Gartner’s Jim Sinur recently predicted that 2012 will be “The Year of Intelligent Business Operations (IBO),” and stated that Intelligent Business Process Management Software (iBPMS) is the central enabling technology. Appian customers are among the vanguard of “leading edge organizations” Jim mentioned that are making IBO a reality today. This is because the innovations Appian has pioneered (Mobile BPM, Social BPM, Cloud BPM, real-time event architecture, in-memory analytics, extreme ease-of-use) are all crucial components to enacting an IBO strategy.

Click here to read a paper by Appian Principal Consultant Glenn Smith on “Intelligent Business Operations: BPM & Analytics in the Event-Driven Enterprise.”

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Tags: , BPM in the Cloud, Gartner, iBPMS, intelligent business operations, mobile BPM, Social BPM

Appian World 2012 is coming! If you haven’t done it yet, get registered today. The complimentary event will feature customer presentations, topical and timely panel discussions, Appian technology insights and free training, and loads of networking and knowledge sharing. It will also give you a chance to hear from four separate analyst organizations. Daryl Plummer (Gartner), Clay Richardson (Forrester), Sandy Kemsley (Column 2) and Neil Ward-Dutton (MWD Advisors) will deliver presentations on various aspects of BPM software, its usage today, and where it is headed tomorrow.

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Tags: , Appian World 2012, BPM, Column 2, Forrester, Gartner, MWD Advisors

Appian is a proud sponsor of Gartner, Inc.’s upcoming Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Gartner’s Symposium Series is all about the CIO. Orlando attendees (October 16-20 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel) will enjoy an entire conference track dedicated to business process improvement (certainly a sign that BPM practices and BPM software continue to be critical strategic levers for technology’s corner office). There will undoubtedly be a lot of research data and theory discussed around the conference’s focus on “IT Game Changers” including Mobility, Cloud Computing and Social Technology. To get beyond the theory, visit Appian in exhibit hall Booth #1136 to see Mobile BPM, Cloud BPM and Social BPM in practice.

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Tags: , BPM in the Cloud, CIO, Cloud Computing, Gartner, ITxpo, mobile BPM, Social BPM

It’s no secret that the last two Gartner BPM Summit events had lackluster attendance. This was no fault of Gartner’s; the recession drove expense reductions and corporate travel bans that hit the event industry pretty hard across the board.

I’m not going to say corporate conferences are necessarily a bellweather of the economy, but judging by last week’s BPM Summit in Maryland, something has changed. The place was packed, and the general vibe was way up on the optimism scale.

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Tags: , Appian Cloud, BPM, BPM in the Cloud, Business Process Management, Cloud Computing, CME Group, Gartner, mobile BPM, SaaS BPM, Social BPM, UPS

Gartner has announced the winners in its 2011 BPM Excellence Awards. I want to wish a hearty congratulations to UPS and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) - two Appian customers who took home honors for exceptional BPM software programs that are delivering staggering business value. 

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Tags: , Appian, Appian 6, BPM, BPM software, Business Process Management, Gartner, IT, Nokia Siemens Networks, shared services, UPS

We’ve updated the Appian World agenda!

The Appian World 2011 agenda will feature customer case studies and presentations from leading analysts.  Below is a quick snapshot of confirmed speakers.

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Tags: , Appian, Appian World 2011, Forrester, Gartner

Here’s another sign that the BPM train continues to gain steam: next week’s Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2010 in Orlando will feature an entire track of content dedicated to BPM and business process improvement. Gartner has an established focus on process issues and BPM Suite technology, of course, but this is the first time the topic has risen to Symposium-level mainstream awareness.

Appian is a sponsor of the event, which runs October 18-21. We will be on-site giving demonstrations of our Appian 6 platform in Booth #320 throughout the conference. Please stop by to see one, or to schedule a private one-one demo.

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Tags: , Appian, Appian 6, Appian Cloud, BPM, BPM in the Cloud, Business Process Management, Gartner, SaaS BPM

Appian has set the date, booked the facility and opened the registration for the 3rd and largest Appian global user conference, Appian World 2011!

As with previous Appian user conferences, the event is completely free to Appian customers, partners, and those simply interested in learning more about Appian and Business Process Management. Whether you are a business or IT professional, a process improvement expert or a BPM newbie, with a commercial organization or working in the public sector, this is a must-attend event.

At Appian World 2011, BPM industry luminaries and leading practitioners will share the insights you need to drive business value through process improvement. More »

Tags: , Appian, Appian 6, BPM, BPM for Government, BPM in the Cloud, BPM Methodology, Business Process Management, Forrester, Gartner, Implementation, IT, SaaS BPM

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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Tags: , Appian, Appian 6, Appian Cloud, BPM, BPM for Government, BPM in the Cloud, Business Process Management, Gartner, IDC, SaaS BPM

One problem with “hot” technology markets like BPM is that while industry hype raises awareness of the need, it also breeds lots of confusion for end user organizations. Industry pundits are ratcheting up the urgency meter, exclaiming that “BPM is mainstream” and if you’re not in the game, you’re falling behind. At the same time, the related flood of theories and jargon about strategies, technologies, and methodologies coming from these same pundits (and vendors, too, of course) tend to cloud the waters rather than clear them. More »

Tags: , Appian 6, BPM, Business Process Management, Gartner