Fujitsu IT Leadership Continues to Shape Business Process Management Industry
Workflow Management Coalition Reappoints Keith Swenson as Vice Chairman (Americas) and Technical Committee Chairman, and Dave Hollingsworth as Technical Committee Chairman Emeritus
SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 19, 2008- Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation and the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) today announced that for the second year in a row, Keith Swenson, Fujitsu Computer Systems' vice president of research and development, has been appointed the WfMC's vice chairman (Americas) and technical committee chairman, and Dave Hollingsworth, managing solutions architect, Fujitsu Services, Ltd., has been named technical committee chairman emeritus.
The Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) is the only standards body focused exclusively on workflow and business process management, and in 2008 will continue its work on promoting the adoption of its core standards, XML Process Definition Language (XPDL) and Wf-XML, and driving overall market awareness and implementation of workflow and BPM through on-going education programs and industry-wide collaborations.
"The long-term involvement of Keith and Dave in the Workflow Management Coalition is of tremendous value to both the industry and Fujitsu," Ryosuke Mori, executive vice president, Software and Strategy, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation. "They are playing a key role in ensuring that the industry stays focused on meeting the needs of customers, and they ensure our products conform to most stringent industry standards and remain best-in-class."
Keith Swenson, WfMC Vice Chairman (Americas), Technical Committee Chairman
Swenson's accomplishments in the field of workflow include years of design innovation and major contributions to workflow
industry standards. He presented the first Web Services proposal, called Simple Workflow Access Protocol (SWAP), which included
concepts later integrated into a standard known as Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) developed at W3C. He also helped propose
and form the OASIS Asynchronous Service Access Protocol Technical Committee (ASAP TC), has chaired working groups at the Workflow
Management Coalition, is involved in the development of standards such as Web Services Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF)
and XPDL, and was part of the technical committee for the Object Management Group (OMG) workflow interface effort. A recognized
authority on workflow technology, Swenson is a published author, blogger, and a featured speaker at industry conferences.
"I'm very proud of the progress WfMC has made this past year, particularly in the area of XPDL standard development," said Swenson. "XPDL is now the defacto standard for process interchange, and the new version due this month includes a significant advance in the ability to measure vendor conformance to the standard. In 2008, we will begin to focus on areas such as cross engine connectivity, events, analytics, and worklist access."
Dave Hollingsworth, WfMC Technical Committee Chairman Emeritus
Following more than a decade of tireless work with the WfMC, Hollingsworth has been recognized with a lifetime title of WfMC
Technical Committee Chairman Emeritus. Among his many contributions, Hollingsworth was the primary author of the Workflow
Reference Model. First released in 1995, it remains today the most widely adopted model for commercial workflow and BPM software,
and has heavily influenced other areas of technology.
Hollingsworth has been a leading contributor to all WfMC working groups, as well as to numerous other industry initiatives. He continues to encourage the development and adoption of open standards. In his role as Technical Committee Chairman Emeritus he will continue to shape and influence the industry-leading work of the WfMC.
"In 2008 we will continue our mission to shape the evolution of the workflow industry by focusing on the benefits that interoperability standards deliver to both customers and vendors," said Hollingsworth. "Interoperability reduces risk and protects customer investment, fostering greater adoption. This is good for the industry and for every participating vendor. I believe that 2008 will be a watershed year during which adoption of XPDL accelerates dramatically."
About The Workflow Management Coalition (www.wfmc.org)
Founded in August 1993, the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) is a non-profit, global organization of adopters, developers, consultants, analysts, and university/ research groups engaged in business process management (BPM). Workflow, or BPM, technology enables people to do their jobs with greater efficiency, traceability, and quality.
WfMC creates and contributes to process-related standards and educates the industry on the benefits of process automation. WfMC is the only standards organization that concentrates purely on process. WfMC created XPDL and Wf-XML and had influence on BPMN, OMG workflow interface, ASAP, and many other process-related standards. In 2006, over 600 individuals across Asia, Europe and the U.S. participated in the WfMC's workshops and training programs. Expanding on this, it will be holding programs and meetings throughout nearly a dozen countries and before an audience of over 1,000 business process professionals in 2007.
About Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Fujitsu Computer Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) committed to the design, development and delivery of advanced computer systems, application infrastructure software products, and managed services for the business enterprise. Through its TRIOLE(TM) strategy, the company offers a complete line of scalable and reliable servers, storage and middleware solutions, high-performance mobile and client computers, as well as professional services. Fujitsu Computer Systems has established itself as a strategic solutions provider to the world's leading organizations by offering technology innovation, customer choice, exceptional product quality and reliability, as well as outstanding customer service. See http://us.fujitsu.com/computers for further information.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.1 trillion yen (US$43.2 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. See http://www.fujitsu.com for further information.
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