14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the BPM system further comprises a business process modeler device and a business rule monitoring device, wherein the business process modeler device, the execution engine and the business rule monitoring device are provided by at least two different vendors.
14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the BPM system further comprises a business process modeler device and a business rule monitoring device, wherein the business process modeler device, the execution engine and the business rule monitoring device are provided by at least two different vendors. 16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the BPF device further comprises a business model translator configured to translate the business process model when an output of the business process modeler device is incompatible with an input format expected by the execution engine.