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I was disappointed to discover that the document presented as a impartial comparison between BizTalk and WebMethods is Microsoft authored.

It is difficult to find impartial or unbiased information about BPM/Integration software. I came across the document while researching WebMethods and BizTalk. The document is one of the few I’ve read that compares the two products. True, it is composed by Microsoft and I believe it is an internal document intended for MS Partners. The document is stale now that BizTalk 2006 has been released and it doesn’t mention which version of WebMethods it compared. If you have additional information comparing BizTalk with WebMethods, WebSphere, or Tibco - please share.

I was using Webmethods 3.5 in 2000 and in my next project I used Biztalk 2000. What Can I say ... Biztalk 2000 was a collection of black boxes not well connected to each other. While Webmethods (even in 2000) had a very good user friendly interface, integrating Development, Deployment and Audit all under the same environment. Only in Biztalk 2006 MS more or less achieved the same. Only in 2006 they overcome large messages issue, major batch processing issues and provide integrated audit facilities, bringing all pieces together. What can I say Webmethods had SOA in 2000, 4 years before the keyword was created. Biztalk with Indigo finally can be considered as an Service Bus, although you still need to glue these together manually.

Max C., over the past few of months I've learned that WebMethods, or its technology stack, is very capable and worth serious review. My hope is that architects will study the “domain problem” and find information from this post as relative to their situation, however, dated as it may be.