Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst for IT analysis firm ZapThink, said that Oracle is taking the Frankenstein approach to SOA. “They’ve been working on building out their SOA offering for a while by assembling various parts from various different companies. We liken them to the Frankenstein of the SOA world. The question is will it all work when they’re done?”

ZapThink’s Bloomberg said he doubted that Oracle’s new offerings would topple IBM from the SOA throne. “I would say that IBM is always the company to beat,” said Bloomberg. “They have been a thought leader in the SOA space for quite a while now. Oracle is really trying to catch up. Oracle really has its sights set more on the business applications space than the integration space.”

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