Ron Schmelzer, an analyst with Zapthink, concurred in an e-mailed response.

“BPM and SOA not only fit hand in glove, but the only possible future direction of business process is service-oriented and SOA is process driven,” he said. “So we don’t see that the two areas will be distinct for that much further as long as the market continues to evolve in a service-oriented direction.”

Schmelzer also added a caveat for those combining BPM and SOA solutions.

“Not all of today’s BPM tools build processes in a service-oriented way, nor do all SOA tools implement business process.”

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