PRESS RELEASE

Nucleus Research Announces ROI Scorecard Reports for the Integration Market

Sep 20, 2004

Microsoft BizTalk Server Tops the List

Nucleus Research, a global provider of Return on Investment (ROI)-focused research and advisory services, today announced the availability of its newest Market ROI Scorecard which measures the strength of vendor solutions in the integration market. Research showed that integration vendors as a whole provide good delivery of ROI. Microsoft, BEA, IBM, Sonic and TIBCO rate in the top-tier category for potential ROI, with webMethods placing just behind them, while the overall market average receives a score of 4.2 out of five.