Reactivity Receives SearchWebServices.com Product of the Year Award

Reactivity Receives SearchWebServices.com Product of the Year Award Wins Silver for Secure Web Services Deployment System BELMONT, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Reactivity, Inc. the leader in secure XML Web services deployment systems, today announced the editors of SearchWebServices.com have chosen the Reactivity Secure Web Services Deployment System 2400 Series as the Silver winner of the 2004 "Products of the Year" award in the Security category. The Reactivity Secure Web Services Deployment System 2400 Series scored well across all criteria, particularly in "Ease of Use" because of the system's ability to drop-in to an existing network and be accessible within minutes. The editors of SearchWebServices.com assessed the 2004 Web services-related products with an eye toward helping users choose the "must-have" tools to develop, integrate, secure and manage Web services projects. The panel of judges, which included independent industry experts, Web services professionals and SearchWebServices.com editors, evaluated the nominated products based on innovation, performance, ease of integration into an environment, ease of use and manageability, functionality, value, service and support. They reviewed award applications for more than 50 products in four major categories: Integration, Management, Application Development/Deployment and Security. "The SearchWebServices.com Product of the Year prize is the cherry on the top of an especially rewarding year for Reactivity, and I am particularly proud of the outstanding efforts of our exceptionally talented team," said Glenn Osaka, CEO and president of Reactivity. "We will continue our efforts through 2005 and beyond to enable our customers to confidently deploy powerful, secure Web services and maintain and extend our leadership position in this industry." In September, Reactivity was among the 50 new companies who won entry into the elite corps of AlwaysOn(TM) 100 Top Private Companies for 2004. In May, the editors of Red Herring, the premier magazine of business technology and innovation, named Reactivity to the prestigious Red Herring 100. In April, Reactivity's flagship Reactivity Gateway received Software Development's Jolt Productivity Award in the Security Tools category. In February, Reactivity was invited to participate in DEMO 2004, one of the world's foremost forums for new product innovations. The Reactivity Secure Deployment System is a suite of next-generation products that enables enterprises to secure, implement and operate XML and Web services more efficiently and effectively, and accelerate their time-to-market. The first system of its kind to provide structured workflows to coordinate the delegation of security policy creation, approval and deployment throughout an organization, the Reactivity System overcomes the hurdles to Web services deployment by addressing organizational as well as technical issues to help enterprises realize the promise of Web services. SearchWebServices.com SearchWebServices.com is the leading online resource for more than 200,000 enterprise IT professionals who seek information on the latest Web services technologies and issues so they can make decisions, research products and set strategies. SearchWebServices.com provides original news stories, expert advice and interactive features for the Web services community, and is the largest online source of Web services-related e-newsletters, white papers and Webcasts. More information can be found at www.searchwebservices.com. About Reactivity Reactivity provides the leading deployment infrastructure used by enterprises to realize the promise of Web services. Reactivity's family of products enables businesses to secure, provision and operate XML and Web services more efficiently and effectively, accelerating their time-to-market and gaining competitive advantage. Reactivity has unique experience with the largest and most demanding Global 2000 enterprises in financial services, publishing, travel and other industries. Reactivity is located in Belmont, California, and can be reached at www.reactivity.com, +1-650-551-7800 or info@reactivity.com. Source: Reactivity, Inc. CONTACT: Patrick Corman, +1-650-326-9648, or patrick@cormancom.com, or David Finkelstein, +1-917-523-1161, or david@cormancom.com, both of Corman Communications, for Reactivity, Inc. Web site: http://www.searchwebservices.com/ Web site: http://www.reactivity.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment