Business Process Automation Software White Papers

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Integrated and Automated Budget, Program and Performance Reporting
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how IBM Cognos FSR with TM1 helps budget and finance teams to automate the generation of complex, process driven reports while maintaining the agency’s current business processes and disclosure management
Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

IBM

Top Five Obstacles Companies Face and How to Overcome Them
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper addresses five obstacles that small businesses and midsized companies face.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 27 Jan 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Leading Interactive Games Designer Accelerates Business Intelligence Program
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, Rajesh K. Gupta, Electronic Arts' senior manager of applications for business intelligence (BI) and data services, explains how EA avoids many costly problems due to timely data access. Read this now to gain insight into how EA deployed job scheduling software and what benefits it reaped by doing so.
Posted: 20 Jan 2012 | Published: 20 Jan 2012

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Irish Dairy Board Cuts Admin Costs and Optimizes Order-to-Cash Processes with IBM Sterling e-Invoicing Solution
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Read this report and discover how the Irish Dairy Board achieved user productivity increase, cost reduction, significant improvements in order to cash and more.
Posted: 16 Nov 2011 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

IBM

Enterprise modernization: A Rational approach
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper presents a new, broad and all-encompassing multiplatform view of modernization in the context of applications, people and teams that will help you see where to begin, and where a comprehensive strategy might lead.
Posted: 10 Nov 2011 | Published: 10 Nov 2011

IBM

Business Process Improvement with IBIS RBE Plus
sponsored by IBIS America LLC
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover RBE Plus Analysis, a system designed by IBIS experts in SAP to pinpoint problem areas in business processes, master data and customizing usage and communicate the results with fact-based, easy to use content front-ended by a browser-based navigation tool.
Posted: 04 Nov 2011 | Published: 04 Nov 2011

IBIS America LLC

Risk-Based Test Automation from a Business Process Perspective
sponsored by Worksoft
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines how you can improve your risk-based testing without automating thousands of existing manual test cases, and why validating critical business processes will enable you to better accommodate change for greater success as well as reduce the ongoing operational costs associated with running your enterprise systems.
Posted: 03 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

Worksoft

IBM Business Process Manager—Powerfully Simple
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Getting executive buy-in and implementing BPM can seem like a daunting task. Read this white paper to learn how to simplify the process with a simple, scalable, centralized BPM platform that provides total visibility and management of your business processes, real-time analytics, a process coaching for easy user adoption.
Posted: 01 Oct 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

IBM

Analyst Report: Case Management Automation - Facilitating Compliance
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the compliance implications of case-based process automaiton.
Posted: 22 Sep 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2010

EMC Corporation

IT Service Automation: Streamline and Automate Key Functions and Processes
sponsored by BMC-Accenture
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the pivotal role of automation in achieving this goal and showcases tools and services that can assist you with the strategy, design, and implementation of this process.
Posted: 19 Aug 2011 | Published: 19 Aug 2011

BMC-Accenture

Automation Within, Around, and Beyond Oracle E-Business Suite
sponsored by UC4 Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the challenges businesses face in an Oracle E-Business Suite and explains how to reduce implementation time, accelerate business processes, and provide true enterprise process management.
Posted: 11 Aug 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

UC4 Software, Inc

Three Steps to Progress BPM from Project to Program
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how the trend of broader BPM programs has changed what companies need in terms of BPM technology and “know-how.” Continue reading to learn three steps for helping establish a solid foundation for a BPM program that can enable your organization to easily scale its process improvement capability.
Posted: 05 Aug 2011 | Published: 05 Aug 2011

IBM

BI and ETL Process Management Pain Points -- Cisco WP
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: You must ensure that the processes that move data from source to target systems run smoothly and quickly and that any errors are identified and resolved rapidly. This white paper takes a closer look at five common BI and ETL process management challenges that companies must address to deliver accurate data in a timely manner.
Posted: 29 Jul 2011 | Published: 29 Jul 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Big Data - 5 Commonsense Best Practices Point to Data Virtualization
sponsored by Denodo Technologies
WHITE PAPER: How can you make the best use of big data?  Learn how with data virtualization you can easily access and integrate diverse sources and deliver value-added, agile data services. Read this paper to discover 5 commonsense best practices that point to data virtualization and how you can use big data to get ahead.
Posted: 15 Jul 2011 | Published: 15 Jul 2011

