IT|Redux

Vendors Abandon BPMS Acronym

Saturday, April 1st 2006 | Ismael Ghalimi

Today, over 125 vendors have collectively decided to abandon the BPMS acronym when referring to their products. In a move that has never been seen before in the history of enterprise software, vendors of workflow applications and business rule engines have agreed to call their products what they really are — workflow applications and business rule engines. Following this unprecedented move, Gartner has decided to update the requirements for vendors to make it into the upcoming BPMS magic quadrant, for no qualifying vendor was left standing. As a result, legitimate BPMS vendors with less than $20M of revenue might make it into the quadrant next year.

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1. Ric Hayman  |  April 4th, 2006 at 10:06 pm

If only… It would be funnier if true!

2. Paul Fisher  |  April 6th, 2006 at 5:35 pm

I think there are several Gartner analysts who are smart enough to know a BPMS when they see one. Forrester seemed to get it, and I think Gartner has an even bigger set of criteria. But small size (ability to execute) might keep some people from the upper right.

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