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Original Japanese version

Newly Equipped Enterprise Social Network Service in Version8 of BPM System

Kyoto, Japan — July 1, 2011 — Enterprise software developer Questetra Inc., will publish the new version 8.0 of the cloud-enabled business process management “Questetra BPM suite SaaS Edition” simultaneously worldwide on August 8. The new version will allow facilitating the processes more than ever with newly added “in-house tweet feature” that makes easier to discuss with other department of the company or to place a check on the workers upstream.

Business process management system, today

Business Process Management (BPM) system is an application development environment that requires no programming knowledge. It has modeling feature of business workflow as well as monitoring feature of progress.

For:

• Companies which want to achieve an internal controlled workflow
• Companies wishing to promote a paperless work environment and telecommuting environment
• Companies want to make use of records of operating procedures on analysis on orders and miss orders
• Companies want to prevent business stagnation by monitoring business progress in real-time

Effects:

• Can standardize the information of business flow and transfer
• Can clarify business rules as split conditions or allocate conditions
• Can always overlook the past work history
• Can discover the waste of rework and inefficiencies

Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition

Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition is a cloud-enabled business process management system, which won “Cool Vendor 2010” prize, and every its features, Workflow function, Modeling function and Monitoring function can be used On-line. It has features of Lightweight modeling that designing Process Model to operation can be completed in two hours and Google Apps Integration, and can start any time with more than 400 business model templates. Free Trial: https://questetra.com/en/free-trial-en/

Micro-blogging in the enterprise, today

Enterprise Micro-blog is a communication environment in an organization that staff can freely post short sentences. Recently, an open micro-blog Twitter and Social Networking Service spread so explosively, that many companies put micro-blogging to practical use in communicating inside. Enterprise Social Networking Service brings active info exchange beyond departments and workers share their ideas and feelings. There are many products provided, such as Yammer (Yammer, Inc.), Jive (Jive Software), Chatter (Salesforce.com), Sales OnDemand (SAP), Lotus Connections (IBM).

Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition Version 8

Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition version 8 will be released on August 8, 2011, with “Questetra Feed”, which is a standard equipment enterprise micro-blogging combined to workflow. And also be enhanced in a variety of its functions.

Enterprise micro-blogging combined to workflow: “Questetra Feed”

Workers are able to “Tweet” which tied with individual Process ID easily. They will be able to efficiently process the work through the workflow by activating communications such as the idea outgoing beyond the divisions and teams, advices and suggestions, confirmation of personnel working in the upstream, prior negotiations to the settlement. And in addition “Visualization of progress” and “Accelerating the improvement cycle” is promoted because progress of work colleagues or the workflow designer’s improving policy are indicated.

• SAML Single Sign-On
  • Supports single sign-on with SAML 2.0
• Process modeler
  • Easier designing Web forms, less stress on browser when Data item increases or Model becomes huge
• Search Conditions
  • More free to set a condition in searching business process, and free setting format for search result

Comments from Genichi IMAMURA, CEO

”Often in cases, we use Collaboration tool like internal twitter to open the company. However, it is essential that workflow and collaboration features get together, for example, consolidating ideas and knowledge instantly to deal with complainant. Questetra continuously suggest smooth business process environment with enhancement on Collaboration features.”

Questetra

Questetra, Inc. is a software development company established in April 2008, located in Kyoto, JAPAN. Questetra’s mission is to optimize human tasks around the world. https://questetra.com/

Original Japanese version

Free Open Source Sample App for Smartphone Now Available

Kyoto, Japan — September 15, 2010 — Japanese software development company Questetra, Inc., launches the newest version of its cloud BPM application “Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition: September 2010 Version 7” on September 15.

The new version comes with APIs that enable connectivity with third party software, so companies will be able to create original apps according to their unique business requirements; for example, an iPhone app for issuing quotations or a desktop app for facilitating approvals.

Fig. http: //store.questetra.com/en/info/Sample-iPhone-Android-for-Workflow_20100915.html

Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition

Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition is a global cloud application hailing from Japan designed to promote transparency of company processes and performance. Managers can create and edit workflows easily by drag-and-drop, and instantly update the necessary improvements to the system. This makes it possible to pull BPM out of dead-end discussions and have real, on-site demands drive change. (Free up to 5 users)

The software can handle general office and payment processes (for instance, applying for an advance), as well as complex workflows such as requesting the accounting department to confirm a quotation before submission to a client, or having multiple peers pre-check an important presentation simultaneously and effectively. (Selected in Gartner’s Cool Vendor List, e27’s Asia’s Top 50 Apps, etc.) http ://store.questetra.com/en/

Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition Version 7

Today’s IT world, including the SaaS market, is riding the cloud computing revolution and seeing a shift from “ownership” to “utilization” of information systems. Questetra BPM Suite SaaS Edition Version 7 comes with a further enhanced API package. Companies will find it easier to develop apps for Android, iPhone, iPad, Widgets, Gadgets and interoperation apps within mission-critical systems. Questetra will also provide open source sample codes for iPhone and Android.

Some ways the APIs can be used include:

• Initiating processes from mission-critical system and automatically acquiring info from mission-critical system (BPMN Catching Event API, with secure key);
• Sending info to mission-critical system by POST method, sending out automatic emails, and connecting with ECM system (BPMN Throwing Event API);
• Displaying various tasks in Smartphone app or office screen (Execute Process API, with user authentication);
• Deleting and adding users and groups (User Management API, with user authentication).

Basic authentication and OAuth can be used for user authentication. http ://support.questetra.com/ja/questetra-bpm-suite

Comments from Questetra CEO

“In this age of cloud computing and mashups, we consider offering APIs to be an extremely important part of our business. Questetra will continue to improve on its workflow engine and process modeler, while simultaneously expanding its API library to promote a win-win relationship with consulting and integration partners.”

Questetra

Questetra, Inc. is a software development company established in April 2008, located in Kyoto, Japan. Questetra’s mission is to optimize human tasks and contribute to businesses around the world. https://www.questetra.com/

As of April 2017, Questetra has stopped providing the “Download Edition”. (Added April 2017)

Original Japanese version

BPM software “Questetra BPM Suite” Debut

Questetra starts free download distribution of BPM software “Questetra BPM Suite” on January 20th, 2009.

BPM software “Questetra BPM Suite” enables:

• a process owner to draw and design a business diagram. (Modeling function)
• every participant of a business process to execute the business according to the designed business diagram. (Operating function)

Each task is represented by “a rounded rectangle” in a business diagram, and the order of the tasks and the split are expressed by connections of arrows (Sequence flow). “Questetra BPM Suite” does not require knowledge of programming at all. It is software that widely supports BPM cycles in companies.

Processes targeted by “Questetra BPM Suite” are “Processes composed by tasks that human participants operate.” This sort of software, which manages human tasks and executes work allocation to human participants, is called “Human-Centric BPM software.”

Limitation of Free Edition

“Questetra BPM Suite” can be used free of charge with no limitations of time or the number of users, however, the maximum number of simultaneous jobs is limited “10”. You need to separately buy an “Extension Key” to lift this limitation and use our product on a large scale. (Basically credit card payment is required).

Extension Key Price (/month)

– Extension 100: $100
– Extension 1000: $1,000
– Extension Infinity: $10,000

(*) Maximum of Simultaneous Jobs, Price per server machine, Payable only in U.S. dollars, Sales tax included