Denodo Technologies

Intel's Vision for the Ongoing Shift to Cloud Computing
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing promises large gains in efficiency and flexibility at a time when demands on data centers are growing exponentially. Intel’s vision for the future of this technology focuses on key principles to make the vision a reality. View this resource to learn more.
Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 07 Apr 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

FlexiCapture Drives Business For the Insurance Industry
sponsored by ABBYY
WHITE PAPER: Insurance agents across the country are saving time, saving money and writing more business using AppReader: The automated form conversion solution that allows applications to upload instantly to carrier systems, regardless of agency management system. Read on and find how how AppReader can benefit your business.
Posted: 23 Feb 2011 | Published: 23 Feb 2011

ABBYY

BI and ETL Process Management Pain Points
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines five frequently encountered BI and ETL process management painpoints, which can affect the accuracy and timeliness of vital enterprise data delivery, and how each of these painpoints can be successfully managed using process automation technology.
Posted: 31 Jan 2011 | Published: 31 Jan 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Release Management: Closing the Gap in Application Lifecycle Management
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Businesses are struggling to keep up with the massive amount of change to their software applications. By strategically automating release management, companies can create a crisp, accurate Release Management function that dramatically boosts the competitive edge gained from application change. Control application change or let it control you.
Posted: 18 Jan 2011 | Published: 18 Jan 2011

SERENA Software, Inc.

Fujitsu Interstage Business Process Manager - Creating AGILE BPM
sponsored by Fujitsu America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu Interstage Business Process Manager (Interstage BPM) is a leading solution for Agile BPM - the next generation of BPM. Agile BPM is designed to flexibly address the requirements of all types of processes used to conduct a business: structured, unstructured, and hybrid process types, giving support to all forms of work.
Posted: 03 Jan 2011 | Published: 03 Jan 2011

Fujitsu America, Inc.

Automating Fax and Email Orders into SAP to Complete Your E-Vision
sponsored by Esker Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper gives an overview of key considerations for implementing a solution to automate fax and email orders into your SAP system. Highlighting the advantages of an all-in-one platform approach vs. maintaining a mix of different applications, this paper outlines how to eliminate the time, cost and errors of manual order processing.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

Esker Inc.

Making the Case for BPM: A Benefits Checklist
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: BPM is the best investment a company can make in establishing a platform for continuous improvement. The challenge for many companies is justifying the BPM investment instead of traditional paths for solving process problems – like buying an application or building a custom application. This paper provides a virtual checklist for the benefits.
Posted: 15 Dec 2010 | Published: 15 Dec 2010

IBM

11 Habits for Highly Successful BPM Programs: Proven Steps for Getting Started with Process Improvement
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for an outline of the steps an organization needs to take to achieve enterprise-wide business process management success.
Posted: 15 Dec 2010 | Published: 15 Dec 2010

IBM

IT Automation: Evaluate Job Scheduling and Run Book Automation Solutions
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Businesses increasingly use IT automation tools to meet the challenge of managing their data centers. This document describes two types of IT automation software: enterprise job scheduling and run book automation (RBA). It explains how each solution helps to improve efficiency and reduce risks and when to use each solution and when to combine them.
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 19 Nov 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Four Key Strategies for Enabling Innovation in the Age of Smart
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Smart products have changed the way manufacturers approach developing complex products. Product innovation has evolved over the past few years, innovation is now dependent on software. Get the top four ways your organization can use an integrated product management process to thrive on a smarter planet in this informative paper.
Posted: 02 Nov 2010 | Published: 04 Oct 2010

IBM

Solving Scripting Problems with Technology: The Limitations of Scripting in a Complex Business Environment
sponsored by Network Automation, Inc
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains that as automation tools continue to evolve in a quest to deliver the most comprehensive set of automated capabilities, the notion of writing scripts will be rendered anachronistic. Continue reading to learn more about the shift from scriping to dynamic, intelligent process automation.
Posted: 27 Oct 2010 | Published: 27 Oct 2010

Network Automation, Inc