News, Forum Systems, SOA, UAE, Asia-Pacific: A new partnership between Forum Systems Inc. and Techlogix will provide SOA products to markets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Asia-Pacific. Techlogix will supply Forum System's SOA Gateway Forum Sentry with installation and architecture consulting services to its large customer base across Asia-Pacific and United Arab Emirates.

UAE-based companies are typically quick to deploy new technology standards in banking and telecom sectors, which is indicative of a desire to improve the efficiency of the region's electronic business processing system. The flourishing telecoms market in the UAE has seen many companies and financial institutions adopting SOA, resulting in the new technology gaining momentum as demand rapidly escalates.

"We are surprised to see recent interest in the UAE region for SOA," said Mamoon Yunus, CTO, Forum Systems. "The Techlogix and Forum Systems partnership provides a potent combination of SOA architecture and consulting leadership with powerful SOA products. This combination enables rapid SOA enablement across corporations and their partners."

Salman Akhtar, co-CEO of Techlogix, noted "Forum Systems has a strong reputation for bringing innovative technologies and solutions to companies worldwide...As a result of this partnership, we will continue to provide the best SOA gateway product to our customers."

Forum System's experience in the Web Services Security and now SOA application delivery arena has led to the release of the Forum Sentry, the industry's first SOA Gateway product. Numerous international enterprises have already adopted Forum System's technology, among them Amazon, Motorola and Citigroup.

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