Business Infrastructure Software Provider Software AG, announced that it was recognized as a ‘Leader’ in the recently published The Forrester Wave: SOA Service Life-Cycle Management.
According to Forrester Research, a leading independent IT research firm, “Service Life-Cycle Management is a major enabler Of SOA”1.
Forrester’s evaluation encompassed 96 criteria with Software AG named a leader in the report. Software AG also earned the top score in the evaluation for ‘Market Presence’. The company was also credited with “…providing the strongest user experience.”
“By bringing CentraSite together with webMethods Infravio, we’ve created a highly differentiated product that has been recognized for its enterprise-class and global-class performance, ease-of-use, and comprehensive support for a full-range of SOA activities,” said Dr. Peter Kürpick, Chief Product Officer for the webMethods division and member of the Software AG Executive Board.
Forrester also concluded that ‘[a]s the product develops, CentraSite’s pragmatic and collaborative view of the enterprise, combined with deeper integration of Infravio’s significant workflow and repository horsepower, will strengthen its position as a highly flexible, easily consumed, and vendor neutral solution.”
Software AG received the top score for ‘Market Presence’ in the report. Criteria used for this rating included the strength of a company’s installed base; market presence in terms of product-related revenue; recent growth and momentum; and the range of available support services offered for getting started.
“Governance is too often viewed as a passive activity solely focused on ensuring baseline performance. In reality, it is an active process that can be used to dramatically improve service quality, to streamline development and accelerate end-user adoption, and to overcome the day-to-day challenges associated with SOA’s inherent complexity,” said Mike Matsumura, Deputy CTO, Software AG.
“Forrester clearly understand this. As such, we’re extremely delighted by their recognition of our position as a leader in service lifecycle management. We’re also indebted to our global customer base, who’s first-hand perspective have helped us to create a real-world solution.” |
