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Southpaw Technology Inc., a Toronto-based Company, Orchestrates
Enterprise Information and Processes in a Digitally Composed World
“Southpaw is unique in its ability to knit together disparate interdependent functions, bridge information silos, and
deliver end-to-end transparency for all information throughout its entire lifecycle.”
E
very organization has them—
information silos and process
“islands” that impede progress
toward business objectives. For
large enterprises especially, siloed
data and workgroups are no longer
sustainable as companies grow and
content balloons to the petabytes-and-
beyond range. Inscrutable processes
and information flows are not only
frustrating and cumbersome, they’re
difficult to track, audit, and secure,
which adds unnecessary business risk
to business functions ranging from
cybersecurity to product development
and service delivery.
In light of the foregoing, we’re thrilled
to present Southpaw Technology.
Southpaw Technology orchestrates
enterprise information workflows into
free-flowing processes that deliver
quantifiable business improvements.
Based on its open-source TACTIC
workflow engine, Southpaw delivers
end-to-end visibility and control over
information as it is created, used,
and changed throughout enterprise
processes. For more than a decade,
the company’s technology and service
delivery expertise has optimized
efficiency, reduced risk, and unleashed
employee creativity for Fortune
500 and other leading companies.
Southpaw was incorporated in 2005
and is headquartered in Toronto,
Ontario.
Southpaw Technology:
Synopsis
Elements that Make Southpaw
Stand Out
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Southpaw began by delivering digital
workflow and asset management
solutions to film, entertainment,
and media companies—whose
primary assets were digital well
before recent enterprise digital
transformation initiatives. Creating,
using, and retaining digital assets
introduced an entirely new set of
information management challenges
for these companies, which Southpaw
successfully solved.
The company developed its TACTIC
web-based platform for tracking
digital assets throughout complex
workflows. Since then, Southpaw
has integrated a powerful TACTIC
workflow engine, production asset
management, and media library
capabilities into a powerful, flexible
platform for enterprise workflows.
Today, Southpaw has more than
14 years of proven deployments in
household-name companies who
trust the company to orchestrate
large, complex workflows and deliver
quantifiable business improvements.
Traditional workflow automation
is largely based on automating
manual steps and executing “if-then”
functions. Southpaw orchestration
solutions often include automated
workflow but go substantially beyond.
The Southpaw platform is the only
platform with an end-to-end workflow
engine that handles ferociously
complex workflows involving millions
of assets and multiple data types,
data models, and terminologies.
Deployments blend invisibly into
clients’ existing environments
without disruption or having to
replace enterprise solutions. With
robust APIs, Southpaw solutions knit
together disparate interdependent
functions, bridge information silos,
and deliver end-to-end transparency
for all information throughout its
entire lifecycle—wherever it’s created,
sent, stored, and used. Workflow
and process output can be anything
from stunning visual effects, feature
films, and video games to advertising
content, engineering models,
consumer packaged goods designs,
onboarding documents, regulatory
audit trails, and other enterprise
content.
Southpaw Technology:
Products Overview
Southpaw solutions are built on
the TACTIC platform for each
client’s specific workflow challenge.
Engagements include professional
services and support.
TACTIC 4.5.v1 is available to download
as free open-source software under
the Eclipse Public License for Mac
OS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux.
It also can be accessed directly on
GitHub. The commercial version is
available as a fully supported license
through Amazon Web Services.
With Python as its programming
language, the Southpaw platform
delivers tremendous flexibility.
Python enables easy integration with
other platforms, offers large support
libraries, and is fast and lightweight.
Southpaw customers always have
access to their code.
The Southpaw TACTIC platform
incorporates four primary
components: Project, Media Library,
Workflow, and Professional Services.
TACTIC Project
Task management: Know
exactly what your team is doing.
Automatically create tasks in the right
order through workflows, and track
them to completion.