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Independent BPM Analyst Bruce Silver Recognizes Appian Enterprise 5.6 for Ease of Use and Leading Edge Analytics in 2007 BPMS ReportJune 12, 2007; 02:36 AM “In preparing this report, I conducted a complete evaluation of Appian Enterprise 5.6 and was impressed with its combination of usability and leading edge BPM functionality,” stated Bruce Silver, Principal Analyst, Bruce Silver Associates. “Appian is different than most BPMSs in the pure-play market with its complete collaboration portal and integrated analytics capabilities.” Underscoring the company’s dedication to simplifying BPM and integrating casual users into the process, the report states that Appian Enterprise is one of the few BPMSs to support browser-based design and the only one to provide a hosted SaaS environment, both of which benefit from Appian’s extensive use of AJAX. The report recognizes Appian’s efforts in delivering a fully web-based WYSIWYG Forms Designer, Process Modeler and business rule designer, stating that “most aspects of [Appian’s] implementation design are intended to be business analyst-friendly, and there is no dividing line between modeling and design activities.” The report goes on to state that the Forms Designer “lets users rapidly build specialized forms using a simple drag-and-drop interface.” In addition to Appian Enterprise 5.6’s usability, the report recognizes the superior flexibility, management and analytics power that it delivers. Silver states: “Unlike most BPMSs, which maintain live process instance data separately from the ’warehouse’ of process performance data, Appian’s unique Real-Time In-Memory Database does not distinguish between the two, allowing performance reporting based on any set of process data, fully configurable at runtime.” "Bruce Silver is one of the most respected analysts in the BPM arena, and we are proud of his Appian Enterprise 5.6 evaluation,” said Philip Larson, Director of Product Management at Appian. “Appian focuses on delivering a BPM Suite that not only provides leading functionality, but also simplifies the user experience and enables close collaboration, so that our customers see true business benefits and competitive advantages from our solution. Appian Enterprise 5.6 is a significant step beyond the competitive offerings in this space, and we are excited by this early feedback from Silver & Associates.” To view Bruce Silver’s 20007 BPMS Report on Appian Enterprise 5.6 please visit: http://www.appian.com/downloads/papers_reports.jsp About Appian Appian is a leading provider of business process management (BPM) technology that helps organizations design, manage, and optimize their business processes. Appian Enterprise has revolutionized process design with a modeling environment that is simple enough for business users yet powerful enough for IT. Appian is the first BPM vendor to combine collaboration and content management with process to create best practice business processes. Appian's patent-pending Active Optimization Technology, which analyzes the in-flight process data stream, not just stored data, helps companies stay ahead of the competition. For more information, visit www.appian.com Bruce Silver Associates Bruce Silver is an independent industry analyst focused on BPM. He is co-chair of the BPM Institute conference series and author of the BPMS Report series of product evaluations on www.bpminstitute.org. He also provides training on Process Modeling with BPMN through www.bpmessentials.com, and writes the popular BPMS Watch blog (www.brsilver.com/wordpress). |
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