Old Wine, New Bottle?

Business process automation in software, of course, is nothing new.But the convergence of many vendors around BPM is creating a hotlycompetitive market.

A flurry of pureplay BPM startups have cropped up, such as Fuego,Intalio, Lombardi Software, Q-Link Technologies and Savvion. Workflowproducts from companies such as FileNET and Staffware, originallyoriented toward document management and end user workflow, are nowbeefing up their wares with better connectors to enterpriseapplications.

Meanwhile, integration middleware vendors, such as Tibco Software andWebMethods plus Java application server vendors IBMIBM and BEA Systems,are eyeing BPM as a growth area. Even enterprise application vendors,including SAP and Siebel Systems, are introducing workflow enginesinto their suites. Alles zu IBM auf CIO.de