IBM Forms

Flexible, scalable eForms to help speed process automation

Many business processes are based on someone filling out a form. But even this simple task can be riddled with errors, inefficiencies and wasted money.

IBM Forms automates forms-based business processes to help improve efficiency, customer service and time to value. With IBM Forms you can:

• Improve efficiency, time to revenue, customer service by automating paper based processes.
• Cut costs by eliminating printing, distribution, processing and storage of paper.
• Reduce transaction times and error rates.
• Get auditable, compliant records.
• Minimize environmental impact and "go green" with electronic forms.

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• Business processes automation

• Compelling, interactive user experience

• Ease of use

• Integration with existing systems

• Industrial-strength security features, performance and scalability

• Complex eForms in less time

• Provide customers, suppliers and partners with access to key business processes and applications through built-in workflow

• Share information automatically with the appropriate people, systems and applications in your business from a single eForm.

• Integrate rapidly with Business Process Management systems like IBM WebSphere Process Server and IBM Filenet P8

• Build great looking forms applications through Web 2.0 user interface and modern widgets and themes

• Access forms applications anytime, anywhere on tablets like iPad

• Exploit a user-friendly front end to your business, allowing almost anyone to view, fill, sign, submit and route eForms

• Enable non-technical users to create and distribute customized surveys, feedback forms, order forms and more by e-mail and the Internet without IT involvement

• *Leverage IBM Forms sample catalog for reusable eForms. Jump-start your eForms deployments for faster time to value.

• Integrate eForms data with IT systems, including more than 40 enterprise information systems such as IBM WebSphere Portal software, WebSphere Process Server, IBM FileNet P8 software and other products from IBM and third-party providers.

• Create eForms in 28 languages on a broad range of platforms and operating systems

• Embed standards based digital signatures in eForms, for audit and compliance

• Achieve advanced scalability and performance for your eForms solutions by running IBM Forms Server software on a 64bit operating system or on Linux operating system for the IBM System z platform.

• Use Eclipse based designer to create enterprise scale, complex eForms and forms based applications.

• Leverage open standards and flexible deployment options

• Access online or offline, based on your needs

• See the demo: IBM Forms - where business process automation begins

• Download IBM Forms software trials
• View IBM Forms software demos
• IBM Forms for HR applications demo
• IBM Forms data sheet (392KB)
• IBM Forms and WebSphere Portal for your industry