Winter 2008

Interoperability News

Nexor Sentinel Sales Accelerate

Since Nexor’s appointment by the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) in 2007 as supplier of choice for the provision of high assurance mailguards for operational use, popularity of Nexor Sentinel has grown both within the NATO community and beyond. Now deployed in over ten countries, Sentinel is supporting critical military operations and is operating as a key component of early Information Exchange Gateway (IEG) Scenario C implementations. Follow the link here for more details.

Nexor Sentinel 2 Beta Passes NATO Acceptance

Nexor Sentinel 2.0, the latest version of Nexor’s high assurance guard, was released to NATO in October as a beta and has subsequently passed acceptance trials. Sentinel 2.0 will be launched early in 2009 and includes new functionality such as native SMTP support.

Stop 6.4 Gains EAL5 Status

The latest version of BAE Systems’ secure operating system, STOP 6.4, which underpins the Nexor Sentinel, has achieved EAL5 status both in the UK and the US. In 2009, Nexor anticipates bringing to market a broad range of protocol guarding technology based on BAE's platform to complement Nexor Sentinel, already established as a market leader messaging guard.

Security Label Guarding on Microsoft’s Intelligent Application Gateway

In October, Nexor announced its latest innovative guarding technology, which exploits Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007. By combining its Microsoft expertise with an in-depth understanding of guarding technology, Nexor has architected a standards-based, security policy module incorporated into the IAG 2007 APIs to provide policy enforcement. For further information, follow the link here.

Nexor Joins the Oracle Partner Network

Further to the launch of Nexor Oracle Gateway, Nexor has joined the Oracle Partner Network. With email messaging being the most common method of exchanging information and Oracle providing the world’s leading database, Nexor Oracle Gateway offers important technology to enable the secure transfer of information between standards based messaging streams and an Oracle database. For further details, follow the link here.

MMHS News

EADS Appoints Nexor for Italian Joint MMHS Project

As EADS’ partner for the NATO Messaging System (NMS), Nexor has been awarded a contract to provide the same underpinning technology for the Italian Joint Military Message Handling System. Italy decided to adopt the same Lotus-based solution that was certified by NATO in 2006, which will be rolled out over the coming months. Nexor’s MMHS server technology is suitable for use in both Microsoft and Lotus environments.

Fast-Track, Virtualised MMHS

Nexor’s portfolio comprises a range of proven and widely deployed components that collectively create the core of a secure MMHS with appropriate gateways for intra- and inter-domain connectivity. This suite of products has now been brought together in a virtualised environment (Virtual MMHS) enabling both end users and administrators to gain a rapid understanding of how an MMHS works and how it will look. Virtual MMHS is supported by a range of Nexor professional services. For further details, follow the link here.

Reference Architecture for MMHS

In October, Nexor published its educational white papers, “MMHS: A Reference Architecture” and “MMHS: The Requirements”. The papers aim to simplify the concepts of MMHS and introduce terminology and standards. Used together, the two papers provide objective and beneficial tools for the end user community and systems integrators alike. The accompanying solution paper,“MMHS: Nexor’s Technical Position” outlines Nexor’s MMHS portfolio and how it maps onto the reference architecture.

Services News

New Delivery Methodology Brings Rigour and Agility

Building on the long-standing certification in ISO9001, ISO27001 and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Libraries), Nexor has been busily adapting its processes to be compliant with the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) framework. Lean principles are being worked in at the same time. The benefit of these activities will be seen by Nexor’s customers in all development and delivery projects going forward with the new Delivery Methodology.

This approach is being introduced to all customers incrementally.

Corporate News

HMG Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills Re-Appoints Nexor CEO to Board

Nexor’s CEO, Steve Kingan, has been re-affirmed in his role as a non-executive director to the board of Investors in People (UK) by DIUS minister Lord Tony Newton of Norwood Green.