webMethods Named Best SOA by the Readers of SOA Web Services Journal
January 23 2006 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
webMethods Wins Seven of 21 Awards in the Software Industry's
'Oscars,', Including Best SOA, Management Platform, Integrated
Services Environment, BPM Engine and Web Services Integration Tool
FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- webMethods, Inc.
(NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization
software company, today announced that it was named the overall
winner in seven of 21 categories of the SOA Web Services Journal's
2005 Readers' Choice Awards. The publication's 17,000 readers also
named webMethods a first runner-up in three additional categories.
SOA Web Services Journal is the industry's leading publication
exclusively focused on service-oriented architecture (SOA). "Coming
from the actual developers and practitioners responsible for
implementing their organization's service-oriented architecture,
these awards offer unprecedented validation to the performance and
value that we've long delivered," said Kristin Muhlner, executive
vice president, product development, webMethods, Inc. "What's being
recognized isn't hype or even a single implementation, but rather,
the real-world performance of our technology as it is being used by
leading enterprises to successfully transition to a
service-oriented approach to computing. Our multiple wins across a
variety of categories also reinforces the unmatched depth and
breadth of the webMethods Fabric(TM) product suite, which allows it
to serve as these organization's total solution for SOA." In the
year-long balloting, webMethods was named the overall winner in the
following categories: * Best SOA / Service-Oriented Architecture --
Runners-up: BEA, IBM, Iona * Best Web Services Integration Tool --
Runners-up: Sybase, BEA, IBM * Best Integrated Services Environment
-- Runners-up: IBM, BEA, Oracle * Best SOA BPM Engine --
Runners-up: Sybase, BEA, IBM * Best SOA Legacy Adapter or Utility
-- Runners-up: Iona, IBM, Altova * Best SOA Automation Tool --
Runners-up: IBM, Altova, Software AG * Best SOA Management Platform
-- Runners-up: BEA, Infravio, IBM webMethods was also recognized as
a first runner-up in the Best Web Services Platform, Best Framework
for SOA and Web Services and Best SOA Portal Platform categories.
By placing first or second in 10 categories altogether, webMethods
tied with one other vendor for the best overall performance in the
competition. "Each year in the Readers' Choice Awards there are
just one or two companies whose range and scope is so wide and
deep, and market penetration so successful, that the readers of SOA
Web Services Journal reward it with multiple awards," said SYS-CON
Group Publisher and Editorial Director Jeremy Geelan. "SYS-CON
Media warmly congratulates webMethods for performing better in 2005
than anyone else in the world, not just once but seven times. It is
a remarkable achievement and we are very proud of SOA Web Services
Journal's proactive role in helping to facilitate this
community-driven process." webMethods Fabric 6.5, webMethods'
flagship product suite for service- oriented, process-based total
business integration, has received widespread recognition and
acclaim since its unveiling in April 2005. During this time period,
Forrester Research named webMethods a leader in The Forrester WAVE:
Enterprise Service Bus, Q4 2005, Evaluation of Top Enterprise
Service Bus Vendors Across 100 Criteria (Nov. 15, 2005) as well as
in The Forrester WAVE: Integration Suites, Q3 2005 - Evaluation of
Top Integration Suite Vendors Across More Than 125 Key Criteria
(July 28, 2005). webMethods was also positioned in the leader
quadrant by Gartner, Inc. in the Magic Quadrant for Integration
Backbone Software, 1H05 (April 15, 2005). In addition, webMethods
took top honors in head-to-head competition with 10 other vendors
at the 2005 Global Integration Summit, being named the Premier
Solution Provider of 2005(TM) for the SOA Integration Showcase.
About webMethods, Inc. webMethods (NASDAQ:WEBM) provides business
integration software to integrate, assemble and optimize available
IT assets to drive business process productivity. webMethods
delivers an innovative, enterprise-class business integration
platform that incorporates proven integration technology with next
generation capabilities into one interoperable set of tools that
delivers a unique combination of efficiency, agility and control.
webMethods combines industry leadership with a zealous commitment
to customers to deliver tangible business value to more than 1,300
global customers. webMethods is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with
offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan. More
information about the company can be found at
http://www.webmethods.com/. About The Magic Quadrant The Magic
Quadrant is copyrighted April 15, 2005 by Gartner, Inc. and is
reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period.
It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure
against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in
the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select
only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic
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The webMethods name and logo are registered trademarks of, and
webMethods Fabric is a trademark of, webMethods, Inc. All other
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