'''Oracle BPEL Process Manager''' is a [[Business Process Execution Language|BPEL]] engine that is a member of the [[Oracle Fusion Middleware]] 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]] (SOA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-06-30-a.html|title=Oracle BPEL Process Manager Provides SOA and Integration Platform Support|work=Cover Pages|date=[[June 30]], [[2004]]|accessdate=2006-12-11}}</ref>.
Oracle BPEL engine was acquired from [[Collaxa]], formally called '''Collaxa BPEL Server''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle Purchases Collaxa, Launches Oracle BPEL Process Manager |date=2004-06-30 |url=http://www.rittman.net/2004/06/30/oracle-purchases-collaxa-launches-oracle-bpel-process-manager/|accessdate=2006-12-11}}</ref> in April 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=9714|title=Oracle unveils native BPEL engine|date=2004-06-07|accessdate=2006-12-11|author=John K. Waters}}</ref>. Now it is a part of the [[Oracle SOA Suite]].
==See also==
* [[Comparison of business integration software]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/bpel/ Oracle: BPEL Process Manager website]
* [http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=320 Oracle Forum related to SOA]
* [http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=212 Oracle Forum related to BPEL]
* [http://orasoa.blogspot.com/ Oracle BLOG related to SOA/BPEL/ESB]
* [http://www.club-oracle.com/forums/f53/oracle-bpel-process-manager-t68/ Oracle BPEL Process Manager Overview]
