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BPEL 2.0 Available for Public Comment

By Dick Weisinger

In an earlier Formtek blog I described and compared BPEL and BPMN 2.0 technologies and discussed how both are important to BPM.  BPEL is a language that describes the flow and coordination of interactions between published business component interfaces.  BPMN is a notational

Workflow via WebFeeds: Syndicating Enterprise Processes

By Dick Weisinger

WebFeed technology is growing in popularity and has the potential to dramatically change that way that users interact with their Enterprise systems. What are WebFeeds?  They are (usually) XML documents that describe frequently updated data.  WebFeed readers can efficiently check many WebFeed

Putting your finger on what Content Management is

By Dick Weisinger

There’s been a number of articles and blogs over the last week that show that the definition of ‘Content Management’ has become blurred and is continuing to change.  Jim Rapoza at eWeek says that things like collaboration, portals and wikis are ouside

Embedded Document MetaData

By Dick Weisinger

There was a blog here a few months back about PDF/A, a version of Adobe’s PDF file format that is intended to be used for long-term document archival.  AIIM recently updated their FAQ about PDF/A, and it provides good information.

Consolidation in the ECM market

By Dick Weisinger

A May 2006 report by Gartner shows that OpenText, IBM, FileNet and EMC were market leaders in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) marketplace.  The report said that the “ECM market is dynamic” and “marked by technology consolidation”.  That consolidation is happening