Forum Systems Joins IBM SOA Partner Program to Enhance Web Services Security

Forum Systems, a leading provider of Web services and SOA security solutions, has announced its partnership with IBM through the IBM SOA Partner Program. This collaboration brings Forum's XWall web services firewall and Sentry web services security gateway to IBM's identity management and middleware, enabling enhanced security enforcement points for IBM Tivoli and WebSphere. The partnership is expected to provide customers with a more robust and secure service-oriented architecture (SOA) ecosystem.

Key Takeaways:

• Forum Systems has joined the IBM SOA Partner Program to bring security enforcement points to IBM's identity management and middleware.
• The partnership integrates Forum's XWall web services firewall and Sentry web services security gateway with IBM Tivoli and WebSphere, enhancing security for SOA deployments.
• Walid Negm, VP of Marketing for Forum Systems, emphasizes the importance of security enforcement points in SOA deployments, stating, "You can't successfully deploy SOA without security enforcement points."
• IBM is uniquely positioned to develop an SOA ecosystem through its WebSphere software, collective experience, resources, and expertise.
• The SOA Business Partner Community, founded by IBM, helps ISVs and system integrators develop and implement service-oriented architectures with ease.
• Since its introduction in June 2005, the Community has doubled in size and continues to rapidly grow.

Statistics:

• Forum Systems has over 150 Fortune 1000 industry leader customers.
• Forum XWall Web Services Firewall was selected by InfoWorld LEADERBOARD 2004 as the industry's only XML Firewall.
• The SOA Business Partner Community has doubled in size since its introduction in June 2005.

Sources:

• "Forum Systems Joins IBM SOA Partner Program" (Forum Systems)
• "About Forum Systems" (Forum Systems)
• "IBM SOA Business Partner Community" (IBM)[1]
• "SOA Business Partner Community About" (IBM, 2005)[2]