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REST your SOAP, and don’t worry, be happy

Bridging the gap between old and new is a challenge we all have been grappling with forever. It’s inevitable that the “IT” thing of today, will be replaced by a new innovation down the road. The caveman started with the rock, which was later replaced by the club, which later gave way to the spear. New advancements did not replace the previous technology entirely; rather it simply redefined more appropriate uses. For example, stones are ideal to craft spear points, and clubs when laced with leather and curved stones proved invaluable for digging. Thankfully, this innovation continues to propel society forwards, but it often leads to confusion for “traditionalists” who find themselves unwilling to adopt or change. So, what does all this have to do with technology? Plenty, read more to find out why.

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Vordel Ranked as a Leader in SOA Application Gateways by Independent Research Firm

Boston, MA, November 29, 2011 – Vordel, a provider of SOA and Cloud Gateways today announced it has been positioned by Forrester Research, Inc. as a Leader in the firm’s new report, “The Forrester WaveTM: SOA Application Gateways, Q4 2011″ (November 2011). Forrester defined the role of a SOA application gateway as being “…a control point in the network path between a set of SOA services and the consumers that use the services.”

The Vordel Application Gateway acts as a key integration and security gateway to enable enterprises protect their SOA services and manage their Cloud and mobile APIs. Fortune 5,000 enterprises and government agencies around the world rely on Vordel to provide integration, security, control, and acceleration for their applications and SOA.

Leaders were recognized for their “wide-ranging support for message formats and protocols (including FTP) and strong content transformation features … [as well as] strong attack protection and trust enablement security features. Forrester recognized Vordel as a leader whose “… offering is strong overall …with a good global presence … and customer references [that] expressed strong satisfaction with the company and the product.” The report also cited Vordel’s important partnership with Oracle.

“We believe Forrester’s ranking of Vordel as a leader in SOA application gateways is testimony to the strength of our product and our market penetration, said Hugh Carroll, VP Marketing at Vordel. “As organizations seek to extend their SOA services to accommodate their mobile and Cloud strategies, Vordel is proving to be the partner of choice for API Management and Security.”

About Vordel
Vordel delivers fast, safe, connectivity for SOA, Cloud and Mobile Services. Vordel Gateway provides integration, security, governance, and acceleration for enterprise applications and Cloud based services. Vordel Gateway enables Fortune 5000 enterprises and government agencies to extend their enterprise applications and SOA infrastructure beyond the perimeter to enable Cloud based services and mobile computing. Vordel makes it possible to deliver and consume “Applications Anywhere” with IT’s existing applications and infrastructure, without costly upgrades and rewrites. Vordel is an Oracle Platinum Certified Partner. Follow us on twitter and our Blogs

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