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Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle BPEL Process Manager: The true value of SOA is unlocked when services are leveraged for process orchestration to deliver automation of business processes. Industry's leading process orchestration engine, the Oracle BPEL Process Manager supports a 100% standard approach to orchestrating systems and services into end-to-end process flows.; Tags: Oracle Corp., SOA, BPEL, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Business Process Automation, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations; White papers 2009-07-01
Active Endpoints aims at greater process design and implementation productivity with ActiveVOS enhancements: Active Endpoints, maker of the ActiveVOS visual orchestration system, has kicked things up a notch with the recent release of ActiveVos 6.1, which incorporates new features and functions designed to make developers more productive. The latest offering from the Waltham, Mass. company provides what amounts to shrink-wrapped...; Tags: Business Process, Developer, BPM, BPEL, ActiveVos 6.1, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2009-03-18
Automated PaaS migration now a reality: Automated PaaS migration now a realityYou will probably see people gravitating to standards based platforms, and/or using wrappers to isolate things specific to a platform to aid in easy migration if and when necessary.The Ubuntu initiative to offer an open source platform if very interesting, so that companies might be...; Tags: Business process automation, Web services, PaaS, migration, BPEL, Automated PaaS, Automated PaaS migration; Discussion threads 2009-02-27
WSO2 announces componentized framework for expansive SOA deployment and integration: It's amazing to me that this amount of open source SOA and web development and deployment technology is available in open source. It's really an impressive feat, with many parties around the world responsible, to produce so much code in a fairly brief time. Congrats to the effort, and the...; Tags: Developer, Web, Console, SOA, BPEL, Management Console, Integration, WSO2, ESB 2.0, Registry 2.0, Enterprise Service Bus, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Automation, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2009-02-12
BPEL bopped again: A vision unfulfilled, or lack of vision?: BPEL bopped again: A vision unfulfilled, or lack of vision?How does this differ from XMI?Too many "standards"...RE: BPEL bopped again: A vision unfulfilled, or lack of vision?Joe, thanks for quoting my blog! The attention is appreciated. You do use my statements slightly out of context, but the general meaning does...; Tags: Business process automation, Web services, Strategy, BPEL, BPMN, vision; Discussion threads 2009-02-05

BPEL bopped again: A vision unfulfilled, or lack of vision?: Has Business Process Execution Language BPEL, which has been around for several years now, moved any closer to assuming the role of de facto standard? Not by Max Pucher's estimates. Max took a hard look at the protocol, and found, in his opinion, industry-wide support to be...; Tags: Business Process, BPM, Vision, BPEL, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Web Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2009-02-05
Active Endpoints beefs up visual SOA orchestration with added features and expanded OS support: ActiveVOS now allows Java objects to maintain state, significantly increasing the number of use cases that can be fulfilled using the POJO capabilities. Previously, developers could reuse POJOs as native web services, providing the ability to invoke stateless Java objects directly from a process. by Dana Gardner; Tags: Business Process, Operating System, Server, SOA, BPEL, Modeling, ActiveVOS 6.0.2, Development License, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Research & Development, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Java, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-12-03
BPEL4People advances toward the mainstream: BPEL Business Process Execution Language is too machine-oriented, catering to applications talking to other applications, they say. Most business processes need the human touch somewhere along the line. Do people need BPEL4People? Consider these un-automatable scenarios: A process may need an executive's approval to...; Tags: Business Process, BPEL, Workflow, OASIS, Bottom Line, BPEL4People, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Web Services, Business Operations, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Making BPEL Processes Dynamic: In most basic process designs, partner links are static; they refer to a single external process selected by the developer at design time. This approach is appropriate for highly targeted or constrained systems. However, in larger systems business processes are more complex. They interact with multiple external services and define...; Tags: Business Process, Developer, Oracle Corp., BPEL, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Web Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-12-01
