Deciding which edition to install

IBM® BPM is available in four editions: Advanced, Advanced - Process Server, Standard, and Express, each targeting various enterprise needs. To select which edition to install, consider your enterprise's needs in terms of the level of business process management adoption and the product features and topology support that you want.

Table 1. Deciding which IBM Business Process Manager edition to install
How far along the path to adopting full business process management capabilities is your enterprise?	What specific capabilities and availability support do you require?	Install this edition:
Project-level adoption: You are starting your first business process management project and are looking primarily for rapid time-to-value and improving user productivity. You don't require an upgrade path to deployment topologies and features only offered in Standard or Advanced editions.	Execution compatible with WebSphere Lombardi Edition IBM Process Designer authoring tool Collaborative editing and immediate playback Interactive user interfaces ILOG-based process rules Real-time monitoring and reporting Performance analytics and optimizer Performance Data Warehouse IBM Process Center, with a shared asset repository Up to three process authors and 200 users Two cores for developers, four cores for the product, but no clustering Windows and Linux on Intel support Support for IBM DB2, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server databases Note: There is no upgrade path from Express edition to Standard or Advanced edition. Projects started in Express edition cannot be moved to a more advanced edition.	IBM Business Process Manager Express
Multiple projects: Your enterprise is involved in multiple business process management projects and requires basic integration support.	All the capabilities of IBM BPM Express, plus the following capabilities and support: Unlimited authors and users Clustering support for high availability Linux on System z, Linux on Power, AIX, and Solaris support Network deployment support DB2® for z/OS® support	IBM Business Process Manager Standard
Transformative: Your enterprise requires high-volume process automation and needs additional SOA components for extensive service integration and orchestration.	All the capabilities and high-availability support of IBM BPM Standard, plus the following capabilities and support: Execution compatible with WebSphere® Process Server Designing and building case management systems IBM Integration Designer authoring (BPEL and SOA) Built-in enterprise service bus (ESB) Transaction support Integration adapters Business Space user interface	IBM Business Process Manager Advanced
Your enterprise currently uses an earlier version of Process Server alone and you want to update to the latest release.	All the Process Server-related capabilities and high-availability support of IBM BPM Advanced. Does not include Process Designer or Process Center.	IBM Business Process Manager Advanced - Process Server