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February 22, 2007. Call in at 10:55 a.m. Eastern Time Teleconference The Forrester Wave™: IC-BPMS Evaluations Ken Vollmer Henry Peyret Principal Analyst Senior Analyst Forrester Research
February 22, 2007. Call in at 10:55 a.m. Eastern Time
TeleconferenceThe Forrester Wave™: IC-BPMS EvaluationsKen Vollmer Henry Peyret
Principal Analyst Senior Analyst
Forrester Research
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Theme
IC-BPMS tools provide SOA and BPM features
together.
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Agenda
• IC-BPMS market overview
• IC-BPMS Wave results
• What’s next
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Definition
► This is not your father’s EAI
► Were previously assessed as “integration suites”
► Morphed into IC-BPMS due to SOA and standards adoption
► And it’s not just about integration
► Development, composition
► Toward metadata driven dev.
► Does not include B2B specialists
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The Evolution Of IC-BPMSes
December 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 2006”
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IC-BPMS Tools Affect The Entire Process Life Cycle
December 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 2006”
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The Two Major BPMS Categories
December 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 2006”
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The market continues to evolve
• The increasing business focus on process improvements
• Market consolidation
• The impact of standalone ESB providers
• Linked BPM and SOA adoption
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BPM And SOA Are Inextricably Linked
December 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 2006”
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Agenda
• IC-BPMS market overview
• IC-BPMS Wave results
• What’s next
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Evaluation Criteria
December 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 2006”
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Wave results : Traditional platform vendors compete head-to-head with integration specialists
• Comprehensive SOA capability
» Standalone or integrated ESB
» Repository/registry allowing SOA governance
» Simple security features
• Strong integration features
• Significant support for human interactions
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Forrester Wave™: Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 ’06
December 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 2006”
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IC-BPMS Leaders
• webMethods: SOA and BEM leader
• TIBCO: IC- and HC-BPMS, SOA
• IBM: BPM, SOA, templates, service
• Oracle: Good progress on BPM and SOA, single-click install
• BEA Systems: IC- and HC-BPMS, SOA
• Sun: SOA on Java platform, open source
• Software AG: ESB, BPM, SOA
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IC-BPMS Strong Performers
• SAP: SAP world only
• Vitria: Vertical specialist focus for telco and healthcare
• Microsoft: Does not include the latest WFW Foundation announcements
• Cordys: A strong, integrated, independent vendor
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IC-BPMS Contender
• iWay: Simple SOA solution connecting everything
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Recommendations
• The platform vendors are now credible as IC-BPMS leaders
» Choose the IC-BPMS as your SOA platform or as part of SOA platform
• Best-of-breeds remain with TIBCO, webMethods, and Software AG
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Ken Vollmer
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Thank you
Henry Peyret
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Selected bibliography
• December 20, 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 2006”
• September 25, 2006, Trends “Increase Business Agility With BPM Suites”
• February 24, 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Human-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q1 2006”
• January 26, 2006, Market Overview “Demand For Business Process Management Suites Will Accelerate Through 2009”
• July 28, 2005, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Integration Suites, Q3 2005”
