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	November 18, 2011 The Forrester Wave™: SOA Application Gateways, Q4 2011 Layer 7, Vordel, IBM, and Forum Systems Lead, With Intel Close Behind by Randy Heffner with Alex Cullen, Lauren Blackburn	Average: 9  (6 ratings)

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Executive Summary

In Forrester's 45-criteria evaluation of service-oriented architecture (SOA) application gateway vendors, we found that Layer 7 Technologies (Layer 7), Vordel, IBM, and Forum Systems lead the pack with their broad and deep support for messaging styles, attack protection, trust enablement, and content transformation. Intel provides a functionally strong, developer-focused product. Progress Software (Progress) and Software AG both provide software-only gateways, each of which has a bundling strategy that provides a head start on broader SOA governance. Tibco Software and Bee Ware round out the evaluation, and buyers may have focused reasons to buy either of these vendors' products.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• SOA Application Gateways Provide A Focused, Policy-Based SOA Control Point
• SOA Application Gateways Evaluation Overview
• The Forrester SOA Application Gateways Evaluation
• Vendor Profiles
• Supplemental Material
• Related Research Documents

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