Press Release

Leading telco provider o2 selects Xtradyne for XML Web Services security

BERLIN/FRANKFURT - Xtradyne Technologies, the leading vendor for application security gateways, today announced that the Xtradyne Web Services DBC (WS-DBC) product has been chosen to secure enterprise Web services at o2 Germany, a leading provider of mobile telecom services in Germany.

"Value Added Services in mobile networks require a very high level of security and access control", said Joerg Nahnsen, Service Designer Global Product Supply at o2. "Only Xtradyne's WS-DBC provided the comprehensive functionality and wirespeed performance to handle all the XML security processing required to meet our needs without locking ourselves into the release cycles of hardware appliances."

o2 selected Xtradyne as the result of a thorough selection process for a high-performance, high-availability Web Services security solution that performs SOAP message authentication, access control, XML schema and XPath evaluation, and auditing. Using the WS-DBC as a high-speed, enterprise-level XML firewall enables o2 to proceed quickly with their strategic deployment of Web Services without the performance penalties and risks that are otherwise associated with Web Services.

"o2 Germany, like other telecom customers, needed to quickly realize the business benefits of using Web Services without incurring the associated security risks. As usual in the telecom industry, performance and high availability are of utmost importance," said Sebastian Staamann, Xtradyne Technologies' Co-CEO. "By choosing a pure software solution for WS-Security and high-security firewalling for XML, o2 achieves all the benefits of using Web Services securely, and the full deployment and licensing flexibility. Our customers benefit from years of experience with high-performance, reliable middleware security solutions for enterprises."

The WS-DBC is a powerful XML security gateway with support for all relevant XML security standards. It is part of Xtradyne's product family for enterprise application security.

About Xtradyne Technologies

Xtradyne's expertise since its foundation in 1999 has been turn-key security solutions for applications relying on standard middleware, such as XML Web Services, J2EE, EJB, and CORBA. Using Xtradyne's cost-efficient, high-performance runtime components, customers can securely run business applications across corporate firewalls and also make them available via the Internet without security risks. Xtradyne Technologies is an independent security software vendor. Headquarters of the company are in Berlin, Germany.

About O2

o2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. OHG, a subsidiary of mmo2 plc, meets the complete telecommunications needs of its mobile communications customers. With its own extensive network infrastructure, o2 offers innovative post-pay and pre-pay products and also mobile data services based on GPRS technology. In addition, the company will introduce a range of next generation UMTS products. mmo2 plc has 19.2 million customers in the UK, Ireland and Germany.

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