Top Analyst Firm Names Crosscheck Networks a Visionary in Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites

BOSTON, February 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

- Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Crosscheck Networks, Inc. (http://www.crosschecknet.com) today announced that it has been positioned in the "Visionaries" quadrant of Gartner Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites.(1)

According to Gartner, "the automated software quality (ASQ) assurance market is a subsegment of the overall ALM [application lifecycle management] market. Software quality encompasses a much broader number of activities," and noted that "thought leaders are driving broader toolsets and creating better integration across the life cycle."

Crosscheck Networks' integrated, holistic product suite streamlines and optimizes resources throughout the SOA life cycle, ensuring reduced time-to-market and more rapid return on investment. With an unmatched product suite that includes CloudPort (http://www.crosschecknet.com/products/cloudport.php), SOAPSonar (http://www.crosschecknet.com/products/soapsonar.php), Forum Sentry (http://www.crosschecknet.com/products/forumsentry.php) and Forum STS (http://www.crosschecknet.com/products/forumsts.php), Crosscheck Networks and its wholly owned subsidiary Forum Systems (http://www.forumsys.com) remove the time-intensive, manual processes involved with service simulation, testing, security and identity management, helping enterprises scale and extend their SOA deployments to drive critical business applications and processes.

"With more than 50,000 deployments worldwide including RBC, BT, Fidelity, Premera Blue Cross, the Dutch Health Care System and the U.S. federal government, our end-to-end product suite has established itself as the defacto standard for SOA life cycle management. And we believe our positioning in the Visionaries quadrant by Gartner underscores the company's consistent, strategic product focus and vision," said Mamoon Yunus, CEO of Crosscheck Networks. "Featuring innovative, patented technology that uses genetic evolutionary concepts (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crosscheck-networks-earns-patent-for -using-genetic-evolutionary-concepts-to-address-security-vulnerabilities-and- compliance-114269414.html) to address security vulnerabilities and compliance, and offers the most comprehensive coverage for XML security (http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090610005390/en), we will continue to evolve our products and help companies leverage approaches such as cloud computing and virtualization for business and competitive advantage."

Additionally, the Gartner report observed that, "the market is also evolving to better support package applications, as well as new technologies that are at the foundation of cloud and composite applications. Cloud technologies are having an impact on the market from several directions, with tools designed to aid with the testing of cloud applications, tools delivered utilizing cloud infrastructure (e.g., dynamic load create) and lab management facilities."

Deployed together or seamlessly integrated with organizations' existing infrastructure, Crosscheck Networks' SOA life cycle suite comprises the following products that fuel enterprise-class cloud computing initiatives:

    
    -- CloudPort - A first-of-its-kind cloud simulation product that enables
       enterprises to make more informed decisions when evaluating and 
       selecting a provider for, and prioritizing which applications to 
       migrate to, cloud computing. Capitalizing on actual metrics of cloud 
       providers and enterprise data centers, organizations can more 
       confidently and cost-effectively align their infrastructure with 
       business requirements for enhanced reliability and risk mitigation, 
       and ensure seamless enterprise-to-cloud integration. Notably, 
       enterprises benefit by never having to touch production code, while 
       eliminating the substantial time, capital and IT staff resource 
       expenses related to building a distinct cloud test environment.

    -- SOAPSonar - Provides modes for functional, multi-client performance,
       compliance and security testing of SOAP-, XML- and REST-based 
       services. SOAPSonar offers enterprises the unique ability to test 
       functional and performance characteristics of unlimited-sized Web 
       services attachments via streaming of structured and unstructured data 
       based on industry standards such as MTOM and MIME. Offering 
       enterprises maximum deployment flexibility, SOAPSonar is available in 
       software, VMware and now, the cloud
       (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crosscheck-networks-harnesses
       -power-of-the-cloud-to-fuel-business-critical-services-111109084.html),
       enabling the testing of services across multiple cloud providers
       including Amazon EC2, OpSource Cloud, GoGrid and Rackspace.

    -- Forum Sentry XML Gateway - Processing more than one billion
       transactions per day globally, Forum Sentry is the industry standard 
       for XML and SOAP security, access control and integration. Unlike 
       other vendors that introduce runtime code into their appliances to 
       compensate for inherent design limitations, Forum Sentry is certified 
       by NIST and the U.S. Department of Defense, and the XML Gateway of 
       choice for 300 global organizations in transaction- and security-
       intensive sectors including government, financial services, 
       telecommunications and healthcare. The latest version, Forum Sentry
       v8.0 (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crosscheck-networks-
       drives-business-critical-soa-at-worlds-largest-enterprises-and-
       government-organizations-104325168.html), helps organizations securely
       extend their enterprise SOA deployments to harness the power of the
       public cloud.

    -- Forum STS Identity Broker - Allows secure, accelerated and
       consolidated identity enforcement, controlling privileges without 
       requiring the custom code that can frequently introduce risk. 
       Performing comprehensive mediation, authentication, and authorization 
       of identity exchange among customer and partner portals, Web 
       applications and XML-based Web services, Forum STS provides businesses 
       with a simplified model for identity management and the framework for 
       Federated SOA. And through Federated SOA with trusted business units 
       and external trading partners, organizations can successfully
       navigate the regulatory and compliance barriers related to information
       security, integrity and privacy, and form a solid foundation for cloud
       computing.

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(1) Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites" by Thomas E. Murphy, January 31, 2011

About Crosscheck Networks

Crosscheck Networks and its wholly owned subsidiary Forum Systems deliver solutions for deploying robust, resilient, secure and reliable Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The company's integrated, holistic product suite streamlines and optimizes resources throughout the SOA life cycle, ensuring reduced time-to-market and more rapid return on investment. Recognized as a technology innovator and security leader, Crosscheck Networks is the only company granted a patent for its Forum Sentry XML Gateway and has been certified by NIST and the U.S. Department of Defense. Crosscheck Networks is also the only company with HP Enterprise Management Alliance Program (EMAP) certification for SOA testing with native HP Quality Center Integration. For more information, please visit http://www.crosschecknet.com.

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