Integration

Hi,

I am starting to study Oracle BPEL and other people at my company are studying Oracle Workflow.

Recently I found the following article at the OTN, regarding the Statement of Direction of Oracle Workflow:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/workflow/workflow_sod.html

It finishes saying:


"As Oracle BPEL Process Manager provides out-of-the-box features for building human-based workflows, rules-based process automation, and integration style business processes, further development on OW4J will not continue and OW4J will not be released.

Any new or existing customers who wish to build business processes in the middle tier are recommended to use Oracle BPEL Process Manager."


So my question is: Does Oracle BPEL provides (or will provide) all the functionality implemented in Oracle Workflow ? If not what are the main differences ?

I will be waiting for your thoughts

Thanks,
Claudio.