Layer 7 Technologies has introduced the first 64-bit Web services Gateway with ASIC- based XML security acceleration. Designed for high-volume transaction environments and emerging Enterprise Service Buses (ESB), the SecureSpan Gateway, XSpeed edition combines Layer 7's patent pending Policy Driven XML Stream Processor with Tarari's next-generation XML ASIC on a performance- optimized 64-bit appliance.
With growth in the use of XML and XML-derived integration technologies like Web services and .Net, the need for fast, low-latency processing of XML has never been more imperative in financial services, telecom, manufacturing and government. XML and Web service operations like data transformation, content inspection, threat detection, service virtualization and WS-(x) security each require enormous processor cycles. When these atomic policy instructions are combined into complex, sometime branching Web services policy expressions, the need for raw performance is compounded by a need for policy- optimized processing algorithms and matching custom silicon.
