Intalio n/3 Projectors

Intalio|n³ Projectors are process-level middleware components that allow any application, database, heritage system, and middleware platform to be transparently exposed as ready-to-use process components that can be orchestrated in a reliable, scalable, and secure fashion within the context of end-to-end business processes.

Designed upon three main requirements: —connectivity, simplicity, and versatility— Intalio|n³ Projectors provide connectivity to any process, user, and system, without requiring the writing of any code, while leveraging existing EAI investments.

Connectivity to Any Process

Large organizations have made tremendous investments in reengineering their core business processes and developing business process maps for certification purposes. Unfortunately, these process assets often remain at the discovery stage, lacking the execution capabilities that would lead to significant returns on process investments.

Most alternative BPM solutions offer some basic import capabilities from diagramming tools such as Microsoft Visio, but usually lack the ability to import sophisticated business process models that have been developed with more advanced business process modeling tools.

Intalio|n³ is the first business process management system to support the leveraging of existing process assets, through Intalio|n³ Projectors that allow existing business process models to be imported from leading process modeling tools, including Casewise Corporate Modeler, IDS Scheer ARIS, Microsoft Visio, MEGA Process, Popkin System Architect, and Proforma ProVision.

Furthermore, Intalio|n³ Projectors are developed in such a way that existing business process modeling tools can be used in conjunction with Intalio|n³ Designer, while both tools share a common repository for executable business processes, leading to lower development, deployment, and maintenance costs.

Benefits

Connectivity to Any System

Large organizations have made tremendous investments in deploying packaged applications such as ERP, CRM, and SCM systems, as well as building custom applications with a variety of platforms and development tools including CORBA, J2EE, and .NET. To be fully effective, end-to-end business processes must leverage such existing systems and treat them as first-class process participants.

Most alternative BPM solutions offer some level of enterprise application integration, but usually either rely on proprietary middleware technologies for providing last-mile connectivity to external systems, or require software engineers to manually bind business processes to existing systems by writing code. Furthermore, such integration is always achieved at the message or transaction level, and never reflects the actual business processes that are engrained within existing systems, leading to additional development, deployment, and maintenance costs.

Intalio|n³ is the first business process management system to support last-mile connectivity to external system in a perfectly platform-neutral manner, through Intalio|n³ Projectors for the leading packaged applications, databases, heritage systems, and middleware platforms.

Furthermore, Intalio|n³ Projectors offer such a connectivity up to the process level, rather than just at the message or transaction level, allowing complete business processes that are engrained within existing systems to be exposed as first-class process participants and reused as process components within the context of larger end-to-end business processes.

Projection of Processes Engrained within Packaged Application with Intalio|n³ Projectors

Benefits: Higher visibility over engrained business processes.
Lower cost of process ownership.
Leveraging of existing application investments.

Simplicity of Development

Most alternative BPM solutions use a combination of connectors and adapters to provide last-mile connectivity to external systems. Connectors offer connectivity at the transport protocol level, while adapters offer connectivity at the data model level. Nevertheless, software engineers still have to write code between the application programming interfaces that are offered by adapters and the application programming interface that is exposed by any process activity, be it for data marshalling/unmarshalling, data assignment, mapping, and transformation, or the propagation of transaction contexts, resulting into additional development costs.

Intalio|n³ Projectors is the first code-free process-level middleware technology that makes any external system available as a ready-to-use set of process activities. Data marshalling/unmarshalling is transparently offered by Intalio|n³ Projectors, while data assignment, mapping, and transformation is enabled through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface by the Intalio|n³ Designer > Mapping Editor.

Furthermore, the propagation of transaction contexts between business processes and external transactional systems is ensured by the transaction manager that is embedded within Intalio|n³ Server.

Benefits

Lower training costs for software engineers.

Lowr development costs.

Faster design-to-production turnover.

