Adobe Workflow Server

Streamlining human-centric processes

Adobe® Workflow Server software helps organizations streamline, integrate, and secure human-centric business processes within and beyond the firewall — whether users are online or offline. Through the unique component-based architecture of Adobe LiveCycle Workflow, both business and IT professionals can visually assemble end-to-end workflows that unify people, systems, documents, business rules, and Web services — quickly and flexibly. And because it leverages industry-standard technologies, such as PDF, J2EE, XML, and Web services, Adobe LiveCycle Workflow is highly scalable and integrates easily into virtually any IT infrastructure.

Part of the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform, Adobe LiveCycle Workflow enables organizations to:

• Reduce the time, cost, and risk of automating document-centric processes

• Quickly and easily create new workflows as business requirements dictate, or modify existing ones

• Allow more people — both within and outside the organization — to participate in business processes

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Adobe LiveCycle Workflow Developer Center

Adobe® Workflow helps developers integrate the many elements of business processes — people, systems, documents, business rules, and Web services — into their organization's existing systems and applications. Using a powerful component-based architecture, developers can create workflow applications quickly and easily, integrating data, documents, systems, business rules, and Web services into service-oriented architectures. With Adobe LiveCycle Workflow, organizations can accelerate process automation and improve productivity while reducing development costs.

Product overview

Adobe® LiveCycle™ Workflow software integrates the many elements of business processes — people, systems, documents, business rules, and Web services — into automated end-to-end workflows. With Adobe LiveCycle Workflow, you can:

Design and model processes using visual tools

Integrate processes with core business systems

Deploy processes with Intelligent Documents

Manage complex workflows through an intuitive portal

Optimize processes with Business Activity Monitoring

Design and model processes using visual tools

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Using Adobe LiveCycle Workflow, both IT and business professionals can assemble workflows without coding. Reusable components, called Quick Process Action Components (QPACs), enable the rapid assembly of even the most complex workflows. In this example, each process action — entering data, routing information, sending an e-mail, or invoking a Web service — is represented by a QPAC. Business analysts then assemble workflow applications in a visual drag-and-drop environment using the QPAC building blocks.

Integrate processes with core business systems

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Adobe LiveCycle Workflow supports document-based process integration with virtually any core business application, including enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), document management, directory services, databases, and Web services. As a result, you can leverage your existing IT infrastructure to build end-to-end workflows that interact with your core systems.

Deploy processes with Intelligent Documents

End users can participate in processes using HTML or Adobe PDF forms, which facilitate data capture, decrease cycle times, and improve data quality. With intelligent forms, customers and constituents can interact with processes online or offline with PDF documents that they can save and print. Administrators can set up more secure communications with digital signatures and access rights, and they can automate the conversion of forms and documents from paper to electronic PDF files.

Manage complex workflows through an intuitive portal

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Through its intuitive portal interface, Adobe LiveCycle Workflow gives enterprises unprecedented control over workflow and task management — online or offline. Initiate new workflows. Sort, manage, and respond to work assignments. Escalate, delegate, and prioritize tasks. Search for existing processes. Even add digital signatures and assess rights to enhance the security of digital communications.

Optimize processes with Business Activity Monitoring

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Adobe LiveCycle Workflow's integrated Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) capabilities, real-time dashboards, and detailed reports enable enterprises to track and tune their business processes — right away. With real-time dashboards, organizations can monitor process cycle times, backlogs, work queues, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Alerts, reminders, calendars, and escalations let analysts know of potential problems before they occur — so they can take corrective action. Custom dashboards let enterprises correlate business-specific process metrics with critical enterprise data.

System requirements

LiveCycle Workflow server
Processor Speed: 2GHz processor
Memory: 2GB of RAM
Hard Disc: 2GB of hard-disk space for installation
Drive: DVD-ROM drive

LiveCycle Workflow Designer
Processor Speed: 1.5GHz processor
Memory: 512MB of RAM
Hard Disc: 512MB of hard-disk space for installation
Drive: DVD-ROM drive

Directory servers
Sun Java System
Microsoft Active Directory
Novell eDirectory

Supported application servers, operating systems, and databases
Adobe® LiveCycle™ Workflow software supports market-leading operating systems, Web application servers, and databases. For specific platform support details, contact your Adobe account manager.