Crosscheck Networks Acquires Forum Systems

Industry Leaders Join to Optimize Web Services Delivery Lifecycle

Holistic Product Suite Enables Organizations to Build, Test and Secure Web
Services More Efficiently

WALTHAM, Mass., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Crosscheck Networks, Inc., a leader in
Web services testing and simulation tools, today announced that it has
acquired Forum Systems, a pioneer in Web service security and gateway policy
enforcement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The acquisition builds on an existing integration partnership between the two
industry leaders. Mamoon Yunus, who served as Forum Systems president and
chief technology officer at the time of the acquisition, will lead Crosscheck
Networks as president and CEO. Forum Systems will operate as a wholly owned
subsidiary and will be led by Vice President of Operations, Rizwan Mallal.

Fueled by demand for IT architectures that drive the ability to adopt
next-generation approaches such as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS), organizations are seeking products that enable a quicker, more
effective, more efficient approach to Web service development and deployment.
Traditionally, Web service delivery has comprised multiple, disparate entities
operating independently. Addressing the inherent inefficiencies in these
'silo-ed' processes, the combined Crosscheck Networks and Forum Systems
product suite enables enterprises to build, test and secure their Web services
more effectively.

By optimizing the Web service delivery lifecycle, organizations can reduce
service development, testing and integration costs. At the same time, they can
achieve more efficient policy sharing and deliver services more quickly to
their customers and partners. Through the acquisition, Crosscheck Networks'
enterprise-class suite now includes the following products that can be
deployed together or seamlessly integrated with what organizations are already
using:

-- SOAPSimulator - An affordable, easy-to-configure, comprehensive
service
simulation product for developers and testers, SOAPSimulator enables
Web
services to significantly reduce project expense and duration by
allowing parallel development of the client and service components of
a
SOAP- or XML-based Web service.

-- SOAPSonar - Providing simple, intuitive and comprehensive testing for
SOAP-, XML- and REST-based services, the SOAPSonar testing framework
is
easy to deploy and provides testing modes for functional, performance,
compliance and security testing.

-- Forum Sentry - Simplifying business communications through secure
integration across networks and business boundaries, the FIPS- and
DoD-certified Sentry XML Gateway ensures preemptive risk mitigation of
business transactions exposed via Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
by
enabling the ability to develop and deploy robust and reliable SOAP-
and
XML-based Web services.

Corporations that have implemented Web services are now trying to derive
greater value from those deployments. As those organizations scale their
initiatives beyond project-specific deployments to encompass more
enterprise-wide SOA, the need for product suites that provide comprehensive
Web services lifecycle management has become more crucial. Only through
well-integrated product suites that eliminate extensive consulting can
enterprises rapidly integrate with their partners and customers -- without
increasing their risk profile.

According to a January 15, 2009 Gartner report titled, "Emerging Technology
Analysis: Application Infrastructure and Middleware, SOA Governance, 2009"
authored by Research Directors L. Frank Kenny and Teresa Jones, "SOA
governance technology sets cover three main areas: SOA policy management; SOA
registries and repositories; and SOA quality assurance and validation. The
various technologies should be used throughout the entire service
lifecycle..."

"This acquisition is the natural progression of the relationship between our
companies and addresses the changing requirements of customers," said Mallal.
"Now, more than ever in these difficult economic times, organizations are
seeking competitive advantage. By facilitating more collaborative,
interoperable and automated processes, we are helping enterprises compress
project timelines, reduce time-to-market and ultimately publish their services
more quickly than ever before."

"Historically, the biggest impediment to Web services has been effectively and
securely facilitating the communication between systems with different
architectures," said Yunus. "Through combined services heritage, bolstered by
extensive technology partnerships, we are offering an integration, breadth and
flexibility unprecedented in the market. As such, organizations can seamlessly
complement their existing infrastructure -- and maximize their capital
equipment investments -- by deploying what's necessary to efficiently and
effectively simulate, test and secure Web services that meet the most
demanding regulatory compliance requirements."

About Crosscheck Networks
Crosscheck Networks and its wholly owned subsidiary Forum Systems deliver
solutions for deploying robust, resilient, secure and reliable Web services.
The company's integrated, holistic product suite streamlines and optimizes
resources throughout the Web services lifecycle, ensuring reduced
time-to-market and more rapid return on investment. For more information,
please visit www.crosschecknet.com.

SOURCE Crosscheck Networks, Inc.

Bryan Grillo of CHEN PR for Crosscheck Networks, Inc., +1-781-672-3129,
bgrillo@chenpr.com