Interfacing technologies
Encyclopedia
Interfacing Technologies Corporation is a business process management
software solution provider located in Montreal
, Canada
. Interfacing’s software and consultants have served over 400 Global Fortune 1000 and governmental clients worldwide. Their partners include Microsoft
, the Object Management Group
(OMG), Sun Microsystems
, and Oracle Corporation
.
systems and tools that enable business users to model, map and manage business processes and related knowledge. Their product line includes a Free Visio BPMN Modeler plugin, a process simulation tool, and an Enterprise-wide business process management suite.
Free Visio BPMN Modeler: Released in early 2008, this free plugin for Microsoft
Visio provides specific features to aid modelers in the creation of BPMN process flowcharts.
Designer: This award-winning process simulation tool allows consultants to construct detailed what-if scenarios in order to provide feedback to process designers. The processes modeled in Interfacing's designer can be run for simulation over time to conduct process analysis.
Enterprise Process Center (EPC): The Enterprise Process Center (EPC) is a multi-user Business Process Management suite. The EPC includes modules for a complete process repository, organizational management, company documentation, enterprise risk management
, business rules, business metadata
, web services, and corporate audits. Featuring a Business Intelligence
module, powered by Cognos
.
Business process management
Business process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
software solution provider located in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Interfacing’s software and consultants have served over 400 Global Fortune 1000 and governmental clients worldwide. Their partners include Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, the Object Management Group
Object Management Group
Object Management Group is a consortium, originally aimed at setting standards for distributed object-oriented systems, and is now focused on modeling and model-based standards.- Overview :...
(OMG), Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
, and Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
.
Products
Interfacing provides collaborative business process managementBusiness process management
Business process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
systems and tools that enable business users to model, map and manage business processes and related knowledge. Their product line includes a Free Visio BPMN Modeler plugin, a process simulation tool, and an Enterprise-wide business process management suite.
Free Visio BPMN Modeler: Released in early 2008, this free plugin for Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Visio provides specific features to aid modelers in the creation of BPMN process flowcharts.
Designer: This award-winning process simulation tool allows consultants to construct detailed what-if scenarios in order to provide feedback to process designers. The processes modeled in Interfacing's designer can be run for simulation over time to conduct process analysis.
Enterprise Process Center (EPC): The Enterprise Process Center (EPC) is a multi-user Business Process Management suite. The EPC includes modules for a complete process repository, organizational management, company documentation, enterprise risk management
Enterprise Risk Management
Enterprise risk management in business includes the methods and processes used by organizations to manage risks and seize opportunities related to the achievement of their objectives...
, business rules, business metadata
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
, web services, and corporate audits. Featuring a Business Intelligence
Business intelligence
Business intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes....
module, powered by Cognos
Cognos
Cognos was an Ottawa, Ontario-based company making business intelligence and performance management software. Founded in 1969, at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries.Originally Quasar Systems Limited, it adopted the Cognos...
.
History
- 1983: Company founded, privately held.
- 1994: Interfacing releases the first version of their FirsSTEP process re-engineering solution for analysis and simulation.
- 1995: Interfacing receives the Imaging Award.
- 1997: Partnership established with Microsoft VisioMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft Visio , formerly known as Microsoft Office Visio, is a commercial diagramming program for Microsoft Windows that uses vector graphics to create diagrams.- Features :...
. - 1998: Computer Associates (CA) UnicenterTNG Award is granted.
- 2000: Interfacing releases an entrprise-wide business process management system, the Enterprise Process Center.
- 2001: GartnerGartnerGartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
places Interfacing as Visionary on the Magic QuadrantMagic QuadrantThe Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. According to Gartner, the Magic Quadrant aims to provide a qualitative analysis into a market and its direction, maturity and participants, thus possibly enabling a company...
. - 2007: Asian office is opened in Singapore.
- 2007: Interfacing develops a medical guideline software platform in conjunction with the National Comprehensive Cancer NetworkNational Comprehensive Cancer NetworkNational Comprehensive Cancer Network is an alliance of twenty-one cancer centers in the United States, most of which are designated by the National Cancer Institute as comprehensive cancer centers...
(NCCN).
See also
- Service Oriented Architecture
- Enterprise application integrationEnterprise application integrationEnterprise Application Integration is defined as the use of software and computer systems architectural principles to integrate a set of enterprise computer applications.- Overview :...
- Business process managementBusiness process managementBusiness process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
- Enterprise service busEnterprise service busAn enterprise service bus is a software architecture model used for designing and implementing the interaction and communication between mutually interacting software applications in Service Oriented Architecture...