Dana Gardner

Middleware Field Consolidates Further in Services Direction

Miko: I don't view Software AG as a pure-play middleware vendor, but as a larger provider in a wider enterprise software category. In fact, its wider berth and more diverse revenues (ie ADABAS, verticals focus, app dev and Db mgmt, etc.) are what support the SOA middleware products. WebMethods was more pure-play. I'm surprised you want to label Software AG as middleware only. Progress is also in larger category, given its app dev and deploy and client/server bases.