Digital Evolution, the leading provider of comprehensive SOA and Web services management, security and provisioning solutions, announced that CTO Alistair Farquharson will highlight its industry-leading technology at the upcoming 8th "Web Services Edge 2005 East - Inyternational Web Services Conference & Expo."

On February 16th at Web Services Edge 2005 in Boston, Mass., Mr. Farquharson will present the topic: "B2B Policy Enforcement: The Third Rail of SOA Implementation." In this presentation he will discuss XML Virtual Private Networks (XML VPNs) and their potential to mitigate security policy enforcement issues in B2B SOA.

Alistair Farquharson's presentation will be broadcast to the Web Services audience by SYS-CON.TV at www.SYS-CON.TV.

"Digital Evolution is a clear leader in B2B and Enterprise SOA Security and Management," said Paul Gigg, CEO of Digital Evolution. "We are very pleased to have the opportunity for Alistair to share some of his vision and expertise at these events."

Mr. Farquharson is a visionary whose skills span many industries and include designing and implementing system architectures, as well as driving initiatives as development and team lead. He is an expert in custom application development, distributed environments, architecting scalable hardware and software applications and systems, and Web services application development. At Digital Evolution, he spearheads product development and provides thought leadership to enterprise customers implementing Web services. Prior to joining Digital Evolution, he worked at US Interactive, where he was a key advisor to CTOs of many companies regarding Internet architecture issues. He was also a member of the architectural guiding committee that drove the design of the next generation of Internet architecture.

About Digital Evolution
Digital Evolution is the leading provider of comprehensive enterprise class SOA security, management, and provisioning solutions. The Digital Evolution XML VPN for B2B XML and Web services management and security and the Digital Evolution Service Manager for complete Enterprise SOA management and security combine to create the only complete SOA Fabric solution available today. Digital Evolution is a privately held company backed by leading investors including Redpoint, Mellon Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, and Palisades Ventures Fund. For more information, please visit www.digev.com.