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IONA Acquires LogicBlaze

Celtix already incorporates ServiceMix and ActiveMQ as part of our open source ESB
By Debbie Moynihan
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April 10, 2007 07:00 PM EDT
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I am so excited that the news became public today about IONA’s acquisition of LogicBlaze. Celtix already incorporates ServiceMix and ActiveMQ as part of our open source ESB, and this acquisition brings deep domain expertise on these open source projects. As many of you know, I personally have worked very closely with the LogicBlaze team over the past year, and I believe that this acquisition will accelerate the adoption of open source SOA infrastructure.

The announcement and FAQs are available on the IONA Celtix site.

Here are some of the highlights:

- the transaction closed last Friday, April 6th, and the terms of the transaction were not disclosed

- LogicBlaze provides business integration solutions based on Open Source technologies. The company was founded by integration architects with extensive experience as leaders in Open Source projects for integration, messaging, and enterprise service bus technologies.

- LogicBlaze is most well-known for their leadership and contributions to the Apache ActiveMQ and Apache Incubator’s ServiceMix projects.

- all of the 9 LogicBlaze employees will join IONA, including the three founders, Hiram Chirino, Rob Davies, and James Strachan

- Approximately 25 active LogicBlaze customers will become IONA customers as part of the acquisition

- LogicBlaze’s customers include leaders in financial services, government, and telecommunications industries. This is consistent and closely aligned with IONA’s existing customer base

- IONA will continue marketing and selling the service subscription offerings for the ActiveMQ and ServiceMix projects for which the company is known and respected. IONA also incorporates code from ActiveMQ in Artix and code from both ActiveMQ and ServiceMix in Celtix.

- LogicBlaze has a subscription support and training and consulting revenue model that is similar to IONA’s open source revenue model

- the key assets as a result of this acquisition are: respected Open Source experts and leaders in the Open Source community (the people of LogicBlaze), intellectual property, and existing customers that have adopted Open Source technologies to support their SOA deployments.

- LogicBlaze will not operate as a separate company, but will become an integral part of IONA’s Open Source business.

I would like to personally welcome the LogicBlaze team to IONA, and I look forward to working together on a day to day basis.

See you tomorrow in Boston.

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Debbie Moynihan is a respected open source initiatives expert at IONA. Prior to IONA Debbie was responsible for a portfolio of products at IBM WebSphere organization. She spent six years at MIT and her blog reflects her personal opinions, and is not reviewed by her employer.

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SOA News 04/10/07 02:34:21 PM EDT

I am so excited that the news became public today about IONA's acquisition of LogicBlaze. Celtix already incorporates ServiceMix and ActiveMQ as part of our open source ESB, and this acquisition brings deep domain expertise on these open source projects. As many of you know, I personally have worked very closely with the LogicBlaze team over the past year, and I believe that this acquisition will accelerate the adoption of open source SOA infrastructure.