Test Center Tracker: BEA AquaLogic BPM keeps business processes flowing

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Oct 27, 20061 min

Swimming in the process pool: Faulty business processes can result in costly hiccups in the day-to-day workflow of your organization. In an exclusive InfoWorld review, Senior Contributing Editor James R. Borck finds that BEA's AquaLogic BPM 5.7 delivers an effective, albeit somewhat complex, all-purpose process management engine, bridging application integration with human event management and offering some good

Swimming in the process pool: Faulty business processes can result in costly hiccups in the day-to-day workflow of your organization. In an exclusive InfoWorld review, Senior Contributing Editor James R. Borck finds that BEA’s AquaLogic BPM 5.7 delivers an effective, albeit somewhat complex, all-purpose process management engine, bridging application integration with human event management and offering some good analytical insight along the way.

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