BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) is an XML-based, special purpose language that many hope will provide a standard way for specifying and building sharable business processes. We could, of ...

Business process management provides a graphical approach to automating and monitoring business activities, integrating enterprise applications and managing manual tasks. Historically, BPM products ...

According to this article, those considering SOA may have some tough choices when it comes to driving code at the process layer. Indeed, a report by the Burton Group describes both the limitations of ...

Although the Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL) 2.0 specification was approved in an organizational vote, OASIS has postponed any formal announcement while it investigates some ...

Computerworld QuickStudies It would be possible to hammer out Java code or a set of Unix scripts that could manage a series of processes—such as the steps taken by an insurance broker running a series ...