2005 SOA Web Services Journal Readers’ Choice Awards

Winners and runners-up in 21 award categories

1) Best SOA / Service-Oriented Architecture

Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)

Runners-Up:

1) BEA WebLogic Platform (BEA Systems)

2) IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation (IBM)

3) Artix ( IONA Technologies)

2) Best Application Server for SOA / Web Services

Winner: BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 (BEA Systems)

Runners-Up:

1) Sun Java System Application Server (Sun Microsystems)

2) JBoss Application Server (JBoss)

3) WebSphere Application Server (IBM)

3) Best Web Services Platform

Winner: Java EE (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)

2) BEA WebLogic Platform (BEA Systems)

3) Sun Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems)

4) Best Web Services Integration Tool

Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)

Runners-Up:

1) Unwired Orchestrator (Sybase)

2) BEA WebLogic Integration (BEA Systems)

3) IBM WebSphere Integration Broker (IBM)

5) Best Integrated Services Environment

Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)

Runners-Up:

1) IBM WebSphere Studio (IBM)

2) BEA WebLogic Platform (BEA Systems)

3) Oracle JDeveloper 10g (Oracle)

6) Best Framework for SOA and Web Services

Winner: Java Web Services Developer Pack (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)

2) BEA WebLogic Workshop (BEA Systems)

3) IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (IBM)

7) Best SOA IDE

Winner: NetBeans/Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (IBM)

2) BEA WebLogic Workshop (BEA Systems)

3) Visual Basic.NET (Microsoft)

8) Most Innovative XML Application

Winner: Altova XMLSpy (Altova)

Runners-Up:

1) eBay DevelopersProgram (eBay)

2) Flex (Adobe)

3) Call Control XML Interpreter (IBM)

9) Best XML Parser

Winner: Java API for XML Processing (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)

2) IBM XML Parser for Java (IBM)

3) Oracle SDK (Oracle)

10) Best GUI for SOA

Winner: Eclipse (Eclipse Foundation)

Runners-Up:

1) Ascential Real-Time Integration Solution (Ascential Software)

2) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)

3) IBM WebSphere Software Platform (IBM)

11) Best SOA BPM Engine

Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)

Runners-Up:

1) Unwired Orchestrator (Sybase)

2) BEA WebLogic Integration (BEA Systems)

3) WebSphere Business Integration Modeler (IBM)

12) Best XML Utility

Winner: Java API for XML Processing (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) Exegenix Conversion Satellite (Exegenix)

2) XSLT Processor of Altova XMLSpy (Altova)

3) IBM DB2 XML Extender (IBM)

13) Best SOA or XML Training

Winner: Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack Tutorial (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) IBM developerWorks Speedstart Web Services (IBM)

2) BEA dev2dev (BEA Systems)

3) IONA Web Services and SOA Foundation Course ( IONA Technologies)

14) Best SOA Testing Tool

Winner: SOATest (Parasoft)

Runners-Up:

1) IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance with Rational Robot (IBM)

2) SOAPscope (Mindreef)

3) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)

15) Best SOA Legacy Adapter or Utility

Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)

Runners-Up:

1) Artix Mainframe ( IONA Technologies)

2) IBM Web Services Toolkit (IBM)

3) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)

16) Best SOA Automation Tool

Winner: webMethods Fabric (webMethods)

Runners-Up:

1) IBM WebSphere Studio (IBM)

2) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)

3) Enterprise Service Integrator (Software AG)

17) Best SOA or XML Site

Winner: java.sun.com/webservices (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) IBM developerWorks (IBM)

2) xml.org (OASIS)

3) dev2dev (BEA Systems)

18) Best SOA Management Platform

Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)

Runners-Up:

1) BEA WebLogic Platform (BEA Systems)

2) Infravio X-Registry Platform (Infravio)

3) IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Management (IBM)

19) Best SOA Security Solution

Winner: JWSDP XML and Web Services Security (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) IBM Tivoli Access Manager (IBM)

2) TransactionMinder (Netegrity)

3) Enterprise Service Integrator (Software AG)

20) Best SOA Portal Platform

Winner: Sun Java System Portal Server (Sun Microsystems)

Runners-Up:

1) webMethods Portal (webMethods)

2) BEA WebLogic Portal (BEA Systems)

3) IBM WebSphere Portal Server (IBM)

21) Best SOA Book

Winner: J2EE Web Services by Richard Monson-Haefel (Addison-Wesley)

Runners-Up:

1) Understanding Web Services: XML, WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI (Addison-Wesley)

2) Developing Enterprise Web Services: An Architect’s Guide (Prentice Hall PTR)

3) Perspectives on Web Services (IBM)