Industry Analyst Reports

Forrester; 10 December 2007 -- "Many enterprises are still supporting their B2B requirements with basic electronic data interchange (EDI) technology that is more than 20 years old. While this technology still provides value, its ongoing use in isolation from newer alternatives will increasingly limit the ability of organizations to implement flexible and strategic process improvements. For maximum impact, enterprise architects need to pursue B2B modernization efforts with tools that support both business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA)."

Gartner; 7 June 2007 -- "This research is aimed at helping organizations selecting a comprehensive end-to-end application infrastructure to support composite-application projects for their SOA initiatives." -- Access the report at Gartner.com. The report will be accessible only to Gartner clients with paid access to Gartner research or (in some cases) the report will be available for purchase from Gartner.

Gartner; 7 June 2007 -- "This Magic Quadrant emphasizes product capabilities most relevant to projects that have, as their primary objective, integration of the back-end data and business logic of applications. These projects deliver increased cohesion and unified access to resources of purchased packages; enterprise legacy products; and applications that are new and custom-designed from other relevant enterprises or provided by service providers." -- Access the report at Gartner.com. The report will be accessible only to Gartner clients with paid access to Gartner research or (in some cases) the report will be available for purchase from Gartner.

Gartner; 1 June 2007 -- "Gartner has defined a new market for application infrastructure that reflects the convergence and overlap of many of the products available to support application development (AD), deployment and execution. Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure, 2Q07, analyzes the total application infrastructure market and the relevance of suppliers whose products might be used in a variety of project types. This Magic Quadrant should be used in combination with the Magic Quadrants that reflect the buying behaviors for specific project types within an enterprise, as well as the Magic Quadrants for specialized product categories, where appropriate." -- Access the report at Gartner.com. The report will be accessible only to Gartner clients with paid access to Gartner research or (in some cases) the report will be available for purchase from Gartner.

Gartner; 31 May 2007 -- "New service-oriented business applications require a complex collection of capabilities in runtime-enabling technologies and development tools. This Magic Quadrant examines the ability of leading application infrastructure vendors to single-handedly support such projects." -- Access the report at Gartner.com. The report will be accessible only to Gartner clients with paid access to Gartner research or (in some cases) the report will be available for purchase from Gartner.

Gartner; 3 May 2007 -- "This research describes two enterprise service bus (ESB) usage scenarios and the associated technical requirements and product features that address those scenarios. Architects and IT managers who are buying service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure tools must understand which type of product is most appropriate for their purposes." -- Access the report at Gartner.com. The report will be accessible only to Gartner clients with paid access to Gartner research or (in some cases) the report will be available for purchase from Gartner.

Forrester; 19 March 2007 -- "The wide range of packaged integration alternatives, and resulting significant overlap of features and functions among the various product categories, make it difficult for enterprise architects to select the best alternative to meet their integration needs. Scenario-based guidance on the relative suitability of different solution types among the individual integration products can help enterprise architects engaged in the vendor selection process to more effectively evaluate the various integration alternatives."

Aberdeen Group; 21 December 2006 -- "Aberdeen research shows that companies are spending billions to renovate enterprise applications, especially to align company business processes with ERP application software. One enabling technology that has picked up considerable momentum is business process management (BPM)."

Forrester; 20 December 2006 -- "Forrester conducted product evaluations of integration-centric business process management suite (IC-BPMS) vendors in October and November 2006 and interviewed more than 35 vendor and user companies."

Forrester; 20 December 2006 -- "With its integration solution, iBolt, and OEM partnership with W4 for business process management (BPM), Magic Software Enterprises provides a comprehensive solution and has been ranked as a Strong Performer in its first appearance in Forrester's integration-centric business process management suite (IC-BPMS) evaluation. Magic has a midmarket focus, and its pricing makes it an appealing alternative, coupled with a partnership with SAP that accelerates connection of SAP Business One customers to their SME-based applications. Magic has also built market share in the IBM midrange (iSeries) category. Its comprehensive coverage makes it a good fit for midsize companies looking for an all-in-one solution for their integration, BPM, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) needs."

Forrester; 10 March 2006 -- "Forrester interviewed more than 20 vendors, including BEA Systems, Fuego, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Sun Microsystems, TIBCO Software, and webMethods, about their efforts to use SOA features in their BPMS products."

Forrester; 26 January 2006 -- "Enterprises seek to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and strategic value of key business processes. Since processes span a wide range of requirements, it's no surprise that BPMS products provide varying degrees of support for human interactions, system and application integration, document processing, and complex decision-making. Although products increasingly overlap, until human and integration-centric products converge, enterprises may need more than one BPMS to address all types of business processes."