This will probably not be Ascential’s only purchase, said Ron Schmelzer, an industry analyst at ZapThink.

The company “wants to build a suite of architectural components, supporting tools, and a framework by which companies can mix and match integration technologies as they need,” said Schmelzer. “I think this will be just the first of what will no doubt be a few notable acquisitions by this company.”

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