ZapThink analyst Jason Bloomberg said the deal will help SOA Software offer software that does not discriminate against platforms from disparate vendors.

“The platform neutrality is an important factor here, because companies are finding that when they take the platform/ESB approach to SOA infrastructure, they still need a way to handle mediation among various platforms and integration technologies — middleware for their middleware, if you will,” Bloomberg said.

“The only way out of this catch-22 is to implement a scalable, enterprise class mediation/management/security solution along with whatever ESBs or other integration infrastructure is already in place. That’s just what SOA Software has put together.”

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