RAVEN Cloud featured in Microsoft case study

Posted on September 7, 2010 by

We’ve been talking about Microsoft quite a bit lately as we unveiled our great new Visio capability.

But even better, from our perspective, is that Microsoft has been talking about RAVEN Cloud.  That’s right, Microsoft did a four-page case study on how we leveraged the Azure platform for RAVEN Cloud.

Why did we choose Azure?

As David Ruiz, VP of Products, said, “We aren’t limited to the public cloud with Windows Azure. Now that we have developed the service for Windows Azure, we can take the same code and configure it to run in any number of ways to meet customer needs.”

Click here to read the case study.  And as always, please let us know what you think.

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Only a few days left: The 2010 Business Analyst Salary Survey is closing soon

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Let’s be honest:  we’re all curious about the size of our colleague’s paychecks.  Are they paid more?  Less?  Why?

Should I ask for a raise? Or should I stay mum and count my lucky stars?

Participate in the 2010 BA Salary Survey to find out.  More than 2,400 BAs have taken part so far and we’d like to double that number before the survey closes Sept. 10!

We’ve co-sponsored the survey with IIBA and ASPE and we will present the results in a webinar next month.  And if you share you email address with us, we’ll send you a copy of the results, along with an invitation to the webinar.  (Don’t worry, your answers will remain anonymous and are not associated with your contact details!)

Click here to participate.

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So, what do you think of the new Visio capability?

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

Thank you to everyone who attended our webinar today, “Simplifying Process Mapping with RAVEN Cloud and Visio.”

We’d love to hear your thoughts and we’re happy to answer any questions you may have, so comment away!

And if you missed the webinar, you can view it on-demand here.

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It’s here! Create your Visio diagrams in RAVEN Cloud today.

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

What a great way to end the month!

Just a reminder: join our demo and and learn about our Visio capability with  “Simplifying Process Mapping with RAVEN Cloud and Visio” at 10 a.m. PDT.  But you need to register ahead of time.  Click here to do so.

And if you don’t have time to attend the Webinar, you can watch our two-minute demo on YouTube:  “Create Visio Diagrams with RAVEN Cloud.”

Best of all, try it out for yourself, free, at www.ravencloud.com.  It’s live, right now!

Hope to see you all at 10 a.m. PDT.

And happy diagramming!

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Here’s your Visio sneak peak!

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

We know how hard it is to wait.  So we created a two-minute video of our new Visio capability.  Consider it the movie trailer for tomorrow’s main attraction.

Click here to watch.

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One more day … Then you can try our Visio capability for yourself!

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

We’ve been hinting around about it for weeks.  Now it’s here.  Today, we officially announced our Visio capability with this press release.

We’re pretty excited about it.  And we’ve had a good response from those that were provided a sneak preview.

“By allowing process models to be created directly from written narratives,” said Nathaniel Palmer, Editor-in-Chief at BPM.com, “RAVEN Cloud offers a more effective way for stakeholders and non-technical subject matter experts to contribute directly to model definition and validation, without also needing to be Visio experts. This approach should both expand the market of potential modelers, and lead to more accurate modeling results.”

Read more here.

Tomorrow, at 10 a.m. PDT, you can see this Visio capability in action during our first public demo.  Join our free webinar, “Simplifying Process Mapping with RAVEN Cloud and Visio.” We’ll show you how to generate fully-featured Visio drawings from natural language text in seconds – not hours or days.  The hour you spend with us Tuesday will save you hours of headaches and drawing time down the road.

Then, after the webinar, try RAVEN Cloud out for yourself and see why it is the easiest, fastest way to create Visio drawings.  This capability will be available as a free public beta for a limited time.

And be sure to come back to this blog to let us know what you think!

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Shhh … Visio integration coming Tuesday!

Posted on August 26, 2010 by

When we launched the RAVEN Cloud beta in May, we promised you that we would be adding new features throughout the summer.  Some things, like the ability to hide the Process Examples window or the addition of a help feature, have been quietly added without fanfare.

But on Tuesday, Aug. 31, we’re unveiling a powerful new integration to Visio that could free you from ever having to draw again.  And we wanted you to be among the first to know.

This integration will be demonstrated publicly for the first time on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) in a live webinar, “Simplifying Process Mapping with RAVEN Cloud and Visio.”

During this complimentary webinar you’ll learn to use RAVEN to instantly analyze and visualize your process descriptions, and then export your diagrams as fully-featured Visio artifacts, saving you hours of time and frustration.  If your organization uses Visio for its modeling and diagramming needs, you won’t want to miss this event.

Click here to register.

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