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This article reports on the launching of the Apache Synapse open source Web service from Apache in August 2005. Synapse is intended to produce a lightweight, scalable, distributed services broker based on Web services standards. The kernel will be X-broker, donated by software vendor Infravio, which will participate in the project along with middleware players Blue Titan, Iona and Sonic Software. Synapse will produce a ubiquitous and standard run-time environment for Web services. The Synapse project differs from Java-based open source enterprise service buses from Iona, Sun and others because it promises a pure Web services implementation.

The article focuses on the acquisition of Web services company Blue Titan by SOA Software. Blue Titan decided to sell because of market evolution. Frank Martinez, executive vice president at SOA, said there is an increase in demand for a broader set of capabilities for service-oriented infrastructure. SOA Software, with Blue Titan, can now offer service-oriented architecture security, governance, management, and the mediation provided by Blue Titan Network Director. SOA Software intends to partner with enterprise service bus or messaging infrastructure providers, delivering solutions big companies lack.