The Insider's Guide to Next-Generation BPM
06/29/2004
Oak Grove Systems, a business process management system (BPMS) software vendor, launched Reactor 6.0, its latest business process engine (BPE) and tools focused on meeting the needs of enterprise environments. Oak Grove says Reactor 6.0, currently in beta, enables enterprises to automate processes that span .NET and Java applications, in addition to providing true enterprise scalability, performance and reliability.
Oak Grove provided these details:
Reactor 6.0 is a BPE that enables Workflow, Web Services Orchestration, and Business Process Integration that can be used as an embedded component or as a standalone application for custom solutions. Reactor 6.0 provides .NET and Java interoperability through its new web services interface, while other enhancements add clustering, load balancing, automatic failover, improved performance, and support for the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) standard to the already rich process design, integration, execution, and monitoring features.
"In our complex end-user environment of information analysis, Reactor allows us to capture both human and system processes to rapidly deploy customized enterprise solutions," said Jin Zhu, director of information strategy at The Arlington Institute. "We're excited about Oak Grove's continued dedication to enhancing Reactor to meet our customer's sophisticated needs."
The Reactor 6.0 Business Process Engine is platform neutral, open, and standards-based with extensible architecture. It provides IT departments with a scalable platform for executing enterprise wide business processes. Reactor 6.0 also includes two additional BPM tools, Reactor Process Studio, a visual process designer for defining flows of human activities and automated tasks; and Reactor Process Manager, a browser-based user interface for accessing work lists, tracking progress, and monitoring system activity.
“Reactor 6.0 was designed to satisfy enterprise BPM needs on every level,” said Charles Ames, CEO of Oak Grove Systems. “It is filling a real need in today’s marketplace, by providing the right functionality combined with the small footprint, high performance, and reliability that enterprises require.”
Reactor 6.0 offers a number of enterprises benefits. Reactor 6.0:
--Seamlessly blends manual activities, automated tasks and web services to form cohesive end-to-end business processes
--Minimizes cost by leveraging existing infrastructure
--Get immediate value (“point and click workflow”) without sacrificing long term viability (scalable, extensible, standards-based, platform neutral)
--Minimal organizational impact – Easy to learn, usable by both developer and business user, easy to deploy and easy to interact with.
--High Availability to meet enterprise 24 x 7 needs
Reactor 6.0 is implemented in 100% pure Java with RMI, EJB, XML, and SOAP APIs for ultimate integration flexibility, and is designed to fully leverage an enterprises’ existing infrastructure including Database (JDBC), Directory (JNDI), Security (JAAS), Application Server (J2EE), and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Three configurations are available, Reactor Enterprise, optimized for enterprises; Reactor Professional, suitable for developers and small workgroups; and Reactor Embedded, ideal for ISVs.
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