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[December 09, 2009]

Forum Systems Introduces Identity Broker Appliance

Dec 10, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Forum Systems, a subsidiary of Crosscheck Networks, Inc., unveiled an identity broker hardware appliance, Forum STS.

The announcement was made in conjunction with the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit 2009 taking place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Web services-based Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) enable communication via ubiquitous standards such as XML and SOAP. To foster efficient, effective message exchange and satisfy increasing user demands for real-time, aggregated information from internal and external business partners, trust must be established among all entities. Comprehensive mediation, authentication, and authorization of identity exchange among customer and partner portals, Web applications, and XML-based Web services provide the business with a simplified, coherent model for identity management and build the pillars of Federated SOA.

Addressing these requirements, the company said Forum STS produces and consumes identity tokens in varying protocol and message formats. Performing identity translation from one format to another, Forum STS allows authentication and authorization enforcement, controlling privileges to services without requiring custom code.

"Federated SOA - a prerequisite for cloud computing - is predicated on interoperability within and across corporate domains. But mandating identity token standardization among trading partners is impractical from both a business and technology standpoint," said John Woolbright, CIO of Omega Financial Services. "By securing and accelerating identity exchange locally and globally, Forum STS helps provide a unified, rich portal experience for our customers, while laying the foundation for true Federated SOA." "By implementing Federated SOA with trusted business units and external trading partners, enterprises can establish an effective cloud computing infrastructure that is technologically mature - overcoming the legal and compliance barriers related to information integrity and privacy," said Mamoon Yunus, CEO of Crosscheck Networks. "This means that organizations can extend to a cloud model much more securely and efficiently." Daniel Sholler, Research VP, Gartner, said, "In large organizations with semiautonomous business units, subsidiaries and external partners, a 'federated' approach to SOA is the most effective for overcoming political, organizational and technical hurdles." Sholler said, "Integration competency will depend on the ability to federate with external agencies that use all types of information and processes." More Information: www.gartner.com/us/aadi www.forumsys.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to newsdesk@closeupmedia.com))

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