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WITH ENTERPRISE FORMS

SIMPLE FORMS. NOT SO SIMPLE.

Creating a simple form that collects data seems easy. And it is.

But for most enterprises, it isn’t so simple.

The user interface of business apps must not only capture input, but also deliver

information for well-informed decisions. This information often lives across data

sources and the web, making big data practical and actionable. The interface must be

user-friendly, secure, current and appropriately governed. It must be surfaced on any

device, at any time and with versions stored for historical reference. Delivering all this

isn’t so simple.

K2 recently brought together thought leaders from

around the world to participate in its FWD Thinkers forum.

One topic the group discussed was the future

of user interfaces and how K2’s SmartForms enable

them to deliver more, faster.

TYLER CLARK Computer Services Inc.

The challenges that we work on most often relate to integrating business data

from many different systems. In our case, we have ticketing information in

Autotask. We have other data that we store in SQL. And then we have other web

services that we need to reach into to bring it all together and make serving this

data simple. Most often we're using K2 to tie all that together, present forms and

simplify and automate business process for all of our various teams.

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MIR MAJEED Senior Practice Lead AAJ Technologies

In every application that we see today, 60-70% of the development relates to

forms.…with Medicare forms, there are a lot of interrelated fields. Based on what

you select over here, the rest of the form is dynamic. The form completely changes

and to do that natively, you're developing every form from scratch. There's a whole

lot of logic that you have to build on top of the form to validate and dynamically

render it based on the field you're selecting. That's where we see that the mobile

forms, the SmartForms in K2, can really help us. ”

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ANTONIO MAIO Microsoft SharePoint MVP Senior Manager / Senior SharePoint Architect Protiviti

A lot of organizations are using K2 [software] in conjunction with SharePoint,

SalesForce.com, SAP and other systems. The fact that the business process, the

workflows, the forms that you build in K2 can work in SharePoint but also integrate

seamlessly into SalesForce.com is a great benefit. I think that's something that’s

really going to help enterprises in terms of having consistent processes and user

experiences in all areas of the business. ”

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BIJALA RADHAKRISHNA CEO Total eBiz Solutions

The way K2 has decoupled the forms that flow the data, this is what excites

us. The decoupling gives more freedom. We can choose whether we want

to use SmartForms, a SharePoint form or whatever. We can pick the best

of SharePoint and K2. ”

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IAN WOODGATE Managing Director Point Beyond, Ltd.

…we're implementing a membership database using K2 SmartForms for

an organization... And I estimate that the solution, with its integration

capabilities, the reduced amount of re-keying and the self-service

capabilities that that solution will deliver, could easily save that organization

in excess of £50,000 a year. ”

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YEN PIN CHEONG Director MUU Consulting

…on mobile apps, the ability to actually open up the task list that includes the

form and data within the device - such as an Apple, Android or Windows form -

helps in terms of driving usability and adoption because it lowers barriers.

People can easily open up an iPad, click on the form, open it and read the

information. If they like it, they approve it. If they have a concern, they can send

it back for more information. If they think that it is wrong, they decline it. I think

that is very important. ”

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STEVE SOFIAN SharePoint MVP Singapore

I think it’s really a spread of companies that will be looking to adopt K2;

especially those looking at automation and processes; those companies that still

depend on a lot of forms. It was hard in previous times to take a copy of a form

and route it to different people, just to get their signature. Now, with this type of

system in place, they can look at how they optimize the process. ”

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PATTANACHAT KANGAWEKIN Application Manager PTT Global Chemical

…with SmartForms you just build the form and fit it to the requirements.

That part’s easy and it has a SmartObject to pull the organization’s workflow

and use that within SmartForms. ”

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K2’S SMARTFORMS

K2 provides a faster, easier way to create forms

for business applications.

Code isn’t necessary with our drag-and-drop tools,

and a powerful rules framework allows you to stay in control.

Contact us or visit K2.com for more information.