Enterprise services
Communications of the ACM, 2002•dl.acm.org
Enterprise services Page 1 The second theme is business process management (BPM),
which is the systematic automation of everyday business processes by integrating core
systems. BPM requires a change in the way applications are viewed. Monolithic
applications are reevaluated as a set of components and services that are then
reaggregated into new processes. The focus of BPM is integration of processes, and in
many cases, BPM is driven by the need to expose processes to Web users—efficiently and …
which is the systematic automation of everyday business processes by integrating core
systems. BPM requires a change in the way applications are viewed. Monolithic
applications are reevaluated as a set of components and services that are then
reaggregated into new processes. The focus of BPM is integration of processes, and in
many cases, BPM is driven by the need to expose processes to Web users—efficiently and …
Examining the emerging field of Web Services and how it is integrated into existing enterprise infrastructures.