Virtualization of the Design and Structure of IT applications

Virtualization is spreading. Now virtualization is impacting design and structure of IT applications. Business Process Management(BPM) is a new kind of software systems that combine application systems and business process underlying them. By doing so they not only help companies to conduct business but also help them monitor them. For instance, BPM will help say an executive to do his work and at the same time monitors his productivity. For example, it will help a ticketing clerk to issue tickets and also records all the actions initiated by him during the issuing of tickets. This information will help both the employee and employer to know productivity parameters. BPM represents a higher level of application view. In the past systems were developed only to get work done- usually called "automating" manual processes. Activites such as procurement, admissions were the focus of application systems. However, the advent of BPR concept in 90's demanded more focus on underlying process rather than activities. The new virtualization is enabling the easy integration of transactions ( ie activties) across multiple applications.
Important Implications
1. Virtualization of the design and structure of IT applications breaks the rigidity of tightly coupled legacy business applications, creating in their place the flexibility of loosely coupled processes.