K2 has launched Blackpearl, which is said to allow developers and business users to assemble, execute, monitor and optimize dynamic business applications that span employees, departments, organizations and line-of-business systems.

The offering includes business process management and workflow capabilities. Applications can be set up to automate and manage business processes--such as document approval or inventory tracking--or pull together business processes, people, services, information and systems into a single application that helps drive business. And once the applications are built, they can be modified with familiar Microsoft tools and environments.