Simplicity of Deployment

Most alternative BPM solutions rely on separate mechanisms for exposing external systems at design-time and integrating with them at runtime. As a result, the deployment of executable processes in a production environment requires the manual writing of deployment descriptiors for each external system a business process is integrated with, resulting into additional deployment costs.

Intalio|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to be used jointly at design time and runtime, by both Intalio|n³ Designer and Intalio|n³ Server, offering one-click deployment of executable business processes. Furthermore, this approach also enables the progressive deployment of executable business processes, which deployment can be staged at any level by offering on-line integration with some external systems and off-line emulation of others.

Benefits

Lower training costs for system administrators.

Lower deployment costs.

Faster design-to-production turnover.

Simplicity of Maintenance

Most alternative BPM solutions hardwire the connectivity between executable business processes and external systems within core process definitions. As a result, the defnition of executable business processes must be changed anytime a modification is made to an external system, such as a server migration or version upgrade, resulting into additional maintenance costs.

Intalio|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to support the notion of virtual process participant, allowing an actual system to be exposed through a process interface that provides an additional level of indirection between executable business processes and external systems. As a result, executable business processes remain unaffected by changes that might occur across their surrounding environment.

Benefits

Lower migration and upgrade costs.

Lower maintenance costs.

Lower downtime costs.

Versatility of Coverage

Most alternative BPM solutions tend to put more emphasis on one particular area of connectivity to external systems over other areas. Solutions developed by traditional enterprise application integration vendors usually put a strong emphasis on connectivity to packaged applications and databases, but overlook the need for connectivity to workforce software. Solutions developed by workflow vendors usually put strong emphasis on connectivity to groupware systems and other workflow engines, but lack the robust transaction processing capabilities that are required when integrating with messaging systems and application servers. Connectivity to existing business process modeling tools is remarkably absent from most offerings.

Intalio|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to put equal emphasis on connectivity to all process participants, be they other processes, people, or systems. Furthermore, connectivity to all such process participants is handled using the very same process participant abstraction model, allowing the boundary between automated processes and manual processes to be moved at will based on evolving economic and technical requirements.

Benefits

Leveraging of existing corporate assets.

Lower cost of process ownership.

Lower workflow process reengineering costs.

Versatility of Design

Most alternative BPM solutions are designed upon a particular model for connecting to external process participants: solutions developed by traditional message-oriented middleware vendors usually favor an asynchronous model for integrating with external systems, while solutions developed by traditional application server vendors usually favor a synchronous model for achieving the same purpose. Even though both models can usually accomodate connectivity to most systems and user interfaces, short-lived transactions with databases and long-running interactions with end users have different requirements that are usually better handled by one model over the other, leading to additional development, deployment, and maintenance complexity when trying to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach.

Intalio|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to equally support both synchronous and asynchronous models, while offering a consistent level of functionality and quality of services across them and providing a common model that abstracts the idiosyncrasies of each model. Furthermore, this approach allows for better leveraging of existing middleware systems that are already in place within large organizations.

Benefits

Lower training costs for software engineers.

Lower cost of process ownership.

Leveraging of existing middleware system investments.

Versatility of Offering

Most alternative BPM solutions are built upon proprietary connectors and adapters to external systems and user interfaces. Because there are so many systems to support when including the multiple platforms that might support their deployment and the multiple versions that might have been deployed within complex IT environments, one single vendor can rarely offer a broad-enough range of connectivity on its own.

Intalio|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to be developed on top of off-the-shelf connectors and adapters that are provided by leading middleware vendors including Actional, BEA, IBM, Insevo, and TIBCO. Furthermore, Intalio|n³ Projectors fully leverage the emerging Java Connector Architecture (JCA) and SOAP/WSDL standards, leading to the most comprehensive connectivity offering currently available on the market. This best-of-breed approach allows customers to define the connectivity strategy that best fit their requirements, both from an economic and technical standpoint.

Benefits

Broader range of connectivity to external process participants.

Lower cost of acquisition and support.

Lower cost of process ownership.






