For certain, if you are looking for products that offer so-called Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) functionality, then there are a plethora of Open Source solutions. Companies have successfully implemented Mule ESB, Apache Axis2, Apache Synapse and Apache ServiceMix
(Link: Open source solutions for SOA: Check your bias at the door | ZDNet.com)
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March 2, 2010

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Although not yet open sourced, the UltraESB from AdroitLogic is an ESB that is free for unlimited perpetual use, and is extreme in performance as per the benchmark run:
http://adroitlogic.org/samples-articles-and-tutorials/15-tutorials/48-esb-performance.html
Hi Brent!
The ZDNet article is great, for Open source software and SOA. You’re right to quote it :)
I would just add two other mature open source solutions, which were not
Petals ESB is a lightweight open source ESB, using JBI, BPEL and SCA standards. It includes SOA governance (Petals Master), and Eclipse process/integration designer (Petals Studio).
Project is hosted by OW2 community, and leaded by Petals Link.
http://petals.ow2.org
http://www.petalslink.com
The other is Glassfish ESB, or Open ESB. It is developed by SUN / Oracle.
Based on JBI and BPEL as well, it has a great integration with NetBeans.
http://java.sun.com/javaee/community/glassfish/
Disclaimer: I’m working at Petals Link