ZipLine – The Power of Targeted Web Feeds

 

ZipLine extends your workflow beyond application borders.   It unburdens your email system and takes advantage of the latest XML technologies to enhance communication throughout your enterprise.   ZipLine uses targeted (individualized) web feeds to publish messages directly to a single user or group of users.  The Targeted Web Feed (TFeed) is a new addition to web feed technology.  It enables personalized content using existing web feed readers
(a.k.a. aggregators). 

 

Which of your systems can utilize ZipLine’s features?

Almost all of your applications should be able to produce suitable XML, if not directly, then via a small conversion script that will be supplied as part of ZipLine’s installation.  Major Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors will easily be able to interface with ZipLine using its core set of web services.  If you have one of the products below, you should already have the necessary SOAP connectors:

 



*The author of ZipLine has over eight years of experience with PeopleSoft applications. An enhanced interface for PeopleSoft is delivered.  Easy, step‑by‑step Integration Broker configuration instructions are included.

 

Web Feeds (using protocols such as RSS) already standardize the publication of news headlines over the internet.  In fact, Microsoft plans to embed a web feed reader into the next version of Internet Explorer.  There is no doubt that this technology is here to stay.  So what does this mean to your business?

 

Business processes can leverage web feed technology to publish workflow items.  People are already using web feed readers to check news headlines, get the latest sports and stock information, and keep up with their favorite blogs.  It’s now possible to publish individual workflow items in a web feed that can be subscribed to, just like any other web feed subscription. 

 

A global workflow inbox solution has been a long sought after goal, but this goal is seldom achieved.  Users need easy and convenient access to workflow messages so that business processes won’t become stalled or stopped.  Email workflow notifications fail to meet this need because users are so overwhelmed with their email messages.  Application worklists also fail because they only show workflow for a single application and are not always easily visible without logging into the application.

 

ZipLine is a product that takes advantage of web feed technology to aggregate workflow messages.  It eliminates the need for email notifications.  Users will subscribe to workflow web feeds and will receive timely notifications in their web feed reader, right alongside their other web feed subscriptions.

 

 

Thank you for your interest in ZipLine!