The winner of the Silver Award is Reactivity's Secure Deployment System, which receives, secures and sends all XML Web services transactions according to configurable, dynamic policy. The Reactivity System defends against XML attacks upon receiving a message, executes security and operational policies, mediates standards, data and transports and routes and logs it according to the defined policy.

According to the company, the Reactivity Gateway 2400 Series is the fastest XML Web services security appliance on the market. The Reactivity Gateway 2400 series has the capability of parsing and processing over 1750 transactions per second and validating XML Schema at over 1500 transactions per second.

The product scored well across all categories, particularly in 'Ease of Use' because Reactivity's technology drops-in to an existing network and is accessible within minutes. XML Web services messages are passed through Reactivity's system within the first hour of installation and users can instantly create security policies, designate other infrastructure for use, send test traffic and analyze results.

Enterprises can purchase a Reactivity System starting at $5,000 although most initial licenses are in excess of $100,000.

Catherine Ketcher