		Intalio n/3 Projectors Intalio\|n³ Projectors are process-level middleware components that allow any application, database, heritage system, and middleware platform to be transparently exposed as ready-to-use process components that can be orchestrated in a reliable, scalable, and secure fashion within the context of end-to-end business processes. Designed upon three main requirements: —connectivity, simplicity, and versatility— Intalio\|n³ Projectors provide connectivity to any process, user, and system, without requiring the writing of any code, while leveraging existing EAI investments. Connectivity to Any Process Large organizations have made tremendous investments in reengineering their core business processes and developing business process maps for certification purposes. Unfortunately, these process assets often remain at the discovery stage, lacking the execution capabilities that would lead to significant returns on process investments. Most alternative BPM solutions offer some basic import capabilities from diagramming tools such as Microsoft Visio, but usually lack the ability to import sophisticated business process models that have been developed with more advanced business process modeling tools. Intalio\|n³ is the first business process management system to support the leveraging of existing process assets, through Intalio\|n³ Projectors that allow existing business process models to be imported from leading process modeling tools, including Casewise Corporate Modeler, IDS Scheer ARIS, Microsoft Visio, MEGA Process, Popkin System Architect, and Proforma ProVision. Furthermore, Intalio\|n³ Projectors are developed in such a way that existing business process modeling tools can be used in conjunction with Intalio\|n³ Designer, while both tools share a common repository for executable business processes, leading to lower development, deployment, and maintenance costs. Benefits Higher strategic return on process investment. Lower cost of process ownership. Leveraging of existing process modeling tool investments. Connectivity to Any System Large organizations have made tremendous investments in deploying packaged applications such as ERP, CRM, and SCM systems, as well as building custom applications with a variety of platforms and development tools including CORBA, J2EE, and .NET. To be fully effective, end-to-end business processes must leverage such existing systems and treat them as first-class process participants. Most alternative BPM solutions offer some level of enterprise application integration, but usually either rely on proprietary middleware technologies for providing last-mile connectivity to external systems, or require software engineers to manually bind business processes to existing systems by writing code. Furthermore, such integration is always achieved at the message or transaction level, and never reflects the actual business processes that are engrained within existing systems, leading to additional development, deployment, and maintenance costs. Intalio\|n³ is the first business process management system to support last-mile connectivity to external system in a perfectly platform-neutral manner, through Intalio\|n³ Projectors for the leading packaged applications, databases, heritage systems, and middleware platforms. Furthermore, Intalio\|n³ Projectors offer such a connectivity up to the process level, rather than just at the message or transaction level, allowing complete business processes that are engrained within existing systems to be exposed as first-class process participants and reused as process components within the context of larger end-to-end business processes. Projection of Processes Engrained within Packaged Application with Intalio\|n³ Projectors Benefits: Higher visibility over engrained business processes. Lower cost of process ownership. Leveraging of existing application investments. Simplicity of Development Most alternative BPM solutions use a combination of connectors and adapters to provide last-mile connectivity to external systems. Connectors offer connectivity at the transport protocol level, while adapters offer connectivity at the data model level. Nevertheless, software engineers still have to write code between the application programming interfaces that are offered by adapters and the application programming interface that is exposed by any process activity, be it for data marshalling/unmarshalling, data assignment, mapping, and transformation, or the propagation of transaction contexts, resulting into additional development costs. Intalio\|n³ Projectors is the first code-free process-level middleware technology that makes any external system available as a ready-to-use set of process activities. Data marshalling/unmarshalling is transparently offered by Intalio\|n³ Projectors, while data assignment, mapping, and transformation is enabled through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface by the Intalio\|n³ Designer > Mapping Editor. Furthermore, the propagation of transaction contexts between business processes and external transactional systems is ensured by the transaction manager that is embedded within Intalio\|n³ Server. Benefits Lower training costs for software engineers. Lowr development costs. Faster design-to-production turnover. Simplicity of Deployment Most alternative BPM solutions rely on separate mechanisms for exposing external systems at design-time and integrating with them at runtime. As a result, the deployment of executable processes in a production environment requires the manual writing of