OASIS Member News: Leading Telco provider o2 selects Xtradyne forXML Web Services Security

[Phil Leatham <leatham@xtradyne.com>]

Press Release:

Leading Telco provider o2 selects Xtradyne for XML Web Services Security
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15 November 2003

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 Servies in mobile networks require a very high level
of security and access control", said Jörg 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
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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 independant security software vendor. Headquarters
of the company are in Berlin, Germany.

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.

Further Information:
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For more information about Xtradyne Technologies, please visit our
website at www.xtradyne.com or contact:

Xtradyne Technologies AG
Philip Leatham
Director Sales & Marketing
Koelner Strasse 10
65760 Eschborn, Germany
Telefon: +49-6196-400971
Telefax: +49-6196-400853
E-Mail: leatham@xtradyne.com

For more information about o2 Germany, please contact:

o2 Germany, Press Department
Nadine Kleinert
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 23-25
80992 Munich
Tel.: 089/ 24 42 – 12 12
Fax: 089/ 24 42 – 12 18
E-mail: nadine.kleinert@o2.com
http://www.o2.com/de