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by Jeff Moad, MA Editorial Staff   | Abstract: | As enterprise vendors push aggressively into business process management waters, manufacturers face a decision: Go with pure-play providers or wait for BPM tools from the ERP vendors to mature. |
FACT: The centerpiece of SAP AG's recently upgraded NetWeaver 7.1 release, NetWeaver Process Integration server, significantly enhances NetWeaver's business process management (BPM) capabilities. FACT: SAP, at its recent TechEd conference in Munich announced its acquisition of privately owned Yasu Technologies Inc., a maker of business rules management software. The Yasu technology will become another key piece of SAP's BPM offering. At the same conference, SAP previewed a new business process modeling tool it is developing and plans to roll out in mid-2008. FACT: Oracle Corp. in October launched a bid for BEA Systems Inc., a maker of middleware software, including BPM tools. [Click to continue] |