OASIS Member News: Reactivity Recognized by Editors of Software Development and Network Computing Magazines

[Markus Hoevener <reactivity@bloofusion.com>]

Reactivity Recognized by Editors of Software Development and Network 
Computing Magazines

XML Firewall Receives Jolt Productivity Award and Chosen as Finalist for 
10th Annual Well- Connected Award
http://www.reactivity.com/news_and_events/pr_042704_awards.html


BELMONT, CA, April 27, 2004 – Reactivity, a leader in delivering instant 
and sustainable XML Web services security solutions, today announced its 
flagship Reactivity XML Firewall has received Software Development’s Jolt 
Productivity Award in the Security Tools category, and was chosen as a 
finalist in Network Computing's 10th Annual Well-Connected Awards in the 
Infrastructure Products category. The awards reflect the growing 
recognition of Reactivity’s accomplishments in creating the first XML 
firewall and its continuing leadership in the XML Web services security 
industry.

"Reactivity continues to work hard to push the edge of the envelope in 
developing world- class solutions to secure XML Web services connections, 
and we appreciate the acknowledgments these awards organizations have 
bestowed upon us,” said Glenn Osaka, CEO and president of Reactivity. “From 
our Global 1000 customers to our strategic partnerships to our leadership 
in standards organizations, Reactivity is in a class by itself, and we look 
forward to presenting the exciting and innovative new products currently 
under development.”

The Jolt Productivity Award was presented to Reactivity last month at 
Software Development magazine’s 14th Annual Jolt Product Excellence and 
Productivity Awards ceremony in Santa Clara, Calif. The Jolt Product 
Excellence and Productivity Awards were judged by a respected panel of 
Software Development magazine editors, expert advisers and columnists, and 
were given to products, books and Web sites that have “jolted” the industry 
by helping to create faster, easier and more efficient software. Winners of 
the Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards will be featured in the 
June issue of Software Development magazine.

The Well-Connected Awards pay tribute to the past year's exceptional 
technology products. Winners are selected by Network Computing editors to 
represent the industry's best offerings. These IT experts test products and 
services throughout the year in their Real- World Labs, comparing features 
and functionality to find the best offerings in the enterprise arena. 
Winners of the Network Computing Well-Connected Awards will be will be 
highlighted in the May 13th issue of Network Computing and online at 
www.nwc.com.

The Reactivity XML Firewall sits at the edge of the corporate network to 
secure message flow between distributed applications. It is an XML proxy 
that performs threat defense, authentication, authorization, auditing, XML 
validation and routing to secure bi-directional message flow. By decoupling 
security from application development, the Reactivity XML Firewall 
eliminates the time-consuming and costly process of custom security 
programming, infrastructure integration and security policy maintenance for 
each XML Web service application.


About Reactivity

Reactivity provides the only proven, high-performance, manageable solution 
to secure XML- based Web services connections at scale. Reactivity's XML 
Firewall™ expedites the development and deployment of secure 
enterprise-class Web services for internal and external customers. The 
Reactivity XML Firewall protects organizations against new 
application-level threats, supports evolving standards and manages Web 
services security policy for the enterprise. It scales to meet the needs of 
the large enterprise systems, integrates with existing infrastructure and 
provides high-availability security and operational functionality. 
Reactivity serves Global 2000 enterprises leveraging Web services to 
interact with customers and partners, increase revenues, and lower critical 
integration effort costs. Reactivity has partnerships with leading 
infrastructure and security companies, including IBM, RSA Security and 
others. The company is venture funded by Accel Partners, Austin Ventures, 
Diamondhead Ventures and JK&B Capital. Reactivity is located in Belmont, 
California, and can be reached at www.reactivity.com, +1-650-551-7800 or 
info@reactivity.com.