings play out.

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Six Sigma IQ has a great article from John Jarrett, director of BPM at AGF Trust talking about implementing enterprise-wide BPM. AGF Trust is an Appian customer using our platform across six product lines and multiple departments. Their BPM Program touches numerous functional areas within the investment management firm, including Client Services, Finance, Funding Teams, Ongoing Administration, and Underwriting.

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Appian has reported another six months of strong performance in the first half of 2010. In that time, we signed 28 new-name customers. This is a company record, and it far outpaces anything we have seen reported for competitor BPM offerings across a 6-month period. New customer acquisition drove 58% and 43% sequential quarterly bookings growth (Q1 10 over Q4 09, and Q2 10 over Q1 10, respectively). At a time when global economies remain tight, and corporate budgets even tighter, Appian is selling what people are willing to pay for: fast, high-impact results.

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As the leader in “BPM for Government,” Appian has a bird’s eye view of that market’s accelerated growth. The latest example is this morning’s announcement of a significant Appian contract win with the Dept. of Treasury/Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). It is a multi-million dollar award for a Case Management application for Security Processing.

The federal government is increasingly looking to BPM to solve process issues, like Security Processing, that are of broad applicability across agencies and departments.

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The demand for BPM-based Dynamic Case Management solutions in the healthcare industry continues to grow. The fact is, using BPM software raises the level of patient care and supports better health outcomes. It does this by enabling more efficient patient on-boarding and administrative management, faster and more effective diagnosis, increased collaboration between treatment professionals, and improved processing of the back-office/financial aspects of the healthcare business.

We’ve seen these positive impacts through cutting-edge Appian case management deployments with customers like the Benenden Healthcare Society, the U.S. Army’s Wounded Warrior application, and many others. We are now very excited to announce a new development: Appian partner psHEALTH is leveraging our Appian Anywhere SaaS BPM platform to rapidly develop and deliver new case management solutions for its healthcare clients.

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It’s nice when doing well and doing good coincide. That’s the case for Appian with a new application being rolled out to the U.S. Army. The application, called Wounded Warrior, uses our BPM software to help speed rehabilitation for U.S. soldiers wounded in the line of duty. It was developed by our partner CollabraLink, and it leverages Appian’s out-of-the-box Case Management capabilities.

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We’re proud to say that our CEO Matthew Calkins has been named one of only seven finalists in the 2010 American Business Awards in the category of “Executive of the Year – Computer Software (Up to 2,500 Employees).” The ABA’s (known as “the Stevies”) are the nation’s premier business awards program. More than 2,700 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration. More »

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We’re pleased to announced an exclusive event we are hosting with premier research firm Ovum on Tuesday, May 25. “BPM: A Platform for Managed Change” is a complementary dinner and discussion on the business value of BPM that is open to senior IT and business executives. It will be held at the swanky Bam-Bou (part of The Ivy Group) in Central London. More »

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Today’s organizations are increasingly decentralized with remote, always-connected workforces. The trend towards alternative workplace structures has been spurred by recent economic uncertainty and will accelerate due to “generation Y” demands for greater work/life balance. At the same time, the pervasive connectivity of the Internet has created a consumer culture for which “anytime, anywhere” access is the basic expectation. For organizations to compete effectively, retain talent, and meet this new level of customer expectation, business applications must adapt to the new rules of how work is done on-the-move. In this arena, BPM sits front-and-center. More »

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