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Tarari's Michael Leventhal to Speak at XTech Conference on `The End of the Open Internet?: Network Service and Security in Web 2.0'

Posted on: Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 09:05 CDT

Tarari, Inc.:

WHO: Tarari's Michael Leventhal to speak at XTech Conference WHAT: The End of the Open Internet?: Network Service and Security in Web 2.0 WHERE: XTech 2006 (xtech06.usefulinc.com) Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky Room: St. John 2 Dam 9 1012 JS Amsterdam, The Netherlands WHEN: Friday, May 19, 2006, 11:45 a.m. TOPIC: Does the appearance of XML-enabled, Application-Aware, Intelligent Networking devices mark the beginning of the end of the "open internet" -- that is, where all data crosses the network infrastructure unfettered, unfiltered, and, most importantly, where every message enjoys the same service level as any other message? Ironically, the very power unleashed by exchanging XML on the internet threatens, in the eyes of some, the goals of openness and innovation that led to its being put there in the first place. In this presentation we will look at both sides of this debate. Internet traffic today is managed at the "packet-level" and, until recently, all network devices operated without awareness of the type of traffic or application data contained in the packet. The Application-Aware network has the ability to peer into the packet and to apply processing rules based on understanding its data format and content. The Application-Aware network has many potential benefits including intelligent management of traffic to ensure optimal utilization of computing resources and service levels, enforcement of content policies, protection against application-level attacks, extraction of business intelligence at the enterprise gateway, data format translation, and message level security. Standard XML message formats and Web Services/SOAP enable application-aware networking to accomplish all this, providing both a format that can be manipulated on devices built to handle XML efficiently and known vocabularies against which processing rules can be written. Now for the dark side. Carriers (owners of the big pipes) hate the current "dumb network" and want to be able to discriminate between different kinds of traffic. With VoIP usage exploding telcos would love to end Skype's "free ride" on the network. Distinguishing traffic is key to providing service levels; for the enterprise it means that your "platinum" passengers get special high-speed service not only in airport queues but also when they come through the Internet. Application-Aware networking can give the carrier the ability to deliver the best throughput to the highest bidder; for example, they could give Google search users faster response times than Yahoo! search users. More and more applications are web-centric (and XML-based); the same principle could certainly be applied to favor, for example, Microsoft applications. Once the high-speed pipes belong to the titans able to pay for monopolistic control of the infrastructure, wither Web 2.0 and innovation? Shut down with the error message "Application Not Recognized"? Won't government, with its duty to protect open commerce and communication, legislate such a universe out of existence? Maybe not. The relative liberty -- chaos -- of the Internet had a threatening aspect to it even before the start of the global war on terrorism; XML application-aware networking have some very attractive properties with respect to the ability to impose entry barriers to irresponsible use of the internet, to monitor use and content of messages, and to provide a more cost-effective mechanism for ensuring regulatory compliance. In some sense, Application-Aware networking is a logical outgrowth of some government programs to encourage the development of a commercial infrastructure over the Internet. SPEAKERS: Michael Leventhal, Senior Director, XML Products, Tarari, Inc. Michael Leventhal is Senior Director, XML Products for Tarari where he has guided the creation of world's first XML-in-silicon accelerators supporting RAX (random access XML) processing methodology. Mr. Leventhal has been involved with XML from its inception; having authored some of the earliest publications on XML including the first book published on its use for the Internet and was also involved in Web Services from its earliest days, having led the team at Commerce One that created DocSOAP, an open-source, high-performance document-centric SOAP framework. He also worked on DocZilla, an XML-centric mozilla-based browser. Mr. Leventhal is active on Tarari's behalf in the W3C. He holds an EECS degree from U.C. Berkeley. CONTACT: John Bromhead, VP Marketing, Tarari, Inc. john@tarari.com +1 858-642-2501

About Tarari, Inc.

Tarari, the award-winning acceleration company headquartered in San Diego, Calif., USA, designs and develops Content Processor silicon to allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to accelerate and offload compute-intensive, complex algorithms used in XML/Web Services, Network Security and Digital Media environments. Tarari is a fabless semiconductor company whose product line primarily includes ASICs, and Tarari also offers boards and software acceleration components designed for network equipment, appliance and server vendors, as well as independent software vendors. Tarari is a privately held company with venture backing from Crosspoint Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, XMLFund and Intel Capital. For more information, visit www.tarari.com, e-mail: info@tarari.com or call 858-385-5131.

About XTech 2006

XTech 2006 is the premier European conference for developers, information designers and managers working with web and standards-based technologies. XTech brings together the worlds of web development, open source, semantic web and web standards.

XTech 2006 will take place from 16-19 May in the heart of Amsterdam, at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam Square.

The theme for 2006, "Building Web 2.0," recognizes the key place of standards-based and open technology in enabling the next generation of web applications. Practitioners and leaders from all disciplines are invited to participate in presenting and discussing the technology and design issues behind the changing web.

Building on the success of last year's conference, this year's tracks include:

-- Applications

-- Browser Technology

-- Core Technologies

-- Open Data

Formerly known as the XML Europe conference, XTech has widened its scope to incorporate neighboring technologies from the web and business. As the use of XML broadens out beyond traditional core topics, we want to reflect that in the conference. As well as XML, XTech 2006 will cover web development, weblogging, search, the semantic web and more. See xtech06.usefulinc.com for more info.

Source: Business Wire

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