To achieve business agility  that a business user can actually configure and orchestrate SOA services, a business process modeling tool  must provide high-fidelity and robust transformation between BPMN models and implementation code: BPEL and Web Services. 

Modeling business processes for SOA and developing end-to-end IT support has become one of the top IT priorities. The SOA approach is based on services and on processes. Processes are focused on composition of services and in that sense services become process activities.
Experience has shown that the implementation and optimization of processes are the most important factors in the success of SOA projects. SOA is so valuable to businesses because it enables process optimization.

Modeling business processes for SOA and developing end-to-end IT support has become one of the top IT priorities. The SOA approach is based on services and on processes. Processes are focused on composition of services and in that sense services become process activities.

Experience has shown that the implementation and optimization of processes are the most important factors in the success of SOA projects. SOA is so valuable to businesses because it enables process optimization.

This presentation clarifies the value that WS-BPEL can add to your existing processes and examine some common scenarios in which BPEL should be used. It explains WS-BPEL's role within a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and its relationship to other Business Process Management (BPM) initiatives. It also reviews a real-world use case to illustrate BPEL's role in an SOA.

The OASIS WS-BPEL Technical Committee produced this presentation, which was delivered by Frank Ryan of Active Endpoints in 2007.

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In this case study, Synovus and Active Endpoints demonstrates how
reusing proven code to build new applications, regardless of that
code's origin, allowed the community bank to provide customers with Web
self-service options and other technology benefits usually considered
beyond the reach of a smaller institution. By making the most of its
programming resources, the bank was able to deliver Web services in
line with customers' elevated expectations while keeping its focus on
the personal service customers expect from a community bank.

This article examines the Apache Foundation's implementation of WS-BPEL 2.0, the Orchestration Director Engine (ODE) 1.1. It describes how to create your own BPEL process and integrate it into your application. The authors are Ilya Platonov of Axmor, and Artem Papkov and Jim Smith of IBM.

This case study describes research experience in orchestrating scientific, grid-based workflows using BPEL. The study orchestrates Grid services for the automation of a polymorph prediction application. Using this example, the paper explains the extent with which the BPEL language supports the definition of scientific workflows. It describes the reliability, performance and scalability that can be achieved by executing a complex scientific workflow with ActiveBPEL, an industrial strength but freely available BPEL engine.

Web services (WS) provide a simple, standardized way to connect applications over the Internet, however they require management of security and other run-time operations to work effectively. Oracle Web Services Manager is a software solution for managing the operations of web services and the interactions between these services.

The following tutorial explains in detail how to digitally sign and verify messages in web services using Oracle Web Services Manager.

To gain a greater understanding of concept of SOA applications, BPEL processes and Java Business Integration (JBI) applications and to enable us to develop enterprise level SOA applications, we need to understand JBI in further depth, and how JBI components can be linked together. This article by Frank Jennings and David Salter shows how the JBI Service Engine is supported within the NetBeans Enterprise Pack.

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