Software AG has announced the immediate availability of version 7.1 of the webMethods product suite. Based on webMethods and Software AG, this latest release brings top-ranked technologies for service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance, business integration, business process management (BPM) and legacy modernization together within a fully-modular product suite. By combining all of these capabilities within a single product suite, webMethods 7.1 helps enterprises reduce operational costs by reusing instead of re-creating IT assets; accelerate their process improvement initiatives; and make faster, smarter business decisions. 

Principal additions in the new release include further enhancements to the business process management component, webMethods BPMS; the introduction of webMethods Optimize for B2B as a real-time monitoring and analysis solution for extended value chains; and the debut of the webMethods ESB as a comprehensive, standards-based enterprise service bus (ESB) solution enabling integration and interoperability of applications, services, processes and partners via a single platform. The overall platform has also been strengthened with improvements designed to measurably enhance performance, reliability and ease-of-use.

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