Rhyme

Enterprise Process Management (EPM) is a comprehensive application integration platform that enables exceptionally fast integration and extremely rapid development of composite applications. EPM excels at building new strategic business solutions that leverage the functionality of existing applications, orchestrate new business processes and integrate data across the enterprise.

EPM provides organisations with the ability to bring together the 'application islands' into a single solution, that allows department2department to function seamlessly. Whilst the individual systems have and do continue to serve the business well, the lack of a 'joined-up' approach to the systems is something we felt was missing.

We know that senior executives want to increase efficiency by providing access to vital information across the entire enterprise. They want to realise significant cost savings by leveraging the investment made in current applications. They want the ability to react quickly to changing business requirements and compete more effectively. And they want - they need - to make their vision a reality quickly. Is it any wonder that many enterprises consider application integration to be one of their highest priorities?

Caught between coping with complexity and living with limitations, CIOs and system integrators have come to realise that existing solutions are not sufficient to achieve this vision. The answer to this trend has been the ever-growing assemblies of formerly independent technologies. These 'technology assemblies' have introduced excessive complexity and redundancy, resulting in the huge service fees associated with integration projects as well as high levels of failed project.

The advent of mainstream service-oriented architectures and the proliferation of Web services, many integration and development projects have converged. Existing products and technologies have proven unsuitable for delivering the new breed of solution resulting from this convergence. CIOs and system integrators are now demanding a comprehensive platform that has the power to handle the full range of integration and composite application development projects essential for the real-time Enterprise.

EPM is the only application of its kind to incorporate the functionality of an integration server, application server, high performance object database, and a tightly integrated development and management environment in a single, architecturally consistent product. This unique fusion of technologies delivers a platform that provides the power required to integrate the most complex systems with ease and efficiency.