| | September 20168CIOReviewCopyright © 2016 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewSEPTEMBER 30 - 2016Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 SEPTEMBER 30 - 2016, Vol 05 SE 77 - Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com WORKFLOW SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesAaron Pierce Ava Garcia Joshua Parker Alex D'Souza Eileen SinghSarah Fernandes Jennifer Stephenjennifer.stephen@cioreview.comT: 510.565.7559VisualizersStephen ThomasManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorialK. Manoj KumarThe dramatic shift in today's work environment--from globally distributed teams to increasingly mobile workforces--is forcing enterprises to seek innovative methods to manage and track work progress. While traditional methods fail, the modern, highly customizable workflow management systems (WMS) can help enterprises here, by synchronizing all aspects of process workflows and providing methods to route the work in proper sequence, giving access to the data and documents required by employees, and tracking process execution.The improvements to productivity delivered by these WMS tools are amplified when it is paired with mobile, cloud and social strategies. While mobility helps embrace trends like BYOD into process execution, social component can boost collaboration and build a tightly knit community within the enterprise. Cloud, on the other hand, can help enterprises configure the workflows on the fly to support ad hoc processes. These components, on a holistic level, will move processes from legacy and manual systems into a centralized, automated structure and liberate employees from repetitive and manual processes to focus on more important tasks. It will pave way for enhancing product innovation.While the benefits offered by WMS are many, there are still many restraints that enterprises face in their move towards an effective WFM software--from high investment in IT infrastructure to difficulty in integration with the existing workflows. In this scenario, there are scores of solution providers in the market that assist enterprises with innovative WMS solutions which can seamlessly integrate with existing workflow tools, while reducing investments. Our aim with this special edition on WMS is to help enterprises discover such best of breed solution providers that can help optimize the business processes. This edition blends insights from industry experts with articles on what the selected vendors are doing for their clients.Let us know your thoughts.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comSimplifying the Work Execution
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