In-Memory Value Creation, or now that we found love, what are we gonna do with it? I decided to start this Column with a hot topic: in-memory value creation. It often reminds me of the the song “Now that we found love ” written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and originally released on The O'Jays ’ (1973) album Ship Ahoy. In-memory technology—as considered by Gartner (2011) and Dutta & Bilbao-Osorio, (2012), for example, and discussed on BPTrends by Frankel (2012), among others—enables a remarkable increase in the information-processing capacity of organizations ’ application systems. For example, SAP reports increases in transaction speed by factors up to 100,000 for its in-memory computing appliance, HANA (High-performance ANalytic Appliance). This increase in speed is comparable to improving the flight time from New York to Paris to 0.28 seconds or that of circling the world to 1.5 seconds (SAP, 2012a). Truly, such acceleration goes beyond our imagination on what we can achieve through process improvement. “Imagine this speed increase: How would you plan your weekend with your spouse? ” Martin Petry, CIO of the Hilti Corporation, asked. “You might actually consider visiting two or three continents as opposed to going shopping in the

This is the author’s version of a work that was submitted/accepted for pub-lication in the following source:

This is the author’s version of a work that was submitted/accepted for pub-lication in the following source: Recker, Jan C. (2014) Suggestions for the next wave of BPM research: strengthening the theoretical core and exploring the protective belt. Jour-nal of Information Technology Theory

registered users developed and shared 166 process models and 372 revisions. In this paper we introduce the platform, show its architecture and provide samples for data extraction and analysis. We invite researchers to use the available data to conduct further empirical studies.

in BPM classroom settings [4]. My intention for this Column was to examine the technological side of BPM research and education a bit closer. To that end, I have teamed up with two colleagues, Dr Marcello La Rosa, who heads an exciting initiative on the development of advanced BPM technologies

There is no doubt that Business Process Management (BPM) is of high interest to both academics and practitioners. Whilst there is a plethora of academic research focused on various aspects of BPM such as process modelling, process improvement and, process execution there is little that investigates

Although there have been standardization e#orts for more than 10 years, heterogeneity of business process modelling (BPM) schemas is still a big problem for business process management. This paper illustrates the integration problems by discussing the example of BPEL and PNML. It highlights di

and constitutional regulations that force organizations to become more ecologically aware and sustainable. But the boom goes beyond organizational reality. Even in academia, sustainability has become a research “fashion wave ” (see [1] if you are interested in research fashion waves) similar to the hype around

with as well as their country of residence. Additionally, the output of individual authors is measured. All analyses are carried out for the individual conference years and at cumulative levels. In this way, this paper identifies the hotbeds of BPM research and maps the progressive collaboration patterns

adaptable to changing business requirements and do not restrict organization’s flexibility. We also discuss general obstacles of BPM adoption process identified by a related research, which confirm the necessity of more systematic approach to BPM adoption process. Further we present an outline of our