Big Blue said it is more closely aligning its SOA and information management software and services offerings. Specifically, its IBM Global Business Services arm will come out with a new version of its Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA) framework, which it said will help clients develop and implement a long-term plan for moving to SOA.

It also unveiled WebSphere Information Analyzer, a new module for IBM Information Server that it claimed helps customers eliminate the risk of reusing bad data. IBM Information Server also has new capabilities that complement WebSphere Process Server: this enables tighter integration between information and business processes, IBM said.