BPEL for BPM

As seen on NewsFactor:
Enterprises Face BPM Standards Maze

By Kimberly Hill
BPM Today
October 21, 2004 1:34PM

"As with most technology investments, business executives would do well to focus not on the bells and whistles of particular business process management software packages, but on their companies' needs first, says Forrester's Connie Moore."

Its good to see this coming from Forrester. BPM and enabling techinques are now mature enough for businesses to look at real usecases in the enterprise. Having worked on BPEL myself, this is not going to be easy -- but the future is bright. The next step would be to explore the effectiveness of OWL-S.