MuleSource is a provider of open source

Open source

The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 service oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure software, founded by Ross Mason, the creator of the Mule

Mule (software)

Mule is a lightweight enterprise service bus and integration framework. It can handle services and applications using disparate transport and messaging technologies...

 project - an open source enterprise service bus

Enterprise service bus

An enterprise service bus is a software architecture model used for designing and implementing the interaction and communication between mutually interacting software applications in Service Oriented Architecture...

 (ESB) and integration platform - and Dave Rosenberg.. MuleSource provides open source SOA solutions and its core business is selling subscriptions for its open source infrastructure software.

Founded in 2006 and backed by investors Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Morgenthaler Ventures, MuleSource is headquartered in San Francisco with offices worldwide.

In September 2009 MuleSource officially changed their name to MuleSoft

MuleSoft

MuleSoft, formerly MuleSource, is a provider of software, support, and services for open source service oriented architecture infrastructure software. It was founded by Ross Mason, the creator of the Mule project, MuleSoft Tcat Server, as well as support, and services for Apache Tomcat...

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External links

• Open-source start-up nabs $4 million in funding
• Documentation and Resource Center
• Software Downloads
• Company website
• Open Enterprise Interview: Ross Mason, MuleSource