Performance Boost for SSL Processing Approaches Clear-text Speeds Eliminating
The Performance Penalty for SSL
RSA(R) CONFERENCE 2004, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Westbridge
Technology, the leading XML Firewall and Web Services Management solution
announced a strategic partnership with Layer N Networks, the technology leader
for SSL drop-in solutions. Westbridge Technology has incorporated Layer N to
provide the highest level of XML security performance in the industry. This
integration puts Westbridge Technology performance ahead of its competition by
orders of magnitude. The Layer N technology provides true wirespeed TCP/IP
and SSL acceleration on a single chip enabling the Westbridge XA2000 series
appliances to provide nearly the same speeds for SSL communication as for
clear-text messages.
"Performance is a critical requirement for processing XML on the network,"
said Jason Bloomberg, Senior Analyst, ZapThink LLC. "Westbridge and Layer N
provide cutting-edge technologies that remove many of the security and
performance barriers for using XML and Web Services. This highly scalable
solution will help further drive adoption of XML and Web Services in
organizations with large scale Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture
initiatives."
Mike Salas, CEO of Layer N adds, "We are obviously pleased to be
partnering with an industry leader like Westbridge Technology. XML Web
Services security and management is an application poised for explosive growth
and an ideal showcase for the differentiation Layer N's total SSL off-load
solution can provide to our customers. By completely offloading the SSL
processing, customers can secure all their communication with almost no
performance penalty. If you can secure network traffic without any performance
penalty, why would you ever transmit anything unsecured?"
Kerry Champion, CTO and founder of Westbridge Technology said, "Layer N
and Westbridge are providing true innovation to the marketplace. No longer
will IT organizations have to tradeoff between security and performance. With
the Westbridge Technology XA series appliances, customers get industry leading
security, performance and management for XML Web Services that can scale to
their future needs."
Westbridge Technology XML Message Server products provide industry-leading
security and management for Web Services. Westbridge provides XML and
cryptographic acceleration to handle the most demanding and rigorous
performance and scalability requirements. Global 2000 and public sector
customers can now cost-effectively secure their Web Service environments and
handle both current and future requirements with ease.
The Westbridge XA2000 series appliances bundle the Layer N LNN1010
UltraLock SSL/TLS Offload card. The combined solution is available in March,
2004. Pricing is available upon request. Please contact Westbridge Technology
at sales@westbridgetech.com.
About Layer N Networks
Layer N Networks designs, distributes, and supports flexible networking
and security ICs and subsystems. Layer N simplifies the end system design by
providing innovative, drop-in products with scalable performance. Founded in
March 2000 in Austin, Texas, Layer N's solutions are poised to remove a
significant security performance penalty by performing wire speed encryption,
therefore allowing an exponential increase in secure communications. The
company has received funding from Austin Ventures, Granite Ventures, Texas
Instruments, Seed Company Partners, Agave Capital and Convergent Investors.
For more information, go to: http://www.LayerN.com.
About Westbridge Technology
Westbridge Technology provides Web Services Management (WSM) and XML
Firewall solutions that enable enterprises to secure and manage XML Web
Services networks. The company's flagship product, the Westbridge XML Message
Server (XMS), delivers a broad range of standards-based and
regulatory-compliant capabilities designed to seamlessly connect, secure and
manage XML Web Services networks. Westbridge XMS is deployed by dozens of
Global 1000 corporations and public sector institutions including Travelers
Property Casualty, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Danish Government. For
more information, please visit http://www.westbridgetech.com .
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CONTACT:
Andrew Yang of Westbridge Technology,
+1-650-210-0702, or andy@westbridgetech.com; or Kevin Kempskie of
Voce Communications, +1-617-224-1134, or kkempskie@vocecomm.com,
for Westbridge Technology; or Kathleen Powers of Layer N
Networks, +1-512-250-2129, ext. 152, or
kathleen_powers@layern.com; or David Lord of Blanc & Otus,
+1-512-335-8771, or dlord@blancandotus.com, for Layer N Networks
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