Happy New Year to All

I can only hope that the new year brings you all the wishes and dreams that you imagine while respecting the souls that share this planet with you. You may be wishing for deeper relationships with significant others, family and friends. You may be wishing for continued or better health. You may have a bigger picture in mind, therefore you are wishing for peace on earth. You may be looking for opportunities to serve and bless others. You may want to make yourself a better person with the help of God and close peeps. It matters not, but I pray your wishes come true in 2016.


   HAPPY NEW YEAR:  A TOAST to 2016 & YOU !!!!!

Tibco as a Digital Business Platform

Recently I published two blogs about digital business and digital platform. The firstdefined digital business, and the second described the components of a digital business platform. Now, it is time to investigate TIBCO and the digital business platform (DBP). This post will not be an inventory of all of the technologies provided by TIBCO, but a list of strengths to consider in creating your organization’s digital business platform. This is my first DBP vendor rating and I decided to focus on core strengths rather than detailed capabilities. If you are curious about other vendors please see the linked post here. If you want to hear about other vendors in the future, please contact me through my blog. Here is my take on Tibco as a DBP

Traditionally, TIBCO was known for its strong integration capabilities. However, over time, TIBCO has either built or bought significant technology assets that can be used stand alone or in combination with other technologies. Recently, TIBCO has embarked on integrating some of its technology assets and expanding base capabilities to provide for the complete Digital Business Platform (DBP).

Happy Holidays

I would like to wish my readers the best of the holiday season as I ponder the "good news" of my saviors birth. Sherry, Maggie Mae and I wish you a blessed and peaceful holiday season and particularly good health for 2016. I can count my blessings for 2015 and am thankful for the ability to communicate with many readers out there. I expect another exciting year for those that are dealing with the transformation to digital, so let's enjoy the time to rest and hang with our loved ones plus friends. I also hope and pray for more peace in a turbulent world. 

Blog Activity for 4Q 2015

I thought you might find it interesting what folks are interested in reading about process related topics on my blog. The hot topics were business rules, fast data, digital business, build digital transformation plans and predictions for 2016,  but that might have been influenced by the fact that I did a series on each topic I'm now on my way to 250,000 hits to date since I semi-retired from good old Gartner. I would sure like to hear what topics you would be interested in, so I can more meet your needs. Please post a comment, if you think there is a need for a particular topic. 

Where in the world are the hits coming from?  The US is always number one by a wide margin and is not shown here. There is no surprise that France, Russia & Germany are at the top, but I am surprised that Russia jumped ahead of France this quarter. 

Smart Process Snippets: Enabling the Digital Business

It has been proven that end-to-end or large-scoped processes can behave intelligently by calling out to big data analytics, predictive analytics, cognitive knowledge services, mining, optimization, and signal or pattern recognition services. In many cases, the process software can embed these capabilities in a process/case to augment a case or process, identify opportunities for change, and make adjustments in flight. These are centralized and encompassing processes, but the idea of smaller sub-processes, or  process snippets, that can be leveraged in different contexts in a static or dynamic mode is emerging. They may be either in a centrally controlled case or process, or acting autonomously. How do snippets get smart? 

If you want more details, please see 
 http://www.tibco.com/blog/2015/12/14/smart-process-snippets-enabling-the-digital-business/

Art Projects for 4Q Quarter 2015

I concentrated on digital art this quarter and have some pieces to share with you. I managed to be shown in Art Scope Miami this month, so that was exciting. One of these days, I'll make a featured artist and head out to one of these big events. I hope you enjoy these and let me know if any appeal to you :) You can check out my web sites for older pieces.

Web Presence: http://www.james-sinur.com/  & http://www.jamessinur.com/

Digital Art: 

The Blues:

Cool Ripples:

Marble Explosion:

Color on Fire:

Paintings: 

Lava Flow:

Mystical Mesa:

Transforming Signals into Business Opportunities

There are many signals and events that emerge in and around organizations. Now add to that the signals that are merging in a real-time fashion in the geopolitical world and markets that are changing daily. In addition, there will be many signals coming from the billions of things in the Internet of Things (IoT). If you don’t have a headache thinking about this right now, let me add some more complication for you. Like the “Transformers” in the highly successful movie series from Paramount Pictures, signals can disguise themselves, so they look normal. Now, not only do organizations have to capture many more signals to process, but they also have to figure out which ones really matter as they can transform into an opportunity or a threat. While individual signals could mean something to organizations as they could be leading indicators, it is generally true that business patterns emerge from a number of signals sensed over time. Once recognized, these business patterns will require proper analysis, critical decisions, and appropriate actions. 

See the following for more details: 
http://www.tibco.com/blog/2015/12/09/signals-business-patterns-in-disguise/