BPM & BPEL

Hi All,
I am going through the BPM documents I got doubt like what is the difference between BPM process and BPEL process.
When we use BPM process and when we use BPEL process.
Advance thanks for clarification.
Thanks,
Venkat Sarvabatla

BPEL is an OASIS standard execution language for interactions with webservices. Processes in BPEL export and import information by using webservices interfaces exclusively.
With BPEL you can expose the business process as a webservice to be consumed by other application/system or reutilize at different systems.Ex. transactions and data manipulations.It is mainly used for orchestration.
BPM is a management model that helps companies manage their business processes while optimizing and leveraging IT assets.
With BPM you can develop, deploy, monitor, integrate and optimize the automation of applications for different types of processes that involve people and systems. It helps organisations to reduce costs, streamlined operations and greater agilty to respond to changing business needs. The only difference is it cannot be expose as a webservice.
Edited by: Saleem Shaik on Mar 31, 2011 2:10 AM

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