Jim SinurPeter Fingar seems to think so as exhibited by the YouTube link below.
Keep in mind that Peter has written a book on the subject and you will get a little marketing of his book in the slides. I found the slides to be helpful myself despite the marketing, so I am passing on the free stuff to you here. The book will have to be on your dime.
More BPM & cloud information
http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2009/07/30/is-bpm-becoming-viral/
http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2008/12/08/bpm-in-the-cloud/
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Alana Schock August 17, 2009 at 8:54 pm
These slides make the potential of the cloud sound really exciting. However, even after looking at some of the links provided, I am still struggling with understanding what “BPM in the cloud” is exactly – especially when I attempt to relate it to some of the processes we have implemented in our BPMS today. For example, how would we handle our process integration with our other “non-cloud” applications (i.e. our LOB/host system, document management system, etc.) or real-time interaction with and storage of business data that the process generates (in our data warehouse)?
If “BPM in the cloud” could handle those integrations, and still allow us the flexibility to customize the BPMS’s process events as required by our business processes, I would definitely agree it’s a game changer.
2 Sandy Kemsley August 23, 2009 at 9:19 am
Alana, there are ways to integrate cloud platforms with on-premise software: products such as Boomi and Jitterbit do this now, and any BPM cloud vendor will have to look at either integrating with a product like this or building their own enterprise integration.