In this new report, Forrester Research found that Progress Software leads the pack of standalone service-oriented architecture (SOA) management solution vendors, citing its broad and deep functionality as a key strength.

According to Forrester: "[Actional's] business transaction management capabilities are notably superior to the competition, and its policy management is very strong. Its collection of application programming interfaces and software development kits provides numerous options for customers to extend the solution's functionality to fulfill unique requirements."

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Progress® Actional® business transaction management solution provides the operational responsiveness, end-to-end visibility, business and security based policy enforcement, and performance monitoring needed to manage SOA in a distributed, multi-platform environment. Because Actional performs critical tasks including Transaction Monitoring and Alerting, Root Cause Analysis, Continuous Service Optimization, SOA Security and Compliance, and SOA Governance, it is a key component of a management and governance strategy, extending in-place processes and other systems management technologies.