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With a focus on enterprise visibility, optimization, and agility, Metastorm offers market-leading software for Enterprise Architecture (EA), Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Business Process Management (BPM). As an integrated product portfolio, Metastorm Enterprise™ allows organizations to improve business results by unifying strategy, analysis and execution. Metastorm is bringing together these critical disciplines to enable an understanding of enterprise architecture and strategy, accurate impact and opportunity assessment, effective process execution, and accelerated value realization for organizations worldwide.
Metastorm ProVision® provides a comprehensive suite of modeling tools for both enterprise architects and business analysts. Key enterprise assets – including systems, data, resources, processes, products, and suppliers – and their inter-dependencies can be modeled, shared, and refined in a standalone or collaborative environment. Metastorm ProVisionBPA provides robust business process analysis and enterprise modeling capabilities to define critical business processes and associated dependencies, facilitate requirements analysis, simulate multiple scenarios, and optimize processes and related enterprise assets against strategic objectives using Six Sigma, SCOR, ITIL, or other optimization frameworks. Metastorm BPM® is a highly scalable, enterprise BPM suite designed to support automation, deployment, integration, analysis, monitoring, and improvement of both human and system-based processes within and across organizations.
Each solution in the Metastorm Enterprise portfolio can operate standalone or in combination, and Metastorm’s Common Interchange Format (CIF) and support for industry standards facilitates interoperability with other technologies. Combined these applications provide enterprise visibility and agility – allowing both business and IT users to assess the impact of key decisions, identify new opportunities for improvement, and improve overall performance for strategic advantage.
Website: www.metastorm.com
Rethink is a independent Business and IT consultancy that specializes in Performance Improvement and Business Process Management. Rethink’s experience in the BPM field extends to over 15 years, having a long track record in process improvement, analysis and documentation, as well as process automation via workflow and related BPM technologies.
Rethink views BPM and a management strategy that aims to achieve continuous alignment of business processes with corporate strategy. Process efficiency and performance are key drivers in such a strategy. Rethink is able to assist clients across a range of industries to implement BPM, whether they make use of BPM related technologies or not. Lean and Six Sigma are key methodologies used to achieve process efficiency and performance as part of Rethink’s BPM approach.
Website: www.rethink.co.za
For over 30 years, DST International (DSTi) has concentrated on the services around, and development of, asset management, work management and billing systems.
We are delighted to be able to say that our solutions are used by over 700 of the most prestigious names in the industry, in 55 countries worldwide.
DST International works with clients around the world to develop their requirements and vision into sophisticated software solutions within the areas of investment management, financial planning, customer management and business process management.
Solutions range from full-scale software implementation to DSTi acting as an Application Service Provider, and managing the solution on behalf of clients.
Website: www.dstinternational.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services for public and private clients in four areas:
We use our international network (more than 146 000 people in 150 countries), experience, industry knowledge and business understanding to build trust and create value for clients – we call this Connected Thinking.
Website: www.pwc.com
The IQ Business Group combines strategic, operational and technical expertise with proven, methodologies and approaches to make businesses more efficient.
We pride ourselves in our experience, effectively aligning people, technology and processes. We deliver solutions to the financial services, employee benefits, healthcare, government and telecommunications industries utilising a full range of skill sets including project management, process engineering, business analysis, risk management, accounting services, software development and technology expertise.
Set apart by our pragmatic delivery terms, our success is attributed to our ability to evolve and align value propositions with industry dynamics. IQ directs intellectual muscle at the business process and technology layers to unlock value for clients
Website: www.iqgroup.net
Viewpoint Training and Consulting cc is a specialised Business Process Management services company. Viewpoint provides practical training courses, BPM consulting and process modelling support using the knowledge transfer approach. These services help companies build process capability and innovate their business processes for optimisation, agility and cost reduction.
Website: www.viewpoint.co.za E-mail: cathym@viewpoint.co.za Tel: (011) 463-1162
Microgen has worked with a broad range of industries to deliver software, solutions and services that have contributed to the operational effectiveness and efficiency of core business processes. For Organisations, major and Minor IT implementations, represent points of risk and Microgen seeks to reduce this risk through the use of best practice and proven strategies and methodologies.
Website: www.microgen.co.za
BMG's focus is to help clients increase shareholder value by developing high-performance teams, improving profitability and accelerating growth. We do this by engaging organizations in a business transformation process that moves them through the critical stages of change.
Some of the specific methodologies we teach and transfer as part of any tailored solution include: Strategic Planning, Change Leadership, Lean, Six Sigma, Design, Innovation, and Supply Chain Management. We also have a robust set of e-Learning and technology solutions that enhance the success of any performance excellence initiative.
