PolarLake’s Integration Suite is currently made of three major components, for Java and J2EE integration, database integration, and integration with messaging systems such as WebSphere MQ or Tibco. The company said with the launch of version 4.0 of its suite, it will add a Process Integrator component, with support for the business process execution language and business activity monitoring, both aimed at helping customers to handle process management.
Speaking to ComputerWire, PolarLake’s CEO Ronan Bradley said support for BPEL will provide customers with a standards-based way of defining and modeling their business processes.
BAM support, meanwhile, will enable them to monitor, manage and fine-tune those processes. The company will offer the monitoring of transaction metrics such as the number of transactions processed, as well as more business-oriented metrics such as the value of those transactions. The information can be stored in a relational database and queried via the PolarLake activity monitor or third party BAM tools.
Bradley said PolarLake will only tackle process management in terms of managing transactions between applications, systems or databases. He said the company is not attempting to compete with vendors targeting human-to-human process integration, or workflow. The company’s software will instead integrate with third-party business process management tools from vendors such as FileNet, Metastorm, Fuego, or Tibco’s Staffware division.
PolarLake was spun out of Irish mobile software developer Xiam Ltd two years ago. It is privately held and VC backed. Bradley was once VP of product management at Irish Corba middleware developer Iona.
