B2B using Oracle BPEL

Hello,
What are the different options of publishing a BPEL process on internet ? what will be suitable approach for B2B using the Oracle BPEL PM. Please provide pointers to pros n cons of different architectures.
We want to integrate a partners with our internal EBS. Amount of data flowing between partner system and our EBS is moderate. We also want this communication to be secure.
Thanks in advance.

HI,
we have several customers using this approach ..
usually you have B2B in front, debatching and so on - sending it onto a queue - and then bpel processes taking the info and do whatever with it ..
some things we saw here .. key is to tune the process - and use oci drivers for reading from AQ - but then it works nice and smooth ..
There is an upcoming b2b course that has bpel samples with it, if you want contat me offline and I hook you together with the PM for B2B, one of my colleaques..
thx clemens

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