ZapThink analyst Jason Bloomberg said the deal makes SOA Software that much stronger and puts it into collision with new rivals, such as enterprise service bus (ESB) specialist Sonic Software, which also recently improved its SOA suite.

“ZapThink sees this news as part of the maturation of the transitional Web services management market, since enterprises are now realizing that management is only a piece of the SOA puzzle,” Bloomberg said. “SOA Software is now offering a broader spectrum of the infrastructure capabilities that companies need to run their SOA implementations.”

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