Cloud computing has become a core aspect of enterprise IT strategy with companies utilizing both private and public clouds for rapid scalability and cost reduction. Security, Reliability and Manageability are essential tenants of robust cloud integration. Forum Sentry Cloud Gateway is the only product in the industry with native integration for a variety of Cloud providers. As the pioneer in XML Gateways with the only patented product in the industry, Forum Sentry provides a gateway for establishing security, reliability and ease of management between datacenters and cloud providers. The Forum Systems Sentryâ„¢ provides a robust mechanism for enterprises to secure and scale their cloud deployments with a keen focus on reliability.
Through sophisticated Cloud Policies IT Professionals can manage a number of prominent IaaS providers right from the Forum Sentry Administrative console. Forum Sentry provides native Integration with IaaS vendors including Amazon EC2, GoGrid, Opsource, VMWare, MS Azure and VMware.

Once authenticated to the Cloud Provider management API, Forum Sentry can dynamically control image instantiation, shutdown and scaling activities based on traffic patterns and loading characteristics. A GoGrid instance started by Forum Sentry Cloud Gateway is shown below.

Forum Systems Sentry allows enterprises to achieve a higher return on investment by implementing secure, scalable service-oriented architectures and event-driven applications. Our rack mount appliance offers 64-bit multiprocessor with crypto accelerator and optional FIPS Level III HSM.
Forum Systems Sentry features include:
SECURE WEB SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS
AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION
DATA-LEVEL SECURITY POLICIES
XML WEB SERVICES SPECIFICATIONS
Forum Systems Sentry is also avaliable in software form factor for Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. The feature set is the same as that of the appliance form factor with the exception of FIPS hardended key storage and hardware based cryptographic acceleration for signature, encryption, and SSL.
Sentry software features include:
SECURE WEB SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS
AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION
DATA-LEVEL SECURITY POLICIES
XML WEB SERVICES SPECIFICATIONS