WebLayers Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for SOA Governance

Cambridge, Mass. – April 6, 2009 – WebLayers today announced that the company has been positioned in industry analyst firm Gartner Inc.’s ‘Leaders’ quadrant for completeness of vision and ability to execute in its 2009 report, “Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology.*”

WebLayers develops the industry’s leading design-to-production automated governance software platform which helps businesses of all sizes realize greater information technology (IT) efficiencies, raise initial IT visibilities and improve productivity through automated governance of service oriented architectures (SOA). Gartner evaluates vendors based on ability to execute and completeness of vision with ‘Leaders’ defined as vendors that are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

“Our recent infusion of venture capital funding followed by the additional third party validation from Gartner illustrate that WebLayers is poised for continued success in 2009 as governance becomes increasingly more critical to achieving IT and business goals,” said Jeff Papows, president and CEO, WebLayers. “In my opinion, this is validation from Gartner that we are on the path to success.”

As defined by Gartner, SOA governance is about ensuring and validating that assets and artifacts within the architecture are operating as expected and maintaining a certain level of quality.

About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrants are copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and are reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendor’s measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About WebLayers
WebLayers provides the industry’s most comprehensive design-time governance platform available today. By centralizing policy management across multiple IT domains from SOA through mainframe, WebLayers substantially reduces the costs associated with governance. WebLayers also offers the largest collection of industry-proven policies, including extensions for industry standards including insurance, manufacturing, and finance, which speeds governance implementation and enforcement from design-time through deployment.

Contact:
Kathy Keating
Kathy.Keating@weblayers.com
617-460-2702