Ronald Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink LLC, in Waltham, Mass., said, “By renaming itself there’s pretty much no doubt as to what market they are focusing on. [But while] it’s clearly focused on SOA, it’s not just management and security anymore but, rather, the infrastructure required to make SOA work.”

“Also, the markets for SOA are still consolidating significantly,” Schmelzer said. “It’s down to about three or four vendors in the Web services management space, and that might further consolidate. We’re seeing the same trends in security, process and metadata management. With a moniker like SOA Software, the company will probably be looking to be the acquirer rather than be consolidated out of the space.”

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