BPEL 2.0

BPEL 2.0 is going to be approved by OASIS at the end of this month. This is a good white paper by Oracle that I suggest you to read. I good open source suite that supports BPEL 2.0 from early draft is Intalio I have already downloaded the previous versions and given it a try. Now I am downloading the last version (Designer 5.0) to play around with it. I'll send couple of post later related to this product.

The main thing that we should look when we are evaluating BPEL 2.0 is to see if it supports workflows as well or it just another good tool for integration between services. However BPEL has proven itself as the future of integration between services and software but there are still some doubts about using it as a workflow engine. Ismael discuss this issue in more detail in his post.

Ismael also believes the other advantage of going after BPEL standard is to reduce the number of conversions from different languages that support business process modeling and execution.

First Mobile BPMS!

Cardiff, just announced LiquideOffice for smartphones (BlackBerry®). According to press release this is the first and only BPM solution for mobile users which enables them to deal with process steps from anywhere and at anytime. In addition to that, the solution provide real-time access to process related information as well. This new tool leverages the capability of LiquidOffice and LiquidBPM. LiquidOffice is a Business Process Management suite and LiquidBPM is a SDK which can be used by ISV to add process capabilities to their existing software.

New BAM

ViryaNet just (13March2007) announce release of their BAM tool. It is called ViraNet Operation Dashboard. This business Activity Monitoring Software as announced in the press helps to monitor real-time business events. In addition to that it provides the means for intelligent decision making for managers as required.