BPM definition (lite) - The ability to model, integrate, monitor, and optimize process flows in businesses (organizations), regardless of the location of the process.


We have a list of vendors (April 2005) for BPM (Business Process Management, Business Performance Management), BI (Business Intelligence), Workflow, and related areas such as content management, ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load), and reporting.

BPM/BI/Workflow Vendors (3-column list)

BPM Vendors (30-column list)

The following vendors did not get into the list (yet) and will be added shortly:


• MicroStrategy
• WorkPoint

• Fujitsu - Interstage Business Process Manager

We also will be adding in more details, such as BPML, BPMN compatibility (BPEL4WS - Business Process Execution Language - see BPMN).