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)