Business Process Management (BPM) is a natural complement to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and a mechanism through which an organization can apply SOA to high-value business challenges. Both SOA and BPM can be pursued individually, but the two approaches in concert offer reciprocal benefits. This article will address the benefits of implementing BPM on top of a SOA foundation. Those benefits include a more agile, flexible, enterprise, one that can more easily proliferate across divisions and geographies,...