Building a Web Services Network With BPEL: The ESA has built its entire collaborative network with agility in mind. Interface relationships have been flexibly defined to facilitate easier adoption and rapid evolution. Its use of BPEL domains to offer an independent workspace offers massive flexibility to the service providers; providers can modify their business processes without affecting...; Tags: Web, BPEL, ESA, Business Process Automation, Web Services, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-12-01
Modeling Web Service Interaction Using Extended BPEL Language: Nowadays web services and SOA Service Oriented Architecture systems have fundamental significance in computer science, especially in platform integration. The most common consideration is system workload estimation. Interacting composite web services can be modeled as interacting BPEL processes. These web services are specified in BPEL and communicate with each other...; Tags: Web Service, BPEL, Modeling, System Workload, Business Process Automation, Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-11-08
Testing BPEL in the Real World: This paper describes how to test a BPEL process by using the Oracle BPEL Test Framework. This framework, part of Oracle BPEL Process Manager, provides a way to create and execute a set of repeatable tests on a BPEL process. In addition, this paper also offers some best practices borrowed...; Tags: Oracle Corp., BPEL, Business Process Automation, Web Services, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-11-01
2007 Comparative Assessment Methodology Process for BPEL: By following the BPEL standard, the choice of which BPEL engine to use should not affect interoperability of the orchestrated services or the reuse of the BPEL models or designs. As DoD moves toward Net Centricity and Services-Based and Service-Oriented Architectures SOAs, the use of BPEL for composition and orchestration...; Tags: BPEL, Active Endpoints, Business Process Automation, Web Services, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-09-11
BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation March CTP 2 (Windows): Provides developers with support for building applications using Windows Workflow Foundation and BPEL. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: BPEL, Microsoft Windows, Business Process Automation, Web Services, Operating Systems, Software, It Operations, Enterprise Software; Software downloads 2007-08-30
Jump-Start Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), Part 7: Implement Duration Metrics in WebSphere Monitor 6.0.2 - Put Your Durations Back Into Your BPEL Models: How efficient is the current business process implementation? One of the defining metrics for analyzing business process performance is the time factor, or duration. A business process is generally a series of activities to fulfill a business transaction. If one doesn't know the transaction time or how long it takes...; Tags: Business Process, IBM WebSphere, BPEL, IBM Corp., Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2007-07-31
Transforming Business Models to BPEL With WebSphere Business Modeler 6.02: IBM WebSphere Business Modeler hereafter called Modeler is a powerful tool for business analysts to accurately model their unique business processes. In addition, after the model is complete, they can export it to WS-BPEL. By generating useful artifacts for I/T, the business-driven development cycle saves time and ensures that the...; Tags: IBM WebSphere, BPEL, IBM Corp., Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-06-27
Emersion Immerses Itself in BPEL for Rapid Provisioning of Services Solution: Wholesale Communications Group WCG spent 15 months developing a billing and operational support system to replace existing internal systems. As it became apparent to the WCG board that the system could be marketed to customers as a solution to their billing, provisioning, payment, and client management needs, Emersion was created...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Provisioning, BPEL, Emersion, Emersion Software, 3G, Portals, Business Process Automation, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, It Operations; Case studies 2007-05-01
Optus Boosts Speed to Market, Streamlines Provisioning Process With BPEL Solution: Optus is the second-largest telecommunications provider in Australia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore's SingTel Group. One of the company's key business offerings is premium Short Message Services SMS, whereby an external party can obtain a number or short code on the Optus network for competitions, promotions, or content...; Tags: Optus, Provisioning, BPEL; Case studies 2007-04-01
Microsoft applies BPEL to Windows Workflow; analysts scratch their heads: Microsoft applies BPEL to Windows Workflow; analysts scratch their headsHeadscratchersBPEL is a simple service orchestration language, nothing more. Expecting an orchestration language to fulfill BPM requirements is like trying to push a square peg into s round hole.; Tags: Business process automation, Web services, BPEL, Windows Workflow, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-03-01
Microsoft applies BPEL to Windows Workflow; analysts scratch their heads: Microsofts Paul Andrew made it official on his blog: Microsoft will be supporting BPEL, Business Process Execution Language, as early as this month. According to Andrew, "in March 2007, Microsoft plans to release a CTP [Community Technology Preview] of a set of BPEL activities for Windows Workflow Foundation WF. This...; Tags: Standards Watch, Vendor Watch, General; Blog posts 2007-03-01