IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Get started with IBM BPM > Key concepts > The enterprise service bus in IBM BPM
Enterprise service bus messaging infrastructure
IBM BPM includes enterprise service bus capabilities. IBM BPM supports the integration of service-oriented, message-oriented, and event-driven technologies to provide a standards-based, messaging infrastructure in an integrated enterprise service bus.
The enterprise service capabilities that you can use for your enterprise applications provide not only a transport layer but mediation support to facilitate service interactions. The enterprise service bus is built around open standards and SOA. It is based on the robust Java EE infrastructure and associated platform services provided by IBM WebSphere Application Server.IBM WebSphere Application Server ND.
IBM BPM is powered by the same technology available with IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. This capability is part of the underlying functionality of IBM BPM, and no additional license for WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus is required to take advantage of these capabilities.
However, you can deploy additional stand-alone licenses of WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus around your enterprise to extend the connectivity reach of the process integration solutions powered by IBM BPM.
For example, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus can be installed closer to an SAP application to host an IBM WebSphere Adapter for SAP and to transform SAP messages before sending that information across the network to a business process choreographed by IBM BPM.
See