FloSuite Announces £2m R&D Programme to Deliver Next Generation of BPM Solutions for the Global Professional Services Sector

FloSuite, the leading provider of Microsoft-centric BPM solutions to the global professional services sector, today announced a £2m R&D programme that will underpin the delivery of its next-generation of process-centric applications.

The programme will encompass development of advanced case management capabilities within FloSuite’s core BPM platform, and extended support for new features included within Microsoft’s latest Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007 application suite.

These key advances will provide the basis for delivery of a next generation of sophisticated FloSuite BPM solutions, which will enable professional services organisations to manage various types of case-based workloads more easily within a true BPM-driven framework – with the added ability to work seamlessly from within Microsoft Office 2007 interfaces.

By building deeper integration capabilities with Vista and Office 2007 interfaces, business users and managers will have extended options to launch and interact with FloSuite processes from within their everyday Microsoft Office working environment – including applications like Outlook, Word, Excel and SharePoint.

This latest round of investment comes only months after the completion of a two-year project to re-develop and enhance FloSuite’s existing Microsoft Visio-based application design environment, .NET Web Client and existing Outlook and SharePoint user interface options.

Russell Wood, VP Sales, FloSuite, said: “FloSuite aims to provide easily configurable interface capabilities and templates, separate from and in addition to starter processes, that enable users to rapidly build and deploy real applications in their entirety using our suite of tools.

“These interfaces and applications – whether file opening, case management, support, HR or any other – can be composite solutions that take advantage of existing systems and data where appropriate.”

The latest FloSuite R&D programme is aimed at significantly simplifying the deployment of complex process-centric applications, removing the need for bespoke development or embedding business rules in various back end systems.

Mr Wood added: “FloSuite is addressing an important gap in the market, whilst also enabling business people to have the option of interacting with their systems, data and processes from within a rich Microsoft Office 2007 interface or thin Web client.”