Johannesburg, 20 May 2011
Progress Software has been cited by Forrester Research as a leader in: "The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2011" report, published 25 April 2011.
Significantly, the Progress Sonic Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) received a score of 4.78 out of a possible 5.00 points for "current offering". The report's findings were based on a 109-criteria evaluation of both commercial and open source ESB vendors, including the Progress Sonic ESB 8.0 product released in April 2010.
In the report, the Progress Sonic ESB 8.0 received Forrester's highest score, 5.0, for product architecture and orchestration as well as "strategic alliances". Additionally, Progress was listed in the report as one of a select group of vendors which are leaders in both the Forrester ESB and Comprehensive Integration Solution Waves, "thus garnering the top position in the integration software provider market".
Hub Vandervoort, CTO, enterprise infrastructure at Progress Software, says: "We're honoured that Forrester Research has named us an ESB leader. With Sonic 8, the Progress ESB gives users a 'best of both worlds' scenario. Advanced RESTful services capabilities bring together the benefits of open source development with the robust enterprise capabilities that have enabled Sonic to become a market leader.
"This latest release advances the state-of-the-art in SOA and enterprise integration by combining the ease of use and flexibility of an open model with Sonic's patented Continuous Availability Architecture and unmatched multi-site operations management and deployment capabilities. This enables global, federated businesses to capitalise on new opportunities, drive greater efficiencies, and reduce risk with the most agile, effective and reliable messaging infrastructure in the market."
Many of the world's most demanding enterprises and government organisations rely on Progress Sonic ESB as the backbone of their enterprise integration or SOA implementation, including: AutoTrader; BAA Heathrow; ProFlowers; and Tarrant County, Texas.
"Sonic is gaining market share in South Africa because of its cost-effectiveness and enterprise capabilities," says Rick Parry, MD of AIGS, the South African distributor of Progress. "Analyst reports such as these will enable Sonic to gain further traction."
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