[announce] DataPower NEWS: Altova and DataPower Team to AccelerateTime to Market for XML Web Services

["Kevin M. Anderson" <kevina@datapower.com>]

ALTOVA AND DATAPOWER TEAM TO ACCELERATE TIME TO MARKET FOR XML WEB
SERVICES

XMLSPY 5 Integrates with XA35 XML Accelerator Creating a Uniform
Platform for Developing, Debugging and Deployment of XML Applications

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BEVERLY, Mass. -Sept. 17, 2002-DataPower
Technology, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent XML-aware network
infrastructure, and Altova, Inc., a leading provider of XML software
tools solutions, today announced the availability of XMLSPY 5 integrated
with the Datapower XA35 XML AcceleratorT to speed the time to market of
mission-critical enterprise XML applications.  The XMLSPY 5 and XA35
integration is the first unified solution to offer enterprises a single
platform for the development, debugging and deployment of
high-performance XML-based applications, resulting in significantly
reduced time to production of XML Web Services.

Altova's XMLSPY is the world's leading XML development tool set with
over 90% market share for XML editors.  It supports XSLT debugging, as
well as visual design and editing of XML documents including XML schema
and WSDL.  Datapower's XML accelerator is the first network device
purpose-built to process XML at wire speed, increasing XML performance
by 10x or better.  The XA35 offloads XML processing from costly general
purpose servers and eliminates the need for developers to hand optimize
stylesheets or "dumb-down" applications because of performance concerns.
Together XMLSPY 5 and XA35 offer enterprises the first-ever unified
solution to both develop and deploy XML applications.

"Developers today are looking for a faster and easier way to develop,
debug and deploy mission-critical XML applications," says Alexander
Falk, President and CEO at Altova, Inc.  "The Datapower XA35 plug-in for
XMLSPY 5 provides our customers with a simple unified environment.  Now
our customers can save time and money, while developing higher quality
XML software applications." 

Until now, XML applications have been developed separately from the
infrastructure used for their final production.  Because of
inconsistencies between platforms and XML processors, this process
increases development and quality assurance cycles, and ultimately the
time necessary to get the applications to final production.  With the
integration of the XA35 and XMLSPY 5, enterprises can now substantially
shorten this timeline by developing and debugging 'on-the-fly' in the
same runtime environment used for deployment.

"The advancement of XML-based initiatives requires a tighter coupling
between software development environments and hardware deployment
platforms.  Today, enterprises are hindered by the time and costs
associated with developing, testing and deploying XML applications on
separate 'runtime' systems," says Tim Sloan, Research Director for
Enterprise & Internet Infrastructure at Aberdeen Group.  "The
integration of Altova's XML development environment and Datapower's XML
Accelerator offers a new generation of toolkits for XML developers to
create XML applications, pilot those applications and bring them to
production within a single unified system."

"Today, XML developers face two critical problems, the first being the
painstaking task of hand coding complex applications and the second is
application performance," says Eugene Kuznetsov, founder, president and
CTO of DataPower Technology.  "The integration of our XML Accelerator
with the best-of-breed XMLSPY 5 enables over 600,000 registered XMLSPY
users to easily accelerate the development and deployment of advanced
XML applications."

Availability and Pricing
XMLSPY 5 and XA35 integrated solution is available immediately.  By
installing a software plug-in, developers using XMLSPY 5 are able to
select the DataPower XA35 from a pull down menu of XML processors.  The
XA35 XMLSPY 5 plug-in is available as an executable file on the XA35
resource CD for quick and easy installation in any XMLSPY 5 environment.
Pricing for the solution starts at $54,995.  The XMLSPY 5 Professional
Edition includes an XSLT debugger and is available for stand-alone
purchase for $399 from the Altova online shop, located at
http://www.altova.com/order.
  
About Altova, Inc.
Altova, Inc. is a leading provider of XML software solutions with
offices in Beverly, MA and headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The
privately held company was founded in 1992 and has been actively
involved in the XML market from the early conception of Extensible
Markup Language. Altova's XMLSPY 5 is the leading choice of Fortune 500
and Global 1000 companies. Altova's XMLSPY 5 product line is the
best-selling XML tools suite and has won the leading industry awards.
Altova is a member of the W3C and WS-I. Visit Altova on the web at
http://www.altova.com

About DataPower Technology 
DataPower Technology provides enterprises with intelligent XML-Aware
network infrastructure to ensure unparalleled performance, security and
manageability of next-generation applications and XML Web Services.
DataPower's patent-pending XML Generation Three (XG3T) technology powers
the industry's first wire-speed XML acceleration devices that provide
immediate return on technology investments while streamlining
application deployments. Founded in 1999, DataPower is privately held
and based in Cambridge, MA. Investors include Seed Capital Partners,
Venrock Associates and Mobius Venture Capital. For more information
about DataPower Technology visit www.datapower.com.

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For more information please contact:

Kevin Anderson				or		Larry Kim

DataPower Technology, Inc.					Altova,
Inc
617-864-0455
978-816-1612
kevina@datapower.com
larry@altova.com