IONA leverages its experience working with some of the worlds earliest and largest SOA deployments to help organizations tackle SOA governance while experiencing the benefits of a distributed SOA. IONA offers the unique combination of an active registry/repository with a microkernel-based enterprise service bus, allowing organizations to create a dynamic environment that actively monitors, governs, and enforces all distributed endpoints. These innovative tools are helping organizations deliver on the promises of SOA, including business agility, increased ROI and lower operational costs, today.