BTM Corporation Releases BTM Fusion 360 v6.0 On-Demand

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Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:00am EDT

Framework Creates a Common Language and Institutionalizes Business Technology
Management Practices
STAMFORD, Conn.--(Business Wire)--
BTM Corporation today released BTM Fusion 360TM v6.0 (www.btmfusion360.com)- the
industry`s first on-demand, co-creation platform to combine a digitized standard
framework for business technology management with a design environment.
Subscription to the platform enables managers, practitioners, and consultants to
become better business technology leaders starting at $200 per month. 

BTM Fusion 360 defines the hierarchical and horizontal relationships among 17
capabilities in 4 functional areas: Governance and Organization, Strategic
Investment Management, Strategy and Planning, Strategic Enterprise Architecture.


This latest version provides the following features:

* A self-assessment tool to benchmark an organization`s business technology
management maturity 
* Updated process definitions, organizational structures, decision-making
information criteria, and appropriate technology automation 
* An interactive environment to create and modify your own management practices
by inheriting BTM Framework Standards 
* A knowledge repository that brings together a decade of contextual research,
thought leadership, and best practices to accelerate learning and applicability
of the framework 
* A series of templates and models to guide management maturity advancement 
* Automatic and on-going updates of the framework, assessment, and research

Users gain the ability to create immediate, actionable plans that can improve
their personal and organizational management skill-sets. It enables a
practitioner to design a targeted, staged maturity advancement that starts with
current management practice and evolves from alignment to synchronization, and
ultimately towards convergence. 

"Bringing business and technology together remains one of the fundamental
problems encountered in management practices today. Following 10 years of R&D
and usage in various organizations across 12 industries, this powerful platform
is now available to any individual or organization in search of a "lingua
franca" that enables their leadership teams to operate together. This is not
only a next generation offering for our company, but we believe an integral next
step for the industry towards advancing business and technology convergence at a
grassroots level," said Faisal Hoque, founder and CEO of BTM Corporation. 

Designed around standard Microsoft (NADAQ:MSFT) Office products to provide a
familiar Windows desktop look and feel, the BTM Fusion 360 on-demand or Software
as a Service (SaaS) application allows users to build on the Framework
definition to accommodate unique organizational structures or to extend the BTM
Framework into new areas. 

BTM Fusion 360 also closely integrates with Microsoft Visio environment to
create and edit Models. Digital smart objects created in the BTM Fusion 360
platform are imported into Visio through a lightweight plug-in that provides the
user access to the full hierarchy, and newly developed or modified objects are
automatically imported and synchronized, giving the user a flexible and
comprehensive design environment. 

About BTM Corporation

Founded in 1999, the BTM Corporation (Business Technology Management
Corporation) is a management solutions provider that innovates new business
models, enhances financial performance, and improves operational efficiency at
leading global corporations, government agencies, and social businesses by
converging business and technology with its unique products and intellectual
property (IP). For more information, please visit: www.btmcorporation.com





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