BEA Software's AquaLogic
Solid as an ESB but outstanding as an overall SOA and Web services management platform (www.bea.com)

Cape Clear Software's Cape Clear ESB 6.6
This ESB offering provides good developer and BPM tools, as well as strong standards support (www.capeclear.com)

Iona Technologies' Artix 4.0
An ESB platform that provides simple-to-use tool sets with powerful integration capabilities (www.iona.com)

Sonic Software's Sonic ESB 7.0
The Sonic ESB platform defined the ESB category, and Version 7.0 is the most mature and capable ESB available; Sonic ESB, coupled with the Sonic SOA Suite, is a powerful services platform (www.sonicsoftware.com)

Sun Java ESB Suite
Not surprisingly, an ESB designed to work well in Sun's Java Enterprise System (www.sun.com)

Standard application servers, development tools and middleware platforms

With the right kind of development and integration expertise, products from vendors such as IBM, Oracle, Sun and WebMethods can be used to build solid enterprise SOAs and ESBs

Labs Director Jim Rapoza can be reached at jim_rapoza@ziffdavis.com.

This article was originally published on eWEEK.com.