Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Back-End Application Integration Projects

Looks like Microsoft BizTalk has finally made it into the leader quadrant; and leads by a hefty margin as well. What is interesting the Gartner commentary on the  vendors who were dropped as it certaily reflects consolidation in the market as smaller players were acquired by bigger ones.

  • BEA Systems: The company was acquired on 1 July 2008 by Oracle (see "Oracle's Post-BEA Middleware Road Map: Product Recommendations for Users").
  • Cape Clear Software: The company was acquired in February 2008 by Workday, a company offering HR applications through a SaaS model. Cape Clear's middleware technology is used by Workday in the context of its SaaS offering, but it is not sold anymore to user organizations (see "Workday Buys ESB Vendor to Offer Integration as a Service").
  • Iona Technologies: The company was acquired in July 2008 by Progress Software. Iona's middleware technology (Artix and Fuse) is in the process of being integrated into Progress' product lines (see "Progress Acquires Iona to Strengthen Presence in AIM Market").
  • PolarLake: The company refocused its strategy around offering specific integration solutions for the financial services market.
  • WebMethods: The company was acquired in June 2007 by Software AG. Software AG retained webMethods' products and branding.
  • Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Back-End Application Integration Projects

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