A recent spending survey of companies with active service oriented architecture projects conducted by AMR Research shows <A HREF="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23265.wss">IBM "iswell ahead of its traditional competitors"</A> doing SOA-related client work.

According to the AMR Research report, "SOA: The State of the Market" by research director Ian Finley, more than 67 percent of companies surveyed indicated they were either currently using or considering using IBM SOA consulting services. This figure was 40 percent higher than the results for the next-closest firm, which was named by fewer than half of respondents.

According to the AMR Research report, IBM's SOA-related software products--based on its WebSphere portfolio--were being used or considered by 63 percent of companies with active SOA projects.