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Elements of API style: Daigneau talks REST vs SOAP
Web services APIs have vastly expanded over the years to include a host of REST-based methods. Resource and Message APIs have become common in addition to SOAP APIs. Feature
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Forrester: Stress holistic, lean approaches for application integration
Different styles of integration can lead to islands of integration. Forrester's Ken Vollmer says lean and holistic methods, coupled with integration competency centers, can help. Feature
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BPM Learning Guide
This new SearchSOA.com learning guide introduces you to Business Process Management, BPM. In this BPM learning guide, you'll find articles, tips, expert advice, white papers and more that will explain how BPM fits into the world of Web services. Learning guide
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Cloud computing provides jolt, SOA becomes electric, 2010 becomes 2011
At first cloud computing diverted attention away from SOA, but as more and more organizations move toward the cloud, SOA is becoming as ubiquitous as electricity. 2010 Review, 2011 Preview
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Roles of the Enterprise Architect with Business Process Management (BPM)
Both the enterprise architect and business process management (BPM) are often found between business and IT. In this three-part series, discover the different roles the enterprise architect can play when it comes to business process management. Guide
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BPEL tutorial
This SearchSOA.com tutorial has the latest information on Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). Find enterprise application definitions, tips on Workflow managment, and first-hand stories from successful BPEL application integration. Tutorial
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Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide by Matt Wright
Author Matt Wright gives a detailed walk-through on how to create a BPEL service in Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide. Read the free excerpt here. Book Excerpt
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Webcast: Pragmatic BPM and SOA
In this webcast, independent analyst and architect Sandy Kemsley details how and why to take a practical approach to Business Process Management (BPM). Webcast
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BPM Tutorial
Our new Business Process Management (BPM) tutorial provides the definitions, tips, news, examples, and products you need to get started with or optimize your use of BPM. Tutorial
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BPM and SOA: Using Service-Oriented Computing and a process-centric approach
This expert mediacast teaches a process centric approach to SOA and BPM that can be incorporated in order to achieve successful change in business processes. Webcast
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BPEL trends update: We’ll always have orchestration
As improved BPM workflow tools have emerged, some underlying infrastructure tools have gained less attention. Notable among the latter is Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), which has often been used to convert business visions into things th... News | 30 Mar 2012
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When business processes meet software services
The business-side may buy the tools and model the processes in BPM, but then they leave it to developers in the application integration team to make it all work with enterprise software services. BPMN 2.0 has not altered that fact, but it may lead to... News | 14 Feb 2012
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Complex event processing boosts agility to create competitive advantage
There’s nothing complex about event processing’s simple payoff: When properly integrated with other systems, it adds considerable value. And, as SearchSOA Editor in Chief Jack Vaughan explains in this feature, those benefits are increasingly accessib... News | 30 Jan 2012
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BPM joins ESB and data integration for Talend
Talend added business process management capabilities to Talend Unified Platform v5 at Gartner's AADI Summit in Las Vegas last week. This addition is part of the company's effort to bring application and data integration closer together. News | 30 Nov 2011
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IBM highlights services, business processes and cloud computing at Impact 2011
IBM rolled out WebSphere middleware updates at Impact 2011. The Cloudburst 'cloud-in-a-box' appliance has been renamed the IBM Workload Deployer and now supports virtual images and more. IBM Impact 2011 | 12 Apr 2011
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OpenText agrees to acquire Metastorm for $182 million
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) provider OpenText has signed an agreement to acquire BPM vendor Metastorm Inc. for $182 million, subject to a number of closing conditions. News | 08 Feb 2011
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BPM tools for developer rules and cobblers' broods
While there is much concern about creating BPM tools for end users, are we overlooking the development side? At Rules Fest 2010, rules maven Brian Jones discussed the architectural issues with rules-based systems for BPM today. Article | 10 Nov 2010
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Is BPM right for your organization?
