Oracle BPEL Process Manager is a BPEL

Business Process Execution Language

Business Process Execution Language , short for Web Services Business Process Execution Language is an OASIS standard executable language for specifying actions within business processes with web services...

 engine that is a member of the Oracle Fusion Middleware

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Oracle Fusion Middleware consists of several software products from Oracle Corporation. OFM spans multiple services, including Java EE and developer tools, integration services, business intelligence, collaboration, and content management...

 family of products. It enables enterprises to orchestrate disparate applications and Web services into business processes. The ability to quickly build and deploy these processes in a standards-based manner delivers critical functionality for developing a Service-Oriented Architecture

Service-oriented architecture

In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...

 (SOA).

Oracle BPEL engine was acquired from Collaxa, formally called Collaxa BPEL Server, in April 2004. Now it is a part of the Oracle SOA Suite

Oracle SOA Suite

In computing, Oracle SOA Suite is a part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware family of software products.-Features:Oracle SOA Suite is a set of service infrastructure components for building, deploying, and managing SOAs. Oracle SOA Suite enables system developers to set up and manage services and to...

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