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The diversity of players and solutions is the main characteristic of the workflow product market. Generalists in groupware and intranet (Netscape, Lotus-IBM, Novell, Open Text), specialists in electronic document management (FileNET, Eastman Software, Ever) or workflow (W4, TeamWARE, In Concert, Plexus), software package publishers (Metaphase, Baan, JD Edwards, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel, SAP), business components (Documentum, Template) or integration tools (NEON, TIBCO, Sopra, Frontec, Vitria, CrossWorld, Oberon), middleware vendors or manufacturers (BEA, HP, IBM, Bull...)....), the entire IT industry (not to mention services) is interested in the workflow market.

Such variety is certainly a sign of the vitality of the field. The convergence on this type of functionality of players from such varied universes is both proof of a real need and a problem for the user,...