How you relate to BPM is likely to be influenced by the kind of work you do and the responsibilities that you have. So what BPM currently means to you may differ significantly from what it means to the next person. News | 08 Nov 2010
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Tip: Taking a project-management approach to BPM
Gina Abudi, partner and senior vice president of strategic solutions for the Peak Performance Group Inc., recommends starting with the correct big-picture mindset: "Treat it as any other project, with a defined beginning and a defined end," she says.... News | 28 Oct 2010
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Tip: Taking a project-management approach to BPM
Gina Abudi, partner and senior vice president of strategic solutions for the Peak Performance Group Inc., recommends starting with the correct big-picture mindset: "Treat it as any other project, with a defined beginning and a defined end," she says.... News | 28 Oct 2010
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SOA growth reveals benefits and lessons
Service-oriented architecture is a way of including roles (customers, suppliers, engineers, etc.) and viewing everything as a service. Tip
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Who develops your business architecture for SOA?
Where do we find the analysts required to develop business architecture and transform business models needed develop aligned SOA solutions? Ramsay Millar discusses his research. Tip
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Thoughts on communicating enterprise business architecture
SOA may have reached a tipping point. But, to move forward, you must effectively speak the language of business architecture. Guest Commentary
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Enterprise architect tool belt: TOGAF 9, UML, BPMN and others help
As it matures, SOA is increasingly about articulating business needs, according to software architect Ramsay Millar. A mix of modeling tools helps architects meet these needs, he told SearchSOA.com. Tip
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On enterprise architect skills today - Q&A with The Open Group's Leonard Fehskens
SearchSOA.com's Jack Vaughan recently spoke with Leonard Fehskens, Vice President and Global Profession Lead at The Open Group. Tip
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Forrester analyst says consider process fine points when adapting BPM tools
Forrester Research analyst Derek Miers says the 'process' in BPM signifies importance when pursuing flexibility in IT systems. Tip
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Implementing BPM real-time analysis? Start with BAM
A BPM system needs a dashboard to show its return on investment and keep the execs abreast of what goes on. Architects need to choose the right levels of alerts to make BAM effective. Starting with BAM may be the best entry. Tip
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Q&A: Gartner's Richard Watson's field report on BPM
SearchSOA.com talks to Gartner Analyst Richard Watson about the state of business process management and his latest research papers. Q&A
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Harness real-time BPM analytics, streamline processes
Business Process Management came to prominence as a means to optimize processes. Now it drives better enterprise reporting. Tip
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Insights on BPM/SOA Excellence
OMG's BPM/SOA Success contest winner employed agile techniques to deliver a 30% reduction in claim resolution times and fill the claim requirements of 16 different countries. Tip
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How do I pair BPM modeling tools with an SOA?
When pairing BPM and SOA, a BPM modeling tool should take advantage of a service registry/repository. Expert Todd Biske explains why. Ask the Expert
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Emerging standards for business process management
What are some new standards emerging for business process management? Sri Nagabhirava discusses some notable emerging new standards. Ask the Expert
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Business process management (BPM) framework: Vertical vs. Horizontal
Sri Nagabhirava two different kinds of business process management frameworks available in the software market today. Ask the Expert
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Optimizing BPM and ROI with testing skills
Rami Jaamour suggests business process simulation and business process testing for optimizing BPM and realizing the ROI. Ask the Expert
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QA tests for BPM
Rami Jaamour discusses some QA tests businesses should be aware of in creating an optimized business process management. Ask the Expert
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The importance business activity monitoring
Sri Nagabhirava discusses how business activity monitoring has become an important tool in the current business context for timely decision making, event notification and monitoring. Ask the Expert
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Business process and services concepts
There are minor, yet distinct differences between a service and a business process and Sri Nagabhirava explains what they are. Ask the Expert
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Business process policies
Sri Nagabhirava discusses two distinct policies and how they can affect change in business processes. Ask the Expert
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Configuring Web services
Anne Thomas Manes discusses reasons why generating Web services might be problematic. Ask the Expert
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BPM frameworks
