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Software AG, Progress Software, IBM, And SOA Software Lead; Oracle, WSO2, And Tibco Software Have Strong Solutions
In Forrester's 121-criteria evaluation of integrated service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance vendors, we found that Software AG, Progress Software (Progress), IBM, and SOA Software lead the...

Software AG, Progress Software, And SOA Software Lead; IBM, Oracle, HP, And WSO2 Have Strong Solutions
In Forrester's 55-criteria evaluation of service-oriented architecture (SOA) service life-cycle management (SLM) vendors, we found that Software AG, Progress Software, and SOA Software lead the pack....

Progress Software Leads; IBM, SOA Software, WSO2, And Managed Methods Have Strong Solutions
In Forrester's 51-criteria evaluation of standalone service-oriented architecture (SOA) management solution vendors, we found that Progress Software leads the pack with its broad and deep...
Layer 7, Vordel, IBM, and Forum Systems Lead, With Intel Close Behind
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...
Forrester's survey data shows that service-oriented architecture (SOA) still has strong penetration and high satisfaction rates. Even though today's headlines focus more on cloud computing, mobile...
This document presents vendor strategists with insights, observations, and analyses gained from IBM India's most recent industry briefing in New Delhi. Overall, the event was a success for IBM...
Business Data Services North America And Europe
This document provides highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) via our Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North...
Business Data Services North America And Europe
This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q4 2009. Hot...

Software AG And TIBCO Challenge IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, And SAP
The middleware software market went through a sequence of paradigm changes in the past three decades. Most vendors offer middleware portfolios with various software components from basic application...
No Forced Migrations, But Only Some Sun Products Seem Strategic To Oracle
As the European Commission's (EC's) objections to the acquisition of Sun Microsystems continue to delay the deal, Oracle issued clarification on its intentions for Sun's technology, most notably its...
With 74% of the Global 2000 now using service-oriented architecture (SOA), most architects recognize that SOA is about much more than Web services and better application integration. SOA continues to...
If developers treat service-oriented architecture (SOA) only as Web services standards for better application integration, it can easily result in siloed, point-to-point Web services that solve only...
This report provides an assessment of the IT opportunities in the Indian retail industry in 2009 and beyond for vendor strategists. This report examines eight key segments in the retail sector:...
New Release Will Also Blast Past SAP NetWeaver And Challenge Microsoft
The latest release of Oracle Fusion Middleware, dubbed "11g," establishes Oracle as the innovator among Java platform vendors. The first modules of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g — the core Java...
Consolidation, Modernization, And Collaboration Are Top Software Priorities
Budgeting and planning season is right around the corner, and an armful of new and unproven technologies and software initiatives promise to change the way IT conducts its business. IT organizations...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the key SOA market trends and dynamics in India. It offers data on the enterprise SOA market and growth forecasts and outlines the demand...
Where Small And Medium-Size Businesses Are Investing
Small and medium-size businesses' (SMBs') software priorities, investment levels, vendor relationships, buying processes, and use of IT differ significantly from large enterprises'. Technology...
This document provides vendor strategists with an analysis of the uptake of service-oriented architecture (SOA) in key vertical markets across Asia Pacific, excluding Japan (APEJ). The key verticals...
Business Data Services North America And Europe
This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) via our Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America...
Business Data Services North America And Europe
This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q4 2008. Hot...
BPM-Enabled Improvements In Business Agility Flow To The Bottom Line
The current global economic crisis is putting increasing pressure on enterprise architects to find new — and more cost-effective — ways of meeting business needs. One software category in...
The Market Landscape For SOA Policy Management Infrastructure And Services
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...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) market in APAC based on a survey of 343 CIOs and business managers of SMBs and large enterprises...
The majority of medium and larger enterprises will continue to expand current/initial service oriented architecture (SOA) deployments and improve their immature SOA management practices. As such,...
If your SOA platform must span multiple diverse domains, then it should become a federation of interoperable SOA infrastructure elements that work together to ease and control service usage across...