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

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.
            [e-mail]
            [phone]

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: [e-mail] 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.