Paul Lipton suggests a couple of BPM frameworks that are available in the public domain. Ask the Expert
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business capability
Business capabilities are one way of representing the highest conceptual-level view of an enterprise architecture. Definition
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BPEL (Business Process Execution Language)
BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) for Web services is an XML-based language designed to enable task-sharing for a distributed computing or grid computing environment - even across multiple organizations - using a combination of Web services.... Definition
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business rules engine (BRE)
A business rules engine (BRE) is a software component that allows non-programmers to add or change business logic in a business process management (BPM) system. Definition
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Succeed with BPMN modeling by avoiding extra complications
BPMN modeling can appear to be overly complicated, but Ward-Dutton explains why complexity exists in BPMN 2.0 and how to avoid extra complications. Podcast
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BPM and SOA projects: Avoiding common failures
Independent consultant Michael Rosen covers architecture, semantics, understanding enterprise context for services and processes, and implementing the projects in an Agile fashion. Video
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Podcast: Forrester analysts talk SOA and BPM
SearchSOA.com sat down recently with Ken Vollmer and Clay Richardson to talk about the interplay of BPM and SOA. Topics include how to navigate the software market for BPM products, how SOA can enhance BPM, and emerging trends in BPM, such as BPM as ... Podcast
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Expert Podcast: BPM and Architecture - SearchSOA.com talks with Aleks Buterman, SenseAgility LLC
SearchSOA.com Editor in Chief Jack Vaughan discusses Business Process Management (BPM) with Aleks Buterman. Podcast
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BPEL trends update: We’ll always have orchestration
As improved BPM workflow tools have emerged, some underlying infrastructure tools have gained less attention. Notable among the latter is Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), which has often been used to convert business visions into things th... News
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Elements of API style: Daigneau talks REST vs SOAP
Web services APIs have vastly expanded over the years to include a host of REST-based methods. Resource and Message APIs have become common in addition to SOAP APIs. Feature
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Succeed with BPMN modeling by avoiding extra complications
BPMN modeling can appear to be overly complicated, but Ward-Dutton explains why complexity exists in BPMN 2.0 and how to avoid extra complications. Podcast
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When business processes meet software services
The business-side may buy the tools and model the processes in BPM, but then they leave it to developers in the application integration team to make it all work with enterprise software services. BPMN 2.0 has not altered that fact, but it may lead to... News
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SOA growth reveals benefits and lessons
Service-oriented architecture is a way of including roles (customers, suppliers, engineers, etc.) and viewing everything as a service. Tip
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Complex event processing boosts agility to create competitive advantage
There’s nothing complex about event processing’s simple payoff: When properly integrated with other systems, it adds considerable value. And, as SearchSOA Editor in Chief Jack Vaughan explains in this feature, those benefits are increasingly accessib... News
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Who develops your business architecture for SOA?
Where do we find the analysts required to develop business architecture and transform business models needed develop aligned SOA solutions? Ramsay Millar discusses his research. Tip
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BPM joins ESB and data integration for Talend
Talend added business process management capabilities to Talend Unified Platform v5 at Gartner's AADI Summit in Las Vegas last week. This addition is part of the company's effort to bring application and data integration closer together. News
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business capability
Business capabilities are one way of representing the highest conceptual-level view of an enterprise architecture. Definition
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Thoughts on communicating enterprise business architecture
SOA may have reached a tipping point. But, to move forward, you must effectively speak the language of business architecture. Guest Commentary
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About Business Process Management (BPM) modeling, design and development
Business Process Management (BPM) is a type of management that compares both the desires of clients and the organization’s assets to support the business’s efficiency and effectiveness while integrating technology and promoting innovation. In today’s market, there are two BPM frameworks, horizontal and vertical. The horizontal frameworks deal more with the design and development of the business’s processes, while the vertical frameworks focus on a certain domain which has templates that can easily be reconfigured or deployed. In this topic section, discover valuable resources for BPM modeling, design and development.