For Enterprise Architecture Professionals (Length: 23 pages)

February 6, 2009

SOA Policy Management: Vendors And Products

The Market Landscape For SOA Policy Management Infrastructure And Services

This is the fifth document in the "Introducing SOA Policy Management" series.

by Randy Heffner

with Mike Gilpin, Matt Czarnecki


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) policy management is an important and emerging subset of SOA strategy, SOA governance, and SOA platform planning. Because SOA policy features and functions are arising within multiple types of products, many different vendors are aiming to claim a piece of the pie — and the pie slices vary greatly in size and flavor. Architects building a strategy for SOA policy should start with a general understanding of how and how broadly candidate vendors and products — including services vendors — might play in their architecture and approach to SOA policy. The most important consideration for architects making SOA policy vendor and product choices is to integrate such decisions into their SOA platform strategy and plans.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemSOA Policy Management Market Status

itemSurvey Of Product Vendors For SOA Policy

itemVendors With Substantial Offerings For Both Runtime And Development Time Policy

itemVendors Predominantly Focusing On Runtime Policy

itemOther Notable Vendors With SOA Policy Features And Functions

itemExamples Of Services Vendor SOA Policy Offerings And Resources

recommendations

itemBase Your Vendor Strategy On Your Platform, Aggressiveness, And Priorities

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 23 vendor companies, including AgilePath Corporation, AmberPoint, BearingPoint, CA, Cisco Systems, Computer Science Corporation (CSC), Electronic Data Systems (EDS), HP, IBM, Layer 7 Technologies, Microsoft, MomentumSI, Oracle, Progress Software, Red Hat, SAP, SOA Software, Software AG, Sun Microsystems, TIBCO Software, Torry Harris Business Solutions, Vordel, and WebLayers.

Related Research Documents

itemEstablishing A Solid Architecture Foundation For SOA Policy Infrastructure

November 24, 2008

itemHow To Get Started On SOA Policy Management

August 26, 2008

itemTopic Overview: Service-Oriented Architecture For Enterprise Architects

August 18, 2008

itemDefining Your SOA Platform Strategy

May 14, 2008

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Analyst: Randy Heffner
Technology: Application Development, Application Security, Enterprise Architecture, Security & Risk, SOA & Web Services
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America