Most importantly, BMG's approach is to ensure that clients insource these capabilities so they can drive and sustain performance gains over the long run.
Website: www.bmgi.com
triVector has an established reputation in South Africa’s specialised business process management market. Formerly know as CPI Services, it has built up a wealth of experience in business analysis and design, enterprise architecture enablement and establishing BPM capabilities.
By leveraging its specialist team’s wealth of expertise and product knowledge triVector delivers solutions that create value for its corporate customers.
Experience in applying enterprise architecture frameworks and principles ensures that the solutions the firm implements are well integrated from strategy to process, and across the enabling domains of application, data, technology and organisation.
triVector’s values of integrity, collaboration, learning and growth, and sharing in success have, during the past six years, delivered sustainable solutions that meet clients’ expectations
E-mail: shinn@communicators.co.za
Website: www.trivector.co.za
Ascentn AgilePoint pioneered .NET-based BPMS and delivered an SOA-aligned, model-driven, meta-data framework architecture to enable any organization to practice ‘adaptable’ and ‘explicit’ process management. This advancement truly empowers business users with process visibility and process-based innovation at both design-time and run-time within an IT governed ecosystem. Ascentn’s ‘Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast’ is a practical approach that delivers on the value proposition of SOA, BPM and composite applications with minimal cost, complexity and code. From financial services, manufacturing, communications through healthcare, companies are turning to AgilePoint to drive process excellence, reduce costs and improve business agility. Ascentn's solutions drive the BPM initiatives of many leading global organizations including Siemens, Vandemoortele, Euphony, Athlon Car Lease, Chinatrust, Cellcom, Elbit Systems, Daisy Brand and most recently, for the world's largest computer maker. Ascentn has offices in North America, Asia Pacific (Taiwan, China, Japan) and EMEA (Belgium and Spain).
Ascentn AgilePoint positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites.
Ascentn AgilePoint received the highest score in Current Product offering as 100% .NET Framework based (not merely Windows-based) BPMS in the latest Forrester BPM Wave Report.
Website: www.ascentn.com
Being a competitive and innovative ICT Company, since 2003, Dake Solutions [Dake] has emerged to become one of the industries’ most preferred Software Development and Consulting Company. The team is a committed group of people with over 50 years of experience, who’s individual and group focus is to fully understand the needs and aspirations of the client and to succeed through the client success.
Dake does not offer one-size-fits all, kind of solutions; each client is carefully analyzed and understood. Dake puts itself in the heart and soul of the client and then design and tailor make solutions that always move the client to the next level.
In information technology terms, a solution may consist of many parts – hardware, software, platforms, databases, applications and people with skills. Dake services portfolio highlights the versatile market areas that it works within in order to help its clients get the best possible IT solutions for their business needs. No matter how big or small an organisation, the solution to their business challenges is unlikely to be met by one vendor or with one product set alone. The business of information management is a highly competitive one, with vendors creating new market segments and innovative products at a very fast pace. An important challenge to organisations is to know which products will bring the utmost benefit to the organisation, this defines the arena that Dake intents to occupy and support its clients.
Website: www.dakesolutions.com
Our BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICES - Tightly integrated with the risk and assurance offerings, and global reach and experience of other practices within Ernst & Young, we differentiate ourselves through four characteristics:
Valued Relationships
Our consultants have a deep understanding of what drives value in our clients, and are committed to mutually-beneficial, long-term relationships.
Team Chemistry
Great people are fundamental to our business. We aspire to have the best people in our industry and offer them better development opportunities than our competitors. How our people work with our clients – their positive experience of EY – will drive our business.
Real Insight
We are dedicated to creating real insight for our clients. Our world-class methods & tools and unrivalled knowledge of our clients’ industries allow us to bring innovative and actionable insights to their most complex problems.
Sustainable Improvement
We care passionately that our project work with clients creates a lasting improvement in their performance which endures after the project stops.
Business Advisory Services provides independent, objective and high value business advice to clients, focused on improving the effectiveness of the finance function, programme assurance and business performance improvement. The ultimate is to create measurable increases in shareholder value and service from the top down, creating confidence for our clients. We focus on understanding our client’s needs while building key relationships which enable us to deliver both tactical and operational service excellence.
BAS offer services across Government; energy, chemicals & utilities; industrial & commercial products; telecoms & entertainment, and financial services including private equity clients.
Website: www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/International/Home
Pétanque Business Specialists improves business performance through planning, process architecture and project delivery. VizPro®, our flagship process architecture tools and technique, defines what needs to be done by whom and how. Interactive work-sessions with role-players ensure collaborative process definition, bring about transparency, define roles and ensure buy-in. Action lists developed during the sessions become change drivers to achieve improved performance, implement organisational structures and improved practices.
