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Workflow Engine by Optimajet is now a family of four products
One workflow engine for every .NET scenario, as an embeddable library, an HTTP API or a standalone server, now in four products with a new website.
Elsa Workflows vs Workflow Engine NEO
Compare Elsa Workflows 3.7 with Workflow Engine NEO across process modeling, human tasks, multitenancy, operations, and cost, read against Elsa 3.7 and NEO v22.
Dynamic tenant registration in NEO 22.0.0
Workflow Engine NEO 22.0.0 adds tenants at runtime and scopes schemes, forms, and process data per tenant. What changed, with code and upgrade steps.
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Data API or RPC API, which one your caller needs
When a caller should reach for the Data API and when it needs the RPC API in Workflow Engine NEO, with a decision table you can hand to your team.
Choosing an embedded workflow automation tool
One course payment process, built twice. Workflow Engine and Camunda 7 compared on the same practical task, from the point of view of a .NET developer.
Workflow Server Overview
What Workflow Server does out of the box, from the Workflow and Callback APIs to LDAP and OpenID sign-in, Docker deployment, multi-tenancy and plugins.
Workflow Automation Explained
Workflow automation replaces manual operations with automated task execution. The two routes there, a team of IT specialists or a low-code tool, compared.
Speed Up Development by 60% with Low Code
Forrester found that half of organizations adopt low-code for delivery speed above every other reason. What that means for a team shipping software.
Workflow Server 3.0 Release
Workflow Server 3.0 is out. A new Settings section, a reorganised Dashboard showing running processes, schemes, plug-ins and forms, and a refreshed interface.
A new Low Code Platform!
We launched the Low Code platform, a set of low-code workflow automation tools for .NET developers, for managing processes across a range of industries.
Choosing Business Process Management Software
The BPM market was worth 8.8 billion dollars in 2020 and is forecast to reach 14.4 billion by 2025. What to check before you pick a platform from it.
Optimajet and Nintex Compared for Business Rules
Optimajet and Nintex compared as business rules management systems. How each one develops, stores, edits and executes the rules behind your processes.
Choosing a Business Rules Management Tool
Six practical tips for picking a business rules management system, covering integration, scalability, testing, the rule editor and conflicting rules.
How to Implement BPM in Your Company?
Rushing a BPM rollout buys poor adoption and inefficiency. Practical tips on building a BPM system that lasts, and on what deserves your time first.
Workflow features in different industries
How Workflow Engine and Workflow Server are used across industries, written from the questions corporations keep asking us about their own processes.
Embed the Workflow Designer from Workflow Server
This article describes main principles and methods of integrating WorkflowDesigner out of WorkflowServer into an html-page, React or Angular application.
Workflow Designer Customization
How to customize the Workflow Designer for your project. From version 4.0 you can replace the standard designer elements with your own implementations.
Integrate the Workflow Designer with Angular
How to integrate the Workflow Designer into an Angular application built on ASP.NET Boilerplate, the general purpose framework that uses Bootstrap.
Workflow Performance
The results of our performance tests of Workflow Engine and Workflow Server, measured under both Windows and Linux, with the numbers we actually got.
Workflow Solutions
The structure of our product family and which one answers which workflow problem, plus what changes for you when the time comes to upgrade a license.
Workflow Engine & Workflow Server Code Quality
Good code does not happen by accident. How we keep Workflow Engine and Workflow Server maintainable, through unit test coverage and static analysis.
Workflow Server Goes OpenAPI
OpenAPI 3.0 arrived from the Open API Initiative, a Linux Foundation project. What the specification changes for Workflow Server and for everyone calling it.
Workflow Server as a Microservice Component
Workflow Server is a standalone server that fits a microservice architecture. Its capabilities, its architecture and how you integrate it over HTTP.
DWKit Built Its BPM Software on Workflow Engine
How DWKit, a BPM platform built on .NET Core and React, used Workflow Engine inside its product for HR, CMS and document approval solutions.
ProcessMAP Runs EHS Workflows on Workflow Engine
How ProcessMAP, a cloud provider of environment, health and safety software, made Workflow Engine the new heart of its SaaS platform after a market review.
How Innovum Automates Gaming License Reviews
How Innovum Technologies, a US regulatory management company, used Workflow Engine to run online casino gaming license applications end to end.
Parallel Approval without Branches
How to set up parallel approval in Workflow Engine without using branches, by passing parameters to code actions, with the scheme and a working demo.
Parallel Branches. Continued
How to define, use and control the parallel branches that Workflow Engine has carried since version 1.5, and what to watch when several run at once.
Java Workflow Engines Comparison
There are quite a lot of open source solutions that are geared towards workflow process automation. The question is how to choose the right one.
Parallel Approval in Workflow Engine
Sometimes you need to send the document for approval to several people in one go, and these people should approve it in parallel. What will you do?
Workflow Engine vs. State Machine
The pros and cons of workflow engines and state machines, and what to weigh when you choose between them for a real application rather than a demo.
Why Developers Never Use State Machines
At first sight, state machines seem to be an easy tool for developers. Nonetheless, developers soon start to regret using them. Read to find out why.
Should You Build Your Own Workflow Engine
When you decide to introduce a workflow engine into your IT infrastructure the main question you'll probably have is whether you should build one.
Why Use a Workflow Engine
Do I need a workflow engine, when should I use one, and what are my options? Our answer for anyone weighing process automation for an application.
Windows Workflow Foundation Alternative
Are there any windows workflow foundation alternatives and is windows workflow foundation dead? The answer to both questions is yes. Read to find out why.
Test it on your own process
The reading ends where a proof of concept begins. Model one process you already run, with a deadline, an escalation, and a restart in the middle of a wait, then count the code that lives outside the definition.