Yphise identifies and certifies the software products that represent a valuable investment for large companies. The Yphise ongoing research program has helped executives plan, prioritize, conduct and control the useful software projects in order to increase business performance since 1985.
This program continuously monitors the strategies and solutions of all successful software vendors in order to select high-priority business cases. Each year, this program draws up the portfolio of valuable projects that the IT steering committee of each large company should consider when making strategic, operational or investment decisions. Our research defines concrete projects with accurate benefits and effective software products, backed by the demonstrated commitment of the vendor and by useful strengths. This program covers all areas of interest to large companies. Yphise has unparalleled experience in identifying those business cases and software products that represent valuable investments and projects.
This program is ISO 9001:2000-certified (since 1999). This unique distinction demonstrates independence and a robust methodology for assessing software products according to valuable business cases for large companies. Our independence since 1985 proves our expertise in helping the IT executives stand back from operational pressures in order to define successful projects and arrive at sound decisions.
Yphise awards BMC Atrium CMDB as the best Configuration Management System (CMS). The concept of CMS (ITIL v3) encompasses the concept of CMDB (ITIL v2). CMS solutions, also named CMDB software, manage the CIs (Configuration Item) and their relationships. They are essential for implementing the service management according to business needs as promoted by ITIL v3 and ISO 20000-1. ITIL v3 merges the configuration management process and the asset management process in a new Service Asset and Configuration Management (SACM) process. The SACM process is defined in ITIL v3 Service Transition volume.
Yphise awards HP Service Manager as the best Service Catalogue and Request Management solution (SCRM software). SCRM solutions, also named service catalogue management software, service catalog management software or service request fulfillment software, are key components for effective service management according to ITIL v3. This is key in ITIL Service Design and ITIL Service Operations.
Yphise awards FairIsaac Blaze Advisor as the best Business Rule-based Decision Management solution (BRDM software). BRDM solutions, also named Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS software), are key to integrate rules-based logic into operational business processes. They contribute to improve the operational intelligence.
Yphise awards IBM WPC for Collaborative Master Data Management (CMDM software). CMDM solutions, also named product management information software (PMI software), are part of the master data management (MDM) marketplace. CMDM solutions enable pragmatic and valuable projects.
Yphise awards SPSS Predictive Enterprise Services as the best Operational Predictive Analysis software (OPA software). OPA solutions, also named dynamic datamining software or operational intelligence software, are key to optimize operational decisions within business processes.
Yphise awards Telelogic DOORS as the best Agile Requirements-Driven Development software (ARDD software). Agile RDD solutions, also named agile requirements management software, are key to succeed in fast-paced development projects, agile development projects, iterative development projects or extreme programming development projects. They are also key in CMMI strategy. Requirements management solutions support both the Requirements Management process (REQM) , especially SG 1 Manage Requirements, and the Requirements Development process (RD) in CMMI.
Yphise awards Telelogic System Architect by as the best Business Process and Architecture Modeling software (BPAM software). BPAM solutions, also named enterprise architecture modeling software (EAM software) or business process modeling software (BPM software), are key for successful IT architecture management. This is key in ITIL Service Design. It also supports the Technical Solution process (TS) in CMMI, especially SG 2 Develop the design.
Yphise awards Amberpoint SOA Management System as the best Service Monitoring and Management software (SMM software). SMM solutions, also named SOA management software, service policy enforcement software or service policy management software, are key in SOA strategy (service-oriented architecture). They are a key SOA infrastructure component.
Yphise awards Tibco iProcess Suite as the best Business Process Management software (BPM software). BPM solutions, also named BPEL engines or business process orchestration software, execute the business processes, including services from the SOA and human-facing workflow. They are a key SOA infrastructure component.
Yphise awards Symantec Altiris Total Management Suite as the best change and orchestration software (COM software). COM solutions are key in ITIL strategy. They support the change management process in the Service Transition of ITIL. They drive the change workflow from the issuing of the request for change (RFC) to the change implementation, automation and validation.
Yphise awards Oblicore Guarantee as the best Service Contract Management software (SCM software). SCM solutions, also named Service Level Management software (SLM software), support the service level management process in the Service Design of ITIL or in ISO 20000-1 (Information Technology - Service Management). They guarantee accurate management of service level agreements (SLA) according to the business requirements.
Yphise awards Changepoint by Compuware as the best Investment and Project Portfolio Management (IPPM software). IPPM solutions, also named Project Portfolio Management software (PPM software), are essential in order to manage information systems according to IT governance requirements.
Yphise awards Systar BusinessBridge BusinessVision as the best Business Activity Monitoring software (BAM software). BAM solutions provide comprehensive insight into the business activity. They provide key performance indicators (KPI) on the business activity and business processes. They include complex event-processing (CEP) in order to turn all the IT events into meaningful alerts and indicators for business stakeholders.
Yphise awards HP Business Availability Center as the best Application Performance Management software (APM software). APM solutions, also named end-user monitoring software or user satisfaction measurement software, are key to succeed in service level management (SLM). The ITIL process entitled "Service measurement", part of the ITIL book entitled "Continual Service Improvement" requires measuring the end-user satisfaction, application performance, application availability and application response time.
Yphise awards Managed Objects as the best Business Service Monitoring software (BSM software). BSM solutions, also named business service management software, business-oriented monitoring software or service level measurement software, are key to improve the efficiency in IT operations through effective monitoring. They provide real-time insight into the actual status of each configuration item (CI) in the configuration management database (CMDB) or configuration management system (CMS). They are key in ITIL strategy. The ITIL processes entitled "Event management" and "Incident management", part of the ITIL book entitled "Service Operation" require effective service-driven IT monitoring.
Yphise awards IBM Tivoli Secure Configuration Manager (TSCM) as the best Server Configuration and Compliance Audit software (SCCA software). SCCA solutions check the infrastructure compliance to configuration rules. They are key to ensure the IT security, IT availability and IT robustness.
Yphise awards IBM Filenet P8 as the best Document Services software (DS software). DS solutions, also named document management software (DMS software) or enterprise document management (EDM) solutions, manage document services in service-oriented architecture (SOA) for demanding business processes.
Yphise awards Telelogic Synergy as the best Software Development Management software (SDM software). SDM solutions, also named configuration management software, version management software or application change management software, manage the development process and development assets. They are key in CMMI strategy. They are essential to the Configuration Management process (CM) in CMMI.
Yphise awards SAS SPM as the best Strategic Performance Management software (SPM software). SPM solutions, also named enterprise performance management software (EPM software) help plan and conduct improvement strategies according to business objectives.
Legacy modernization is key to IT reliability and agility, e.g. replatforming, code translation, middleware migration, code cleansing, slicing and rearchitecturing. The recurrent need for modernization requires industrializing the legacy modernization through legacy modernization factories, e.g. Metaware Refine.
Application or information system certification requires a testing factory. Testing factory requires model-driven test script generation automation. Model-based test generation is the key to ensure tests tightly aligned with business needs. This is key in CMMI strategy. The Validation process (VAL) in CMMI can be leveraged with test script automated generation, especially GG 2 Institutionalize a Managed Process.