Joe McKendrick, ebizQ's SOA in Action Blogger, is a nationally published author and consultant
with deep knowledge and insights regarding trends and developments in
the technology industry. He is a contributing editor to a number of
national and international publications and Websites including
Database Trends & Applications, ZDNet, and Webservices.Org. He also
serves as analyst for Evans Data Corp., and is lead analyst for Evans'
Web services and enterprise development management issues surveys.
SOA in Action Blog
|
« 'Best in Class' or 'Laggard'? New Studies Show Mixed SOA Progress | Main | Staying on Track With SOA » August 20, 2007The Path to BPM Goes Through SOA... and Visa Versa At least one big vendor says that the best route to business process management is through SOA. Or, conversely, the path to SOA goes through BPM. IBM, it is reported, is throwing a ton of resources at bringing together business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA), and, hopefully, in the process, getting IT to think more like business users in order to use this technology more effectively. (PDF available to registered ebizQ members here.) That's the latest word from Dennis Callaghan, analyst with the 451 Group (and a colleague of mine going back to our Midrange Systems days). IBM, in its IBM Way of doing things, has launched a head-spinning assortment of initiatives around fusing BPM and SOA, including products, partnership programs, and university-based certification programs. But in the big picture of things, Dennis observes that "such a confluence of technologies means that IT will have to collaborate more with business users – and so will need greater knowledge of the business side." There are other vendors tacking in this direction as well, including SAP, Ramco Systems, BEA, and Sun Microsystems, Dennis observes. Posted by joemckendrick in Business Process Management | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: If BPM can't stand alone you got the wrong tool SOA is a nice to have - if you can afford it and no surprises being pushed by the big players....! Posted by: David Chassels at August 23, 2007 11:21 AM Post a comment
|
