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  • Suncorp automates loan processing, goes paperless

    In order to remain competitive in the crowded arena of financial lending, Queensland-based firm Suncorp realised it needed a strategy to accelerate loan processing processes.

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 19 Oct. 11 17:15

  • SLIDESHOW: CIO Roundtable - mobile devices and BYOT

    Photos from the lunch, sponsored by Motorola Mobility

    Written by Georgina Swan • 12 Oct. 11 13:31

  • Oracle's Big Data Appliance taps growing enterprise need, analysts say

    Oracle's new Big Data Appliance, officially introduced at the OpenWorld2011 conference in San Francisco, should appeal to enterprises looking for more efficient ways to capture, organise and analyse vast amounts of unstructured data.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan • 04 Oct. 11 08:19

  • Post-merger Vodafone, 3 unify project management

    With 5000 staff, 600 stores, 7.5 million customers and $4.4 billion in revenue, the merged Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has consolidated its project management office around one core application which it is now integrating with other business systems.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 26 July 11 09:31

  • Imixs open source BPM, workflow engine reaches 3.0

    The open source Imixs Workflow and BPM project has reached its third-generation with a framework now based on the Java EE 6 architecture.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 22 July 11 10:03

  • BonitaSoft updates open source BPM suite

    French software company BonitaSoft has released version 5.5 of its Bonita Open Solution, an open source Business Process Management (BPM) suite, adding more development and testing tools.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 30 May 11 11:39

  • CIOs come of age as business leaders: Study

    We have been talking about it for years but it looks as if it’s finally happening; CEOs and CIOs are aligned in their thinking around the future challenges and complexity and IT plays a critical role.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 18 May 11 13:11

  • BHP Billiton loses key CIO to overseas port

    The CIO of BHP Billiton Stainless Steel Materials in Perth, Frits de Vroet, has resigned from the company to take on a new role as a chief process officer (CPO) in Europe.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 17 May 11 13:29

  • TransGrid begins business process modelling project

    NSW state-owned electricity transmission network operator, TransGrid, has started a three-month business process modelling system (BPMS) project to deliver process modelling capability across its enterprise in a standard way.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 05 April 11 11:16

  • Globalisation: Choosing technology that fits your market

    Aegon Religare wants to grow its insurance sales in tandem with the salaries of a burgeoning middle class in India. The fastest way to do it, company executives determined last year, would be to sell policies on the Internet-a novel way to market insurance in that country.

    Written by Kim S. Nash • 30 Sept. 10 07:30

  • Lessons in successful BPM from Lincoln Trust

    When ballooning costs and chaotic workflows send projects spiraling out of control, IT often gets called to put out the fire. But to execute successful business process management, a CIO must not only extinguish the flames, but redirect IT's role from order taker to solution provider.

    Written by Marketa Hulpcachova • 30 Sept. 10 07:06
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    Who Should Lead BPM Projects?

    Who should lead a business performance management project: IT, finance or both? For Lisa Mullaney, former director of Chiquita's financial planning and analysis group, the answer was clear: "This is an application and a tool set that is owned by finance."

    Written by Robert L. Mitchell • 10 Aug. 10 04:44

  • Oracle socializes business process management

    While business process management (BPM) has traditionally been about automating office and departmental workflows, Oracle is looking to put humans back into the loop, at least in an advisory capacity.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 21 June 10 05:25

  • Salesforce.com unveils business process tools

    Salesforce.com is broadening the range of its Force.com cloud development platform with a new visual tool set for designing business processes, the company announced Wednesday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 04 Feb. 10 04:21

  • CPOs replace CIOs but support CSOs and CTOs

    The increasing importance of business transformation has led to the creation of a new C-level title - the Chief Process Officer (CPO).

    Written by Michael Crawford • 10 Jan. 07 09:35
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