The strength of VizPro® is the application of user-friendly, easy to use and understand “wow” storyboard visuals, the format of our work-session and the relationships we build with client stakeholders, at each level of the enterprise. We deliver strategic goals through optimised processes, and actionable projects and plans.
Pétanque is proud to associate with a number of blue chip corporate and parastatal enterprises in a number of industries.
Website: www.petanque-c.com
Ovations is a business transformation solutions provider that helps organisations maximise organisational efficiencies and realize improved business results. We do this through a combination of consulting services, product implementations, re-usable solution sets, support, maintenance and training.
We have a unique understanding of the ways that people, processes and technology intersect to create business value. Unlike most consulting firms, we offer an integrated solution that aligns people, processes and technology with business strategy.
Ovations consultants are capable of working both in advisory and execution roles, from strategy through to implementation. We can also support solutions post implementation.
We are partners who are not just along for the ride, but who shape the journey based on real experience rather than untested theoretical knowledge. This is why we are able to offer our clients less risk, yet more reward.
Our key discipline areas are performance and process improvement, people capital management, solutions architecture and integration and solution support and outsourcing.
Website: www.ovationsgroup.com
IBM South & Central Africa is the leading IT services and solutions company that operates in at least 20 countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. IBM is also an innovation company, serving the needs of enterprises and institutions worldwide. The Company seeks to deliver clients success by enabling their own capacity to innovate, so that they may differentiate their organizations to create unique competitive advantage. To help its clients achieve growth, productivity, efficiency, and the realization of greater value through innovation, the Company draws upon the world's systems, software and services capabilities to turn enterprises of all sizes, in every major industry, into on demand businesses. An on demand business is an enterprise that is integrated end-to-end, and, with its business ecosystems of partners, suppliers and clients, is able to manage that extended network dynamically to address new opportunities, respond to changes in demand or threats to its business, enhance flexibility, speed execution and ultimately achieve profitable growth.
As the Innovator's Innovator, IBM looks set to partner companies and governments in the continent, which holds enormous opportunity for economic growth, and contribute in positioning Africa as a major player in the global economy.
eg operations management (pty) is an operations management specialist.
Our software provides historic, real-time and predictive Management Information about all the factors affecting operational performance.
It enables Managers and Team Leaders to make the right operational decisions to effectively measure, manage and improve business operations.
Our solutions enable you to apply proactive and consistent management of work, people and processes anywhere in the world, giving you improved operational effectiveness - wherever our solutions are used customer service, quality and productivity standards improve, rework is minimised and bottlenecks are unlocked.
Our solutions are tried, tested and proven to work in any organisation where process driven operations are critical to business performance, we have completed implementations and improved performance in blue-chip companies throughout the world and currently have over 40,000 users of the eg operational intelligence® software suite.
Clients include HBOS, Norwich Union, Standard Bank, Co-operative Financial Services, Computer Patents Annuities (CPA).
Software AG is the world’s largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. Our 4000 global enterprise customers achieve business results faster by modernizing, integrating and automating their IT systems and processes. As a result, they rapidly build measurable business value and meet changing business demands. Based on our solutions, organizations are able to liberate and govern their data, systems, applications, processes and services -- achieving new levels of business flexibility.
Our leading product portfolio includes solutions for high performance data management, developing and modernizing applications, enabling service oriented architecture, and improving business processes. By combining our technology with industry expertise and best practices experience, our customers improve and differentiate their businesses – faster.
Software AG has almost 40 years of global IT experience and over 3,600 employees serving customers in 70 countries. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW). Software AG posted total revenues of €621 million in 2007.
Software AG – Get There Faster
Website: www.softwareag.co.za
Aligning ICT solutions to ensure smoother business delivery
Through a series of strategic partnerships, AL Indigo delivers ICT solutions to companies from various industry sectors including, amongst others: telecommunications, government, financial services, retail, oil and gas, and manufacturing. AL Indigo’s approach encompasses the implementation of end-to-end, innovative solutions that unlock the full potential of a client’s business. Qualified experts ensure the delivery of flexible and accurate solutions that prevent down-time, increasing the potential increase of revenue to a client’s bottom line. Solutions are provided to clients through AL Indigo’s primary business areas that focus on Infrastructure Services, Service Orientated Architecture, and Enterprise Systems Management.
JHB: (011) 808 6300 CT: (021) 797 0232 KZN: (031) 265 3738 PE: (041) 374 9080 WEB: www.alindigo.com
Website: www.securedatacontent.co.za
Secure Data Content is a leading developer and supplier of knowledge management solutions. We provide a complementary suite of products including document management, forms processing, record management, workflow and hardware.
