Introduction to ActiveVOS

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ActiveVOS 7 demos and information

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ActiveVOS demonstrations, data sheets and VOSibilities blog
A brief introduction to ActiveVOS	Watch a short introduction to BPMN 2.0 modeling in ActiveVOS
Download the ActiveVOS 7 data sheet	This document describes the new features and capabilities of ActiveVOS 7
CTO Tuesdays podcasts cover technical topics related to BPM, BPEL and BPMN	The VOSibilities blog offers podcasts, news and commentary

Analyst reports & reviews

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ActiveVOS analyst reports and reviews
Ovum BPM Decision Matrix rates ActiveVOS "consider"	MWD Advisors says Active Endpoints hits the event-driven BPM sweet spot
SOA, BPM and building a digital business	Bloor Research recommends ActiveVOS as the BPMS to help control business processes
Butler Group provides a balanced, impartial description of ActiveVOS and its BPM capabilities	Forrester TechRadar™ Business Process Management Suites (subscription required)

ActiveVOS BPMN 2.0 screenshot tour

ActiveVOS 7 is a model-based business process management system (BPMS). In ActiveVOS, process applications are designed using Business Process Modeling Notation 2.0 (BPMN). These BPMN 2.0 models are executed on the ActiveVOS server as standard Business Process Execution Language (BPEL 2.0) processes. The same visualization is used for the process during design, development, testing and in production.

Click on any of the screenshots below to see how ActiveVOS's BPMN canvas can improve collaboration during design and increase the development team's productivity.

BPMN 2.0 Screenshot Tour
In ActiveVOS, developers can collaborate with business analysts and end users to create sophisticated BPMN process models that can be directly executed on ActiveVOS's BPEL execution engine	The ActiveVOS designer canvas makes using BPMN 2.0 easy. A breadcrumb trail makes it easy to navigate in large process models
As process models become more complex, managing them in the designer is easy using ActiveVOS's drill down capability. Process models can be easily collapsed and expanded using a convenient drill-down capability	ActiveVOS can produce documentation automatically directly from process models, ensuring that documentation is always in synch with the running process
When processes are running on the ActiveVOS server, they are displayed in precisely the same BPMN notation as during development

ActiveVOS Central

ActiveVOS 7 includes ActiveVOS Central -- a complete, out-of-the-box application that centralizes interactions with ActiveVOS BPMS. End users can access tasks, find and start processes and display information about the state of the business. For developers and business analysts, creating forms for processes and tasks to be used in ActiveVOS Central and customizing ActiveVOS Central is easy, using the integrated AJAX-based forms designer.

Click on any of the screenshots below to take a tour of ActiveVOS Central.

ActiveVOS Central Screenshot Tour
ActiveVOS Central is a convenient way for users to interact with processes, tasks and reports. Users can search for tasks, initiate new processes and access reports and graphs	ActiveVOS Central is the first place users look to find out what tasks have been assigned to them. ActiveVOS Central is a complete implementation of the BPEL4People and WS-Human Task standards, which make combining human workflow with system tasks easy
ActiveVOS Central allows users to initiate processes easily and only shows users processes which they are authorized to initiate	Services-enabled forms permit designers to include processes in the form that deliver context for users managing tasks
ActiveVOS Central offers both business intelligence (BI) and business activity monitoring (BAM) via graphs and reports	Business analysts and developers can easily design AJAX-based forms for use in ActiveVOS Central

Integrating human and system tasks

ActiveVOS offers very complete, standards-based support for complex business processes that include both system and human tasks. This screenshot tour shows some of ActiveVOS 7's new features for modeling, testing, displaying and managing tasks and worklists.

Click on any of the screenshots below to take a tour of human task and workflow capabilities in ActiveVOS.

ActiveVOS Human Task/WS-HumanTask Screenshot Tour
Human activities are modeled and executed in precisely the same way in ActiveVOS. Full support for human tasks is based on the WS-HumanTask standard. ActiveVOS automatically handles scheduling and escalation	Integrated AJAX-based forms design offers intelligent default task forms and permits designers to take full advantage of AJAX to create advanced user interfaces
ActiveVOS's flexible and complete testing functions do not discriminate between human activities and system tasks. Testing complex processes is therefore much easier	Direct support for the WS-HumanTask standard in ActiveVOS makes deployed tasks look just like services from the point of view of the running process
At runtime, human task status is displayed in the original BPMN 2.0 model. This permits users -- including managers and operations staff -- to determine exactly who has been assigned to an in-flight task

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Introduction to ActiveVOS

ActiveVOS 7 demos and information

Analyst reports & reviews

ActiveVOS BPMN 2.0 screenshot tour