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Subject: OASIS Member News: Layer 7 Technologies and Layer 7 Client Guardian Life Selected to InfoWorld 100


Layer 7 Technologies and Layer 7 Client Guardian Life Selected to InfoWorld 100

Layer 7 and Guardian Life Selected to Prestigious List for Innovation in Security and SOA Respectively

Vancouver, BC – January 4, 2006 – InfoWorld announced that Layer 7 Technologies and its client, Guardian Life, were each separately selected to the 2005 InfoWorld100 list for their IT Innovation. Layer 7 Technologies was the only security company selected to this year’s list for its innovation in SOA Security and Governance.Guardian Life was selected in the Insurance Category for their novel SOA implementation. The InfoWorld 100 is awarded for innovation in the use of technology.

"Working with our partner Layer 7 is key to our SOA strategy,” said Jaime Sguerra of Guardian Life. “It allows us to build and deploy new services and business processes in a fraction of the time it took us in the past. Layer 7 provides us an ability to secure and govern how services get exposed to internal and external users."

"SOA is fundamental to how companies will deliver their applications and business processes to internal and external clients,” echoed Lonny McLean, Layer 7 CEO,"Layer 7’s technology helps SOA innovators deliver their services in a secure, scalable and policy compliant way. The separate recognitions for Layer 7 and Guardian Life reflect each one’s leadership in SOA technology and SOA implementation."

Each year, the InfoWorld 10 0 awards are presented for exemplary IT
implementations and projects that have significantly contributed to a company’s bottom line and helped increase the day-to-day efficacy of tasks and projects. The award examines competitors across the globe on efficiency, reliability, reduction of total-cost-of-ownership and increased ROI.

About Guardian Life

Founded in 1860, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New
York, NY (Guardian) is the fourth largest mutual life insurance company in the United States. As of December 31, 2004, Guardian and its subsidiaries had $39.5 billion in assets. With more than 5,000 employees and 2,900 financial representatives, as well as over 80 agencies nationwide, Guardian and its subsidiaries protect individuals, businesses and their employees with life, disability, health and dental insurance products, and offer 401(k), financial products and trust services. More information about Guardian can be obtained at: www.guardianlife.com.

About Layer 7 Technologies

Layer 7 Technologies (www.layer7tech.com)helps enterprises realize secure, cost-effective business integration using XML and Web services. The Layer 7 SecureSpan set of products are designed to govern and accelerate Web service integrations spanning security and identity domains without expensive and inflexible programming. The benefit to business includes faster time-to-market, lowered integration costs and security consistency across federated departments and partners.


Corporate Contact:
Michelle Mollineaux
Layer 7 Technologies
604.681.9377 x302
mmollineaux@layer7tech.com

Media Inquiries:
Melanie Choi
High Road Communications
416.368.8348 x239
mchoi@highroad.com



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