Building Flexible Business Processes Using BPEL and Rules

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:00:00 EST

Leading companies are tackling the complexity of their application and IT environments with service-oriented architecture (SOA), which facilitates the development of enterprise applications as modular business services that can be easily integrated and reused, thereby creating a truly flexible, adaptable IT infrastructure. Business process management (BPM) solutions such as those based on Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) enable services to be orchestrated into business processes. Processes built using a BPM solution can be reused, changed easily in response to business requirements, and enable real-time process visibility.

Supporting the Business Process Lifecycle UsingStandards-Based Tools

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:00:00 EDT

Business processes integrate systems, partners, and people to achieve key strategic and operations objectives. Examples of business processes include getting and filling orders, processing invoices, reconciling shipping notices and received goods and processing insurance claims and loan applications. The Holy Grail of enterprise computing is adaptive business processes that can be defined, refined, and optimized to respond to changing business environments, government regulations and competitive pressures.

Articles by Bhagat Nainani

Building Flexible Business Processes Using BPEL and Rules

Supporting the Business Process Lifecycle UsingStandards-Based Tools