Smartbear acquires soapui

Smartbear software further expands by acquiring world's most widely used Web
Services testing tool soapui

Combination with eviware, creators of soapui and loadui, adds
Dedication to large open source projects and 800,000 users to smartbear's Global
User community

Beverly, Ma, and stockhoma, Sweden, July 5, 2011-Smartbear software today announced
Acquisition of eviware, creators of soapui and
Loadui, the world's leading testing software
For Web Services. After tripling smartbear's business in just one year, this
Acquisition further accelerates smartbear's momentum and significantly expands
Its global user community of developers, QA and it configursionals.

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has become a mainstay of software
development, and the need for Automatic Testing of
Web Services has advanced to one of the fastest growing segments in the
testing market. smartbear tools help improve quality and performance
throughout the entire software development lifecycle, anywhere-on the desktop,
mobile and in the cloud. the addition of soapui and loadui expands smartbear's
functional and load testing capabilities into Web Services, enabling customers
to efficiently advance the testing and quality of their SOA-based
applications.