Progress Sonic ESB 7.5 is the latest version of Progress Software’s enterprise service bus (ESB) that enables the integration and flexible re-use of business applications within a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Progress Software customers benefit from the following key characteristics of Sonic ESB:

• Sonic ESB has an unstoppable messaging backbone that provides continuous availability right out of the box.
• Sonic ESB allows customers to configure, update and manage their distributed SOA infrastructure from a single console located anywhere on the network.
• The Sonic ESB lightweight, zero-cost container works in a heterogeneous environment – no application servers are required or embedded.

Furthermore, Sonic ESB can connect applications from any vendor. This enables companies to make the most of their prior IT investments while standardizing around SOA. Sonic ESB helps enterprises recognize that they can obtain desired business benefits by moving to a SOA environment —rather than bearing the high risk and cost of the “rip and replace” ethos.

SOAWorld Magazine’s “SOA World Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards”
SOA World Magazine announced that nominations are now open for the SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards, which recognize excellence in the software, solutions, or services provided by the industry's top vendors. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade. This year's SOA awards will be given in 19 categories and the award-winning products and services will be selected by SOA World Magazine readers. Winners will be announced at the SOA World Conference & Expo 2008 East, June 23-24 in New York City.

Service-oriented architectures have evolved over the past few years out of the original vision of loosely coupled Web services replacing constrained, stovepiped applications throughout enterprise IT. Every major enterprise technology vendor today has developed its own SOA strategy, supported by innumerable mid-size companies and start-ups offering specific SOA aspects or entire solutions.

Nominated Products and Services by Category: 

• Best App Server
• Best Automation Tool
• Best BPM Engine
• Best Framework
• Best IDE
• Best Integration Tool
• Best Legacy Adapter
• Best Open Source SOA Tool
• Best Portal Platform
• Best Security Solution
• Best SOA or XML Site
• Best SOA or XML Training
• Best SOA Platform
• Best SOA Testing Tool
• Best SOA Tool
• Best SOA/Web Services Book
• Best Web Services Utility
• Best XML Database
• Best XML Parser

SOA World Conference & Expo 2007 Sponsors
In 2007, SOA World Conference & Expo was sponsored by the world’s leading SOA companies including Active Endpoints, BEA Systems, Laszlo Systems, Nexaweb, TIBCO Software, WSO2, IBM, Parasoft, webMethods, Sybase, B-hive, iTKO, Managed Methods, Mellanox Technologies, Nastel, NextAxiom, RingCube, Two Roads Professional Resources, Web Age Solutions, Solstice Software, Fiorano Software, iTKO, Layer 7 Technologies, PushToTest, Ruby on Gears, Farata Systems, Tenfold, Thinstall, Trivera Technologies, BZMedia, Extension Media, GoingToMeet, ITtoolbox, Methods & Tools, SDTimes, Software Test & Performance, TechTracker Media, ZapThink, OASIS, and SOA Consortium.

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