Layer 7 introduces SecureSpan Gateway AMI

Issued by CubicICE (Pty) Ltd for Blue Turtle Technologies
Johannesburg, 04 Nov 2009

Layer 7 Technologies, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, has announced the launch of SecureSpan Gateway Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to simplify integration of hybrid Enterprise/Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) applications.

According to Martyn Healy, Marketing Director, Blue Turtle Technologies, the SecureSpan Gateway AMI allows organisations to safely integrate vital applications deployed on Amazon EC2, enabling them to optimise their IT environment. “The gateway provides security at the application/Web services layer, which allows organisations to link these applications on Amazon EC2 back to the enterprise using Web services.”

Layer 7 simplifies the operation of hybrid enterprise/EC2 applications through dynamically deployable Web services gateways that can be provisioned inside both the enterprise and the Amazon cloud. With Layer 7, organisations can now make EC2-run applications appear as extended parts of their own enterprise.

Layer 7's SecureSpan Gateway AMI complements Amazon's recently announced Virtual Private Cloud offering. Layer 7 is removing another barrier to deploying mission-critical enterprise applications in the cloud. Amazon's VPC connects enterprise applications and EC2 at the network layer, while the Layer 7 AMI secures these transactions at the application data and API level.

The Layer 7 SecureSpan Gateway AMI is available for a free 30-day trial at Layer 7's Web site and Amazon's Web Services Developer Web site.

Blue Turtle Technologies

Blue Turtle Technologies provides and supports best-in-class software solutions that optimise, enhance and leverage existing IT investment and assist in the cost-effective delivery of new technology. The company offers an extensive product range, sourced through its strategic partnerships with leading local and international software providers, augmented by best-practice implementation services.

Layer 7 Technologies

Layer 7 Technologies is the leader in SOA security and governance. Founded in 2003, Layer 7 sells the SecureSpan family of XML appliances that feature sophisticated runtime governance, agent-less Web services management and industry-leading XML security. Layer 7 helps organisations address their security, visibility and governance issues by enabling them to control, monitor and adapt their Web services, no matter where they originate - in the enterprise or in the cloud. Layer 7 is positioned in the Leaders' quadrant in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets*. For more information, visit us at http://www.layer7tech.com.

* Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets; L. Frank Kenney and Daryl C. Plummer; March 31, 2009.

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