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nCipher’s nForce secure e-commerce accelerators have been tested to fully interoperate with the Sun Java System Web Server and Sun Java System Web Proxy Server, boosting throughput to improve the user experience as well as reducing capital investment. In addition, nCipher's nShield hardware security modules deliver enhanced key management bringing added security.

Sun's standards-based software provides the architecture, platform, and expertise for building and deploying Services on Demand. It provides a highly scalable and robust foundation for traditional software applications as well as current Web-based applications, while laying the foundation for the next-generation distributed computing models such as Web services.

The Sun Java System Web Server combines industrial strength reliability, performance and security with the ability to deliver dynamic personalized content, in an easy-to-manage environment enabling worry-free deployment of e-commerce sites. The Sun Java System Web Proxy Server is a powerful system for caching and filtering web content and boosting network performance. It distributes and manages information efficiently so that network traffic and user wait times are reduced. The Sun Java System Proxy Server also helps organizations ensure that users access network resources safely and productively.

Enhance Sun Java System Security, Performance, Scalability and Manageability with nForce™ and nShield™

By deploying nForce or nShield with Sun Java System Web Server or Sun Java System Web Proxy Server organizations can:

• Secure online services and private keys in highly secure hardware that meets the widely recognized FIPS 140-1, Level 2 or Level 3 security benchmark.
• Enhance server performance with powerful acceleration capabilities and processing power. nForce and nShield eliminate potential SSL bottlenecks before they become a problem.
• Expand server processing capacity. Adding nForce or nShield to a secure Web server can yield a 20-fold increase in processing capacity – without purchasing additional expensive servers.
• Build scalability into a secure infrastructure. Both nForce and nShield are modular, allowing organizations to add capacity to meet growing SSL processing demands or handle unexpected surges in Web site activity.
• Improve manageability. With nForce and nShield, organizations can establish responsibilities and authority within the organization and across teams to manage a multitude of digital keys.

How the Sun Java System–nCipher Solution Works

Using a standard PKCS#11 interface, nForce works with Sun Java System Web Servers to offload the heavy processing burden of SSL operations to nForce’s highly secure, dedicated co-processors, dramatically increasing processing capacity and transaction performance.