More BPM support from BEA

More business process management support coming from BEA. Its a natural strategy for them to move away from increasingly commoditized plumbing business -

"Project Sierra will include "patterns and best practices," or technical guidelines on how to build services oriented applications. The company will also be enhancing its WebLogic Workshop development tool with more so-called business process management capabilities, Willis said.

Business process management systems provide business analysts with visualization tools to model a business process and to monitor a business work flow. BEA currently sells some business process management tools as part of its WebLogic Integration product line. "