Product choice is about finding solutions that meet the challenges of your business, adding value to your customers so that you have the advantage of a competitive edge. Companies cannot succeed without a well designed knowledge management policy - and the appropriate solutions, skills and technology.
Secure Data Content offers a range of products that have been tried and tested in small, medium and large concerns. Supported services include consulting, solution design and development strategies through to implementation and project management.
We Provide:
Bytes Systems Integration (SI) is a broad based systems integrator with a range of activities in the consulting, software, networking and enterprise application integration spaces. Bytes SI's core objective is; 'to design, implement and support customised I.T. solutions through the integration of hardware and software systems from global technology leaders that deliver a return on investment (ROI) expectations'. To this end, we have distinct business units, all providing clients with world-class software and service offerings based on platforms, processes and methodologies from acknowledged industry leaders such as Metastorm, Cisco, Microsoft, NetApp, SAP; to name a few.
As an active member of the South African business community, Bytes embraces empowerment and equity. Bytes, wholly owned by the multi billion Rand JSE-listed Altron group, was voted No. 1 in the IT Sector by the Financial Mail in 2007. From a shareholder perspective, Bytes has successfully partnered with Kagiso, a respected and reputable broad-based empowerment group, who currently own 27% of Bytes SA.
Website: www.bytessi.co.za
Visolution is a premier South African management consulting company that draws on deep experience in strategy and transformation projects in Europe and Southern Africa. Our core capability is the ability to help our clients setup strategy, then plan and lead strategy-driven business transformation projects to deliver step change performance breakthroughs. Examples of our business transformation assignments include:
Founded in 2002, we’ve rapidly grown from an early focus on financial services to applying our proven consulting capabilities in strategy and operations across many industries. In spite of our growth, we’re proud to say that we continue to win repeat business from our very first clients.
We offer high returns on consulting investment. Our senior consultants partner with clients to define the key strategic imperatives and design and embed systemic, lasting solutions. We don’t do ‘point solutions’ for ‘fixing the past’ problems, we don’t use prescriptive process-based methodologies or take solutions off-the-shelf; we do tackle tough, high-level issues and focus on ‘investing in the future’ initiatives to realise significant value.
If you think we may be able to be of assistance to you, please contact:
Steve Burke on 082 427 0106 or e-mail steve.burke@visolution.co.za Paul Connolly on 082 905 0326 or e-mail paul.connolly@visolution.co.za David Stewart on 082 466 0973 or e-mail david.stewart@visolution.co.za
What you get out of the CSSA depends on what you put in. The CSSA relies largely on the efforts of volunteers throughout the country.
The Society offers a channel through which members can help solve the social and technical problems of computing. Furthermore increasingly government looks to the society for advice on computing matters and this input can only come from individual members.
Professional Recognition: By using the respected letters "MCSSA" (Member) or "PMCSSA" (Professional Member) after one's name, members are identified as belonging to a professional body.
Business Opportunities: Business opportunities arising out of enquiries to the CSSA are passed on to interested members who have registered their capabilities on the database.
Career Advancement: Increasingly companies recognise CSSA membership for their ICT staff as a prerequisite for promotion and career advancement.
Networking: Seminars, workshops and other events provide opportunities for networking. New in an organisation? Check to see if there are other CSSA members working with you. Information to share? CSSA Central Office will help you find a Special Interest Group have a one-off event.
Media Distribution: Members pay reduced subscriptions to some of South Africa's leading IT publications resulting from our various partnerships, including Brainstorm, ComputerWeek Strategist, Computing SA, Convergence, Intelligence, PC Format and others. Professional Members receive the Brainstorm Magazine an other publications (as available) free.
Seminars and Workshops: These are offered in areas such as information security, business and systems analysis, contractors and consultants, project management, software and systems development, computer-human interaction and medical.
Reduced Entrance Fees: Pay less for many ICT exhibitions, seminars, conferences and workshops. Typical discounts of 10% - 20% offer substantial savings. Special invitations to associated functions and events are issued.
e-Newsletter: A regular e-newsletter contains information about events, projects and activities in the various chapters and ICT generally.
Awards: Active involvement in the coveted IT Personality of the Year, CIO and Project Masters Awards.
International Recognition: CSSA membership grading and admission criteria are continuously evaluated in accordance with international practices and are maintained in line with these requirements.
Expert Opinions: Relationships with other international societies, eg. IFIP mean that CSSA has access to best practices and top international experts.
Top Expo's and Conferences: CSSA, together with the Electronics Industry Federation, EIF, is responsible for presenting Futurex, a leading ICT exhibition and conference that raises all the pertinent issues facing South Africa’s fast moving ICT climate.
Website: www.cssa.org.za
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