Mega includes BPMN standard

Mega International will extend its current support for business process modelling notation (BPMN) standard and it will incorporate the latest version in its Mega modelling suite of business process and enterprise architecture modelling tools, according to BusinessWire.

In December 2007, the Object Management Group (OMG) reached an important milestone in the standardisation of process modelling.

Along with the BPMN standard, the OMG's task force on the business process definition metamodel project released a complete language that defines the semantics of process models.

IDS Scheer has signed a memorandum of understanding with SAP America in order to express its willingness to support SAP in its efforts to build a partner ecosystem and distribution model for SAP Business ByDesign, according to BusinessWire.

SAP Business ByDesign is an on-demand business software solution that specifically addresses a new market of prospective, fast-growing medium-sized customers.

IDS Scheer has various partnerships with SAP. In the mid-market, the company has been an SAP Business All-in-One partner since 1998, focusing on 12 vertical solutions in various industries.

Oracle's planned $8.5 billion acquisition of BEA Systems will push the company to the front of the market for software that helps major corporations tie together key business processes while running highly connected computing operations, reports InformationWeek.

Oracle has struggled to deliver a middleware platform for business process management and integrated, service-oriented architectures.

An internal project called Fusion that aims to develop such software has suffered numerous setbacks and delays since Oracle launched the effort in 2005.