SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - November 17, 2010) - MuleSoft, the open source provider of web middleware built on leading open source projects Mule ESB and Apache Tomcat, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Visionaries" quadrant for Shared SOA Interoperability Infrastructure Projects. The "Magic Quadrant" assesses the vendors that provide these capabilities in their application infrastructure middleware offerings. The quadrant places companies into four differentiated categories, including "Visionaries," "Challengers," "Leaders," and "Niche Players."
"In this Magic Quadrant, we evaluate the strategy of application infrastructure vendors that can play the single-supplier role for all the technology components needed in shared SOA interoperability infrastructure projects," according to the report. Further, "We have noted the emergence of a new type of market, which is defined by the requirements of a particular type of IT project, rather than by the taxonomy of vendor offerings. Buyers in such markets are not looking to invest in a grand, all-encompassing application infrastructure technology stack; instead, they're looking for a vendor that understands and supports the kind of project requirements they face."
MuleSoft's Mule ESB is a lightweight, powerful open source enterprise service bus (ESB) and integration platform that allows developers to quickly and easily connect applications together and in the cloud using SOA principles. With over 1.5 million downloads and a user community of over 2,500 enterprises, Mule is the world's most widely-used open source ESB. The recently released Mule 3 further distinguishes Mule as an innovator in the SOA and integration space, with a set of capabilities called Cloud Connect that dramatically simplify the integration of enterprise data with SaaS and cloud-based applications and services.
"The market continues to move away from the heavyweight, complex enterprise infrastructure of the legacy proprietary vendors to more lightweight, lean and cloud-capable products like Mule ESB," said Greg Schott, president and CEO of MuleSoft. "We believe our placement in the Visionaries quadrant is a great affirmation of MuleSoft's vision and a reflection of the tremendous impact that Mule is having in the market. We are pleased that Gartner recognizes us in this way. Our priorities continue to be leveraging the power of the open source community for innovation and recruiting the best possible talent to help grow our company."
MuleSoft was named in the Visionaries quadrant of the report. The report was published on October 21, 2010 by Massimo Pezzini et al.
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About MuleSoft
MuleSoft is the Web Middleware Company, providing enterprise-class software built on the world's most popular open source application infrastructure products, Mule ESB and Apache Tomcat. With Mule ESB and Tcat Server, MuleSoft brings an ideal combination of simplicity and power to today's web applications. Its products boast more than 1.5 million downloads and over 2,500 production deployments by leading organizations such as Walmart.com, Nestlé, Honeywell and DHL, as well as 85 in the Global 500 and 5 of the world's top 10 banks. MuleSoft is headquartered in San Francisco with offices worldwide.
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About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is 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 vendors 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.
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