Crosscheck Networks Acquires Web Security Vendor

05/27/2009

Crosscheck Networks, a provider of Web services testing and simulation tools, announced that it has acquired Forum Systems, a Web service security and gateway policy enforcement vendor. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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The acquisition builds on an existing integration partnership between the two industry leaders. Mamoon Yunus, who served as Forum Systems president and chief technology officer at the time of the acquisition, will lead Crosscheck Networks as president and CEO. Forum Systems will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary and will be led by Vice President of Operations Rizwan Mallal.

Fueled by demand for IT architectures that drive the ability to adopt next-generation approaches such as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), organizations are seeking products that enable a quicker, more effective, more efficient approach to Web service development and deployment. Traditionally, Web service delivery has comprised multiple, disparate entities operating independently. Addressing the inherent inefficiencies in these 'silo-ed' processes, the combined Crosscheck Networks and Forum Systems product suite enables enterprises to build, test and secure their Web services more effectively.

By optimizing the Web service delivery lifecycle, organizations can reduce service development, testing and integration costs. At the same time, they can achieve more efficient policy sharing and deliver services more quickly to their customers and partners.

Through the acquisition, Crosscheck Networks' suite now includes SOAPSimulator, a service simulation product for developers and testers. SOAPSimulator enables Web services to significantly reduce project expense and duration by allowing parallel development of the client and service components of a SOAP- or XML-based Web service.

Another product, SOAPSonar, provides testing for SOAP-, XML- and REST-based services. The SOAPSonar testing framework provides testing modes for functional, performance, compliance and security testing.

Forum Sentry simplifies business communications through secure integration across networks and business boundaries. The FIPS- and DoD-certified Sentry XML Gateway ensures preemptive risk mitigation of business transactions exposed via Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), by enabling the ability to develop and deploy robust and reliable SOAP- and XML-based Web services.

"This acquisition is the natural progression of the relationship between our companies and addresses the changing requirements of customers," said Mallal. "Now, more than ever in these difficult economic times, organizations are seeking competitive advantage. By facilitating more collaborative, interoperable and automated processes, we are helping enterprises compress project timelines, reduce time-to-market and ultimately publish their services more quickly than ever before."

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