Enterprise Applications

A few years ago, talk of using unstructured data sources in the enterprise was relatively rare, but that is rapidly changing. The reason, a thirst for data.

Enterprise Capture leader ABBYY is moving up the enterprise software food chain with the announcement it will acquire US startup TimelinePI. TimelinePI provides a process intelligence platform designed to empower users to understand, monitor and optimize any business process.

While IT organizations are making progress with their own internal digital transformation, they are still struggling to support the broader enterprise, reallocate the technology portfolio, implement a more agile technology infrastructure, drive innovation, and improve customer-centricity, according to 2019 IT Key Issues Research from analyst firm The Hackett Group.

LeanIX, a provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions in Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM), has announced expanded operations in Australia, including offering local data hosting capabilities through Microsoft Azure’s data centre in New South Wales and a new strategic partnership with Citadel Group.

UiPath has announced an RPA automated deployment solution on Microsoft Azure, significantly speeding RPA initiatives with reduced DevOps and data centre infrastructure costs. UiPath makes it easy for customers to leverage a broad range of Azure services including Azure Cognitive Services, Microsoft Office 365, Power BI, and Dynamics 365 to deliver RPA solutions at scale.

OpenText solution provider Fastman has been appointed as an authorized KineMatik partner. The partnership provides Fastman with access to the suite of KineMatik Content Suite/xECM solutions, enabling them to bring enhanced project management, turnkey business process applications, and document publishing solutions to OpenText users within the Asia-Pacific region.

Recently I attended a business networking event and, as you’d expect, the question “So what do you do?” was asked. I gave much the same answer as I’ve given hundreds of times before in that situation and my elevator pitch included the words, ‘business process automation’ (BPA). 

Internet traffic is set to explode, with predictions suggesting it could hit 4.8 zettabytes per year by 2022, which is more than three times the 2017 rate. In Australia, this traffic will consist of data flowing between people and applications, including Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and streaming services, and will increase even further when 5G services become mainstream.

Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates, one of the world’s largest wine companies, has deployed the Icertis Contract Management (ICM) platform to streamline, standardize and automate its contracting processes.  

Google has developed a tool that allows enterprise users of its cloud services to search through their own data, regardless of any third-party platforms where it is stored.

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