Forum Systems announced  that Forum XWall Web Services Firewall has achieved certified integration with HP OpenView SOA Manager software. The integration is designed to enable HP OpenView SOA Manager to provide the controls to monitor and manage deployed instances of Forum XWall and Forum Sentry at reduced administrative costs as well as ensuring real-time updates of changes to policy.

Customers adopting Forum Systems solutions look toward the unique appliance-based approach for both high performance and reliable service-oriented architecture (SOA) deployments. This integration with HP OpenView SOA Manager is intended to provide customers with the ability to collect information gathered by Forum enforcement points in order to access root cause and business impact analysis, uphold service level agreements and accelerate service contract lifecycles.

"We believe HP's broad portfolio of hardware and software offerings places them in a strong position to be successful in the SOA market place," said Wes Swenson, CEO and President of Forum Systems. "Having Forum's products work with HP OpenView SOA Manager allows our customers to leverage their existing assets and get the highest return on investments."

"We're pleased to be working with Forum Systems to extend the capabilities of HP OpenView portfolio," said Yale Tankus, vice president, Partnerships and Alliances, OpenView Business Unit, HP. "Through the integration with HP OpenView SOA Manager we're able to provide customers with a solution that brings together leading SOA monitor, management and policy enforcement."

Forum Systems and HP OpenView SOA Manager help to manage and ensure trusted SOA and Web services using: Centralized security policy management and administration, Advanced XML Threat Protection, High performance XML message handling and processing capabilities, Distributed monitoring of run-time and design-time configurations, Support for Web Services Security standards and specifications.

Forum XWall Web Services Firewall with HP OpenView SOA Manager software is available on 32-bit and 64-bit high performance appliances as well as software certified on HP hardware with Linux and Windows operating systems. Forum XWall Web Services Firewall is part of a comprehensive line of real-time policy enforcement and vulnerability assessment products for SOAs. Forum Sentry SOA Gateway is Forum System's flag-ship product that addresses the reliable and trusted delivery of enterprise Web services.