La edición «2005 SOA Web Services Journal Readers’ Choice Awards», considerados los «Oscars» de la Industria del Software y que han sido resultado de los votos emitidos por 17.000 lectores de la publicación, han destacado entre sus 21 categorías a dos fabricantes: Sun Microsystems y webMethods.
La relación de ganadores por categorías es la siguiente:
1) Best SOA / Service-Oriented Architecture
webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
2) Best Application Server for SOA / Web Services
BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 (BEA Systems)
3) Best Web Services Platform
Java EE (Sun Microsystems)
4) Best Web Services Integration Tool
webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
5) Best Integrated Services Environment
webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
6) Best Framework for SOA and Web Services
Java Web Services Developer Pack (Sun Microsystems)
7) Best SOA IDE
NetBeans/Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems)
8) Most Innovative XML Application
Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
9) Best XML Parser
Java API for XML Processing (Sun Microsystems)
10) Best GUI for SOA
Eclipse (Eclipse Foundation)
11) Best SOA BPM Engine
webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
12) Best XML Utility
Java API for XML Processing (Sun Microsystems)
13) Best SOA or XML Training
Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack Tutorial (Sun Microsystems)
14) Best SOA Testing Tool
SOATest (Parasoft)
15) Best SOA Legacy Adapter or Utility
webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
16) Best SOA Automation Tool
webMethods Fabric (webMethods)
17) Best SOA or XML Site
java.sun.com/webservices (Sun Microsystems)
18) Best SOA Management Platform
webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
19) Best SOA Security Solution
JWSDP XML and Web Services Security (Sun Microsystems)
20) Best SOA Portal Platform
Sun Java System Portal Server (Sun Microsystems)
21) Best SOA Book
J2EE Web Services by Richard Monson-Haefel (Addison-Wesley)
Toda la información detallada del resultado de los Premios:
http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/171303_2.htm