BEA:
Gained immediate cachet with the release of AquaLogic SOA platform, which blended a mixture of acquired, developed and repackaged ingredients into a potent enterprise potable. Speedy application servers ensure that digital beverages will always arrive steaming hot.

IBM:
WebSphere continues to be the all-knowing, all-doing orb of integration as the company bestowed Web services capabilities to MQ, Business Integration Modeler and Server Express products.

Microsoft:
Rode its project Whitehorse into the integration arena, instantly giving Visual Studio 2005 developers an easy connection to SOA infrastructure.

Mindreef:
Grossman and Moskun put heads together to create Coral, an SOA environment that allows employees to collaborate in the integration life cycle.

Oracle:
While announcements surrounding Fusion may have been mostly smoke and mirrors, the attention they drew reflects the company’s significant influence.

Progress:
Recognized the significance of data stream processing to the ability to analyze and report business activity, and acted on it.

TIBCO:
Implemented an innovative complex event processing system to divine business events wisdom from enterprise chaos.