| Title: |
The BPEL-Enabled Process |
| Author: |
Richard Veryard |
| Publication Date: |
17 November 2004 |
| Report Type: |
Journal |
| Report Class: |
Market Analysis |
| Abstract: |
We showed in last month's report how BPEL enables new process support architectures based on Web Services. These allow the business processes and workflows to inherit all the benefits of the Web Services stack. This month we examine the impact of BPEL on the software products market. We look at platforms, tools, applications and collaboration exchanges, and analyze functional support.
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| Backgrounder: |
The WS-Stack has a somewhat variable geometry. Each organization – and perhaps each project within each organization – may assemble some of the available WS-x specifications into a fit-for-purpose stack. Each layer of the stack can be adopted separately and piecemeal, and composed with other layers as appropriate. Thus the complexity of the WS-Stack may be controlled and customized by a local architecture process. What we are seeing, however, is a growing acceptance and adoption of a clearly defined orchestration layer, largely represented by WS-BPEL, but with some alternatives from the Java side (JBI, JBPM, JBPEL). For example, WS-Choreography1 is designed to sit on top of any orchestration, whether BPEL or programmed. As we saw in last month’s piece, there is a wide range of usage patterns supported by BPEL. However, the business value of BPEL depends significantly on the next level of technology on top of BPEL – which might be a thin layer – and this will influence user choice. |
| Report Size: |
9 Pages |
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