SPS Commerce Expert Co-Authors BPEL Cookbook Based On Popular Oracle Technology Network Series
Publication Includes BPEL Case Studies from 10 Industry Experts; Visionary Document Receives Praised by SOA Executives at EDS and IDC.
Minneapolis, Minn., July 31, 2006 - SPS Commerce, the leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), announced the worldwide release of the BPEL Cookbook: Best Practices for SOA-based Integration and Composite Applications Development, co-authored by Sean Carey, software architect at SPS. The book is based on the popular Oracle Technology Network's BPEL Cookbook series, which was the top developer content for a record six months. The book features case studies written by leading Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) experts, including Mr. Carey, from academic and corporate organizations including Oracle, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, SpaceBel SA and the University of Maribor.
BPEL Accelerates the Power of Web Services
Created from a standards consortium consisting of BEA Systems, IBM, and Microsoft, BPEL is a computer language used for the definition and execution of business processes using Web services.
“It was an honor to be selected as one of ten SOA global experts to participate in such an important series and publication for our industry,” said Sean Carey, software architect at SPS Commerce. “As an outsourced EDI provider, SPS Commerce leverages the Internet to connect thousands of trading partners to one another every day. Each month, SPS manages 2.5 million transactions such as purchase orders, invoices, shipping notices and more over the Internet on our customers' behalf. BPEL helps us to make the most of this secure connectivity and business processing across dispersed systems.”
Mr. Carey authored the Cookbook's chapter on SOA Techniques: Making BPEL Processes Dynamic. He explains the significance of dynamic partner links and walks the reader through a step-by-step guide to implement partner links in a sample loan-processing scenario. This approach will enable users to quickly add/delete service providers participating in a business process without actually changing the process.
Industry Praise for the BPEL Cookbook
The BPEL Cookbook has already received compliments from the following SOA experts:
“BPEL has emerged as the leading industry standard for Web services orchestration and coordination of business processes. This book offers a unique opportunity to learn from ten of the most advanced adopters of BPEL. Listen to how your peers drive value from building composite services and putting them into business processes.”
- Stephen D. Hendrick, Group Vice President, Application Development and Deployment Research, IDC
“EDS is making use of BPEL as part of our Agile Enterprise Strategy. We use it internally and as part of our solution that we provide to our clients. The real-life experiences in this book are an excellent way for you to understand how Service Oriented Architecture can work for you right now.”
- J.R. Jesson, CTO, EDS Application Portfolio Development
