An analyst said the acquisition is indicative of consolidation of multiple technologies.

“Specifically, the areas of management, security, registries, and aspects of event-driven integration are increasingly being asked for as a consolidated package by customers,” said Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst at ZapThink, in an e-mail response to questions. “As SOA Software seeks to increase their visibility and brand in SOA [service-oriented architecture], they will likely have to be the acquirers in order to prevent themselves from being consolidated from the market.”

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