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Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud. We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
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Known as the ‘Oscars of the Software Industry,’ RCA has been one of the most prestigious award programs for over a decade

SYS-CON Media, the world's leading i-technology media and events company, has announced the winners of its SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for over a decade.

The SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards recognize the best tools, solutions, and platform offerings in 19 categories. Winners were selected through reader-submitted nominations, followed by online voting at SYS-CON Media's world-leading SOA World Magazine online magazine site.

"This year's results show that the future of Enterprise IT is as bright as ever and reflect an infrastructure industry that is completely committed to product excellence and to providing maximum value for each IT dollar spent. In fact, the winners and finalists were as strong this year as in any year since the Readers' Choice Awards program began thirteen years ago," said Jeremy Geelan, Sr. Vice-President of SYS-CON Media.

Following is a list of the 2008 SOA World Magazine Reader's Choice Awards winners and finalists:

Best Application Server

Winner
-WebSphere Application Server, IBM

Finalists
-GlassFish, Sun Microsystems
-WebLogic Server, BEA
-WSO2 Web Services Application Server, WSO2, Inc.

Best Automation Tool

Winner
-Rational Functional Tester, IBM Rational

Finalists
-Hudson, Sun Microsystems
-SOAStore, SOAMatrix Software Pvt. Ltd.
-Oracle Enterprise Manager SOA Management Pack, Oracle Corporation

Best BPM Engine

Winner
-IBM WebSphere Process Server, IBM Corp.

Finalists
-JBoss jBPM Framework, Red Hat, Inc.
-webMethods BPMS, Software AG
-Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle

Best Framework

Winner
-WebSphere Business Services Fabric, IBM Corp

Finalists
-Metro Web Services Stack, Sun Microsystems
-FUSE Services Framework, IONA Technologies

Best IDE

Winner
-NetBeans IDE, Sun Microsystems

Finalists
-Rational Application Developer, IBM, Rational Software
-Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle
-Force.com IDE, salesforce.com, inc.

Best Integration Tool

Winner
-WebSphere Integration Developer, IBM

Finalists
-Fiorano ESB, Fiorano Software, Inc
-Java CAPS, Sun Microsystems
-LegaSuite Integration, Seagull Software

Best Legacy Adapter

Winner
-IBM CICS Transaction Gateway, IBM

Finalists
-webMethods Application Modernization Suite, Software AG
-LegaSuite Integration, Seagull Software
-Oracle Integration Adapters, Oracle

Best Open Source SOA Tool

Winner
-IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, IBM

Finalists
-Sun Project Open ESB, Sun Microsystems
-soapUI, eviware software ab
-WSO2 Mashup Server, WSO2, Inc.

Best Portal Platform

Winner
-IBM WebSphere Portal, IBM Corporation

Finalists
-Sun Java System Portal Server, Sun Microsystems
-WebLogic Portal 10.2, BEA
-Oracle WebCenter, Oracle

Best Security Solution

Winner
-DataPower XML Security Gateway XS40, IBM

Finalists
-Sun Access Manager/OpenSSO, Sun Microsystems
-Oracle Web Services Management, Oracle
-Metro: XML and Web Services Security, Sun Microsystems

Best SOA or XML Site

Winner
-IBM's SOA Microsite, IBM

Finalists
-www.fiorano.com, Fiorano Software
-DataDirect XML Developer's Sites, DataDirect Technologies
-SOA Software, SOA Software

Best SOA or XML Training

Winner
-IBM SOA Sandbox, IBM Corporation

Finalists
-SOA Training Curriculum, MomentumSI
-Comprehensive SOA Training offerings from HP, Hewlett-Packard

Best SOA Platform

Winner
-IBM WebSphere, IBM Corp.

Finalists
-Fiorano SOA Platform, Fiorano Software, Inc.
-Sun Java CAPS, Sun Microsystems
-Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle

Best SOA Testing Tool

Winner
-Rational Tester for SOA Quality, IBM Rational

Finalists
-soapUI, eviware software ab
-Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle
- iTKO LISA, iTKO, Inc

Best SOA Tool

Winner
-Fiorano ESB, Enterprise Service Bus, Fiorano Software

Finalists
-Java CAPS, Sun Microsystems
-Rational Software Architect, IBM, Rational Software
-IBM Rational Team Concert, IBM Rational

Best SOA/Web Services Book

Winner
-"The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0", IBM

Finalists
-An Implementor's Guide to SOA - Getting it Right, AmberPoint, BearingPoint Inc., Composite Software, MomentumSI, & Progress Software
-Understanding SOA with Web Services, IONA Technologies
-Understanding Enterprise SOA, SOA Software

Best Web Services Utility

Winner
-IBM WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web Services, IBM

Finalists
-Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) , Sun Microsystems
-SOLA, SOA Software
-soapUI, eviware software ab

Best XML Database

Winner
-IBM DB2 pureXML technology, IBM Corporation

Finalists
-webMethods Tamino XML Server, Software AG
-Oracle XML DB, Oracle

Best XML Parser

Winner
-Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) , Sun Microsystems

Finalists
-WebSphere App Server XML Feature Pack, IBM
-SOLA Parser, SOA Software
-Intel XML Software Suite 1.0, Intel Corporation

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