IBM has announced that it has acquired AptSoft Corporation, a provider of business coordination software solutions. Financial details were not disclosed.

"We welcome AptSoft into the IBM SOA portfolio and look forward to further extending our leadership position in the business events market. AptSoft enables customers to capture events as they happen with an intuitive user interface designed for business analysts," said Tom Rosamilia, general manager, IBM WebSphere software. "AptSoft complements IBM's SOA strategy and augments our business events capabilities to help our customers maximise their existing investments in SOA."

"As SOA continues to evolve, companies are linking event processing and BPM to gain deeper insight into the transactions and events that shape their business and industries as a whole," said Frank Chisholm, former CEO and founder of AptSoft. "On behalf of the AptSoft team, we look forward to integrating AptSoft products with IBM's offerings to help ensure the alignment of business and IT which will lead to greater customer success."

AptSoft products will become part of the IBM Software Group WebSphere software brand.