deployment descriptiors for each external system a business process is integrated with, resulting into additional deployment costs. Intalio\|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to be used jointly at design time and runtime, by both Intalio\|n³ Designer and Intalio\|n³ Server, offering one-click deployment of executable business processes. Furthermore, this approach also enables the progressive deployment of executable business processes, which deployment can be staged at any level by offering on-line integration with some external systems and off-line emulation of others. Benefits Lower training costs for system administrators. Lower deployment costs. Faster design-to-production turnover. Simplicity of Maintenance Most alternative BPM solutions hardwire the connectivity between executable business processes and external systems within core process definitions. As a result, the defnition of executable business processes must be changed anytime a modification is made to an external system, such as a server migration or version upgrade, resulting into additional maintenance costs. Intalio\|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to support the notion of virtual process participant, allowing an actual system to be exposed through a process interface that provides an additional level of indirection between executable business processes and external systems. As a result, executable business processes remain unaffected by changes that might occur across their surrounding environment. Benefits Lower migration and upgrade costs. Lower maintenance costs. Lower downtime costs. Versatility of Coverage Most alternative BPM solutions tend to put more emphasis on one particular area of connectivity to external systems over other areas. Solutions developed by traditional enterprise application integration vendors usually put a strong emphasis on connectivity to packaged applications and databases, but overlook the need for connectivity to workforce software. Solutions developed by workflow vendors usually put strong emphasis on connectivity to groupware systems and other workflow engines, but lack the robust transaction processing capabilities that are required when integrating with messaging systems and application servers. Connectivity to existing business process modeling tools is remarkably absent from most offerings. Intalio\|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to put equal emphasis on connectivity to all process participants, be they other processes, people, or systems. Furthermore, connectivity to all such process participants is handled using the very same process participant abstraction model, allowing the boundary between automated processes and manual processes to be moved at will based on evolving economic and technical requirements. Benefits Leveraging of existing corporate assets. Lower cost of process ownership. Lower workflow process reengineering costs. Versatility of Design Most alternative BPM solutions are designed upon a particular model for connecting to external process participants: solutions developed by traditional message-oriented middleware vendors usually favor an asynchronous model for integrating with external systems, while solutions developed by traditional application server vendors usually favor a synchronous model for achieving the same purpose. Even though both models can usually accomodate connectivity to most systems and user interfaces, short-lived transactions with databases and long-running interactions with end users have different requirements that are usually better handled by one model over the other, leading to additional development, deployment, and maintenance complexity when trying to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach. Intalio\|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to equally support both synchronous and asynchronous models, while offering a consistent level of functionality and quality of services across them and providing a common model that abstracts the idiosyncrasies of each model. Furthermore, this approach allows for better leveraging of existing middleware systems that are already in place within large organizations. Benefits Lower training costs for software engineers. Lower cost of process ownership. Leveraging of existing middleware system investments. Versatility of Offering Most alternative BPM solutions are built upon proprietary connectors and adapters to external systems and user interfaces. Because there are so many systems to support when including the multiple platforms that might support their deployment and the multiple versions that might have been deployed within complex IT environments, one single vendor can rarely offer a broad-enough range of connectivity on its own. Intalio\|n³ Projectors is the first process-level middleware technology to be developed on top of off-the-shelf connectors and adapters that are provided by leading middleware vendors including Actional, BEA, IBM, Insevo, and TIBCO. Furthermore, Intalio\|n³ Projectors fully leverage the emerging Java Connector Architecture (JCA) and SOAP/WSDL standards, leading to the most comprehensive connectivity offering currently available on the market. This best-of-breed approach allows customers to define the connectivity strategy that best fit their requirements, both from an economic and technical standpoint. Benefits Broader range of connectivity to external process participants. Lower cost of acquisition and support. Lower cost of process ownership.


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