Just discovered mwd blog through their post about BPEL; they believe that the “business process” part of BPEL is a bit of a misnomer, and that “at the very best what vendors are really representing are definitions of integration processing.” I knew that I was in tune with these guys when I read their earlier post on ESB, which tears a strip off technical marketing types that invent new terms for existing concepts in order to attempt to achieve some sort of marketing advantage.
Their BPEL post also includes a link to a Bruce Silver article about BPM standards that’s definitely worth reading.
Thanks for the pointer Sandy! And its great to see that you’re keeping us analysts honest…BPM is one of those areas where a lot of “experts” really have no real-world expertise and no context within which to make judgements about the value of the technology.