Gartner Sums Up SaaS-Based BPM Options
At this week's Gartner BPM Summit, analyst Michele Cantera segmented BPM SaaS adopters into four categories: Pragmatists replacing departmental, on-premise apps; Beginners replacing low-end tools with simple utility apps; Masters weaving SaaS apps into an enterprisewide portfolio; and Visionaries replacing on-premise apps with SaaS wherever possible... She also presented this list of current BPMS SaaS vendors...
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Is software as a service a viable option for process improvement projects? Michele Cantera covered some of the same material here at this week's Gartner BPM Summit in Washington DC, as the SaaS and BPM session in February, but there was some new information as well. For example, based on 2007 estimates, she segmented the BPM SaaS adopters into four categories:
• Pragmatists, forming 49% of the market, are replacing departmental on-premise applications but don't have an enterprise-wide scope. • Beginners, 40% of the market, are replacing low-end software tools with simple utility applications. These are often small or medium businesses who don't want to grow an IT department.