PODCASTS

NEW Podcast Series:
The Performance-Driven Organization: Are You There Yet?

Just click and listen --- hear from experts on the steps you can take to become performance-driven and ensure every dollar you spend on IT leads to increased business performance.

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This podcast series, focused on SOA Adoption, will help you discover an efficient and effective way for your organization to adopt an SOA. Recorded for people both new and familiar with SOA, the podcast series describes in ‘plain English’ what’s important in an SOA adoption and how to stay focused on it!

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Join Bruce Williams, Sr. VP and General Manager, BPMS, in this podcast series as he discusses how to move forward with Business Process Management. You will discover how BPM - as a business initiative - is championed by your business leaders, and how to organize and align your people and processes along with BPM technologies.
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Five Tips to Get Funding for Your SOA Projects (24:30)

What's the number one roadblock to moving SOA forward in your organization? Most likely it isn't a weak business case or executive confidence -- it's the inability to secure funding for your SOA projects. In this podcast, experts Franco Castaldini and Mike Shumpert of Software AG will explain the five tips you need to know to help you overcome to roadblocks to SOA funding.

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What is Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Governance? (10:53)

What are the subtleties that make SOA work, and how can it help the IT person become an IT star?

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SOA Governance Best Practices (16:46)

Miko Matsumura expands on reference architectures and models at the core of the most sophisticated global SOA projects.

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Re-organizing Billion Dollar Software (22:38)

SOA governs large-scale software reorganization every day, but the principles are the same across all scales of organizations.

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SOA Lifecycle Governance (21:08)

Different from “lean” or “six-sigma”, lifecycle governance is all about supporting the service consumer.

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Sustainable Competitive Advantage: SOA Business Strategy (18:14)

A sound SOA business strategy empowers organizations to pursue strategies like Business Process Outsourcing, Mergers and Acquisitions and dramatically shorten the time-to-market for new services made of composite parts.

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Policy, The Heart of SOA Governance (0:18:45)

There’s lots of discussion on the word “Policy” in the context of SOA Governance. In this podcast Miko Matsumura defines Policy and how it is developed; also the policy lifecycle.

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SOA and Business Processes (14:35)

A growing trend is the association of Business Process Management, or BPM with SOA. By enabling a platform of reusable IT components, SOA provides a base atop which business processes can be orchestrated and managed.

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BPM Done Right: Best Practices To Help You Succeed Where Others Have Failed (14:52)

The adoption of Business Process Management (BPM) technology is increasing dramatically, but unfortunately so are the stories of missed expectations, wasted investment and failure. It doesn't have to be that way. Mike Lees, Software AG's Senior Director of Product Marketing for BPM, explains how you can profit from experience and succeed where others have failed.

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Painless “BPM Basics for Dummies” (38:59)

IDC’s Maureen Fleming talks to Software AG’s Bruce Williams, co-author of “BPM Basics for Dummies,” about a simple approach to BPM – breaking down to the essentials of BPM.

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Increase Speed & Volume of Underwriting Policies Faster with the Insurance Underwriting Process Framework (8:49)

Industry research has shown that underwriting error rates can be as high as 10% and 60-70% of the underwriting cycle time is spent in information verification and data access and retrieval. No insurance company can afford to become one of these statistics. Proactive insurers are seeking ways to shorten their underwriting cycle time and win more business. Matt Chan, Software AG's Senior Director of Financial Services Strategy, discusses the dynamics of underwriting and the advantages of leveraging the Software AG Underwriting Process Framework.

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Using an Order-to-Cash Process Framework to Improve Your Supply Chain Performance (10:17)

Benchmark data confirms that improving the performance of the order-to-cash process translates to competitive advantage for your company. Whether your primary business is manufacturing, distribution or retail, using a process framework based on industry standards and best practices can dramatically assist you in improving your supply chain performance. Conchi Garcia, Software AG's Industry Marketing Manager, discusses the challenges addressed and results achieved by leveraging Software AG's Order-to-cash process framework.

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Improve Time to Value with a New Product Introduction Process Framework (10:49)

Business executives, supply chain leaders and their IT colleagues are increasingly focused on strategies to improve the new product introduction process. They are determined to shorten product “Time to Value,” a key measure of a company’s ability to respond to market opportunity. Deb Miller, Software AG's Director of Manufacturing & Retail Strategy, discusses current market demands and the challenges that can be addressed by leveraging Software AG's new product introduction process framework.

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Increase Retail Operations Efficiency with a Product Recall Process Framework (10:50)

Stalled or failed product recalls impact consumer safety and can cost retailers millions of dollars in sales, and loss of customers and company reputation. Leading retailers are proactively taking the steps necessary to reduce risks in their supply chain by improving their product recall process. They recognize that transparent and consistent execution at the store level is a critical success factor. Deb Miller, Software AG's Director of Manufacturing & Retail Strategy, discusses the dynamics of the product recall process and the advantages of using a product recall process framework.

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Improve HR Efficiency and Employee Retention with Software AG’s Employee Onboarding Process Framework (12:03)

Onboarding new hires has long been an administrative headache for larger organizations. Given that employee onboarding impacts the speed with which new hires become productive and has a direct bearing on compliance-sensitive processes, optimizing this process has tremendous payoffs. Conchi Garcia, Software AG's Manager of Government Strategy, discusses the benefits achieved by leveraging Software AG's employee onboarding process framework.

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Achieve Ultimate Finance Control with Software AG’s Monthly Close Process Framework (11:11)

The monthly close process results in a set of financial statements that tell a story about the financial performance and condition of a company and CFOs should make this process a management priority because it enhances the effectiveness of the finance organization. Conchi Garcia, Software AG's Manager of Government Strategy, talks about how using a process framework based on standards, best practices and peer experience can dramatically assist a company in improving and accelerating the monthly close process.

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Using a Procure-to-Pay Process Framework to Streamline Government Agencies’ Operations (9:16)

Many government agencies worldwide are drawing on private sector practices to implement new procurement strategies that will improve service performance levels and reduce costs. Conchi García, Software AG's Manager of Government Strategy, talks about how using a process framework based on standards, best practices and peer experience can dramatically assist a government agency in improving its procurement processes.

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Moving from COBOL to SOA (3:48)

If you know COBOL, you probably understand more about service-oriented architecture (SOA) than you realize. In this podcast Henry Sobieski, Software AG’s director of product marketing for application modernization, provides helpful guidelines for opening up COBOL environments to SOA.

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Preserving Organizational DNA (3:54)

Just like the human body, every organization has DNA that needs to be preserved and extended into the future in order to ensure survival. In this podcast Jim Fowler, Software AG’s director of market development, tells where to find this DNA and how to harness its power for maximum business benefit.

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Repairing Organizational DNA (4:22)

Organizational DNA that’s been around for years or decades inevitably gets frayed. In the case of mainframe-based core applications this problem often shows up in the user interface. In this podcast Jim Fowler, Software AG’s director of market development, describes how simple DNA repairs can have a surprisingly large organizational impact.

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Archiving Adabas Data (3:58)

Organizations are producing more and more data each year, and it all must be stored and managed. What impact is this glut of data having on your Adabas system? In this podcast Bruce Beaman, Software AG's senior director of product marketing for Adabas and Natural, reveals why data accumulation is a larger issue than you may think - and what you can do about it.

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