[announce] OASIS member news: Navio Deploys DataPower's Web Services Security Hardware

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

NAVIO DEPLOYS DATAPOWER'S XML WEB SERVICES SECURITY HARDWARE TO REDUCE THE
COMPLEXITY OF ITS "TRUSTED TRANSACTION" SERVICES 

DataPower XS40's Ease of Use, Multistep XML Routing and Advanced SAML is Key
for the Performance and Security of Navio's High-speed, Distributed Digital
Commerce Network

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - December 17, 2003 - DataPower, the creators of
intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) infrastructure, announced today that
Navio - a leading Digital Commerce Service Provider - has deployed the
DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway(tm).  Critical to Navio's business is a
centralized trusted transaction service for distributing "digital rights"
using XML, encryption and digital signatures.  This service requires a
flexible XML security solution capable of meeting the high performance and
security demands of a service provider environment while reducing complexity
and expense of daily operations.  After a careful review process, Navio has
purchased and deployed DataPower's XML security networking device.

"Navio's transaction network combines identity management, content
packaging, and payment functions to solve the access and distribution
challenges that have limited the growth of Internet commerce for digital
products.  Security, performance, reliability and operational efficiency are
critical to our business," said Kevin Collins, Vice President of Engineering
at Navio.  "After looking at other solutions on the market, it was clear
that DataPower was the obvious choice to solve these key requirements for us
and enable our business to scale with our success."

Alex Clark, senior software engineer at Navio added, "The XS40 is
surprisingly easy to use in all its various testing modes and use cases for
implementing XML digital signatures and other SOAP firewall capabilities.
In terms of performance, we haven't yet found a transaction of ours that
causes the XS40 to register any time for processing. It increases our
processing performance anywhere from 10 to 70 fold"

"By using XML and SAML to protect and verify identities and privileges,
Navio's service represents a breakthrough for managing the intricacies of
digital rights and user access to content," said Bret Hartman, Vice
President of Technology Solutions at DataPower, "Critical to the success of
this breakthrough is Navio's decision to offload the difficult task of XML
processing and security to a service-provider-grade, simple-to-manage
network device like DataPower's XS40 to reduce risk, complexity and cost."

The announcement of Navio's selection coincides with DataPower releasing of
version 2.5 of firmware for its XS40 and XA35 also announced today (See
associate announcement "DataPower's Version 2.5 Achieves Breakthrough for
Scaling Operational Complexity of Real-World XML Web Services").  Inspired
by years of experience with real deployments and fueled by growing
partnerships with world's top IT vendors (including CA, Sun and IBM), the
latest version of the award-winning products is part of DataPower's
comprehensive strategy for managing the operational complexity of XML Web
service deployments as they achieve critical mass and maturity.  Firmware
release v2.5 includes: new AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Audit)
framework (including advanced SAML support and fine-grained authorization),
enhanced multistep, user-defined WebGUI wizards, integration with existing
infrastructure and DataGlue(r) binary binding. DataPower's version 2.5
achieves a significant breakthrough by enabling its customers to optimize,
secure and manage enterprise-class XML and Web services deployments.


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 (XG3(tm)) technology powers
the industry's first wire-speed XML-aware networking devices that provide
immediate return on technology investments while streamlining application
deployments.   Founded in 1999, DataPower is privately held and based in
Cambridge, MA. For more information about DataPower Technology, please
contact 617-864-0455 or visit www.datapower.com.

About Navio
Navio turns buyers into sellers.  Navio's digital commerce solutions enable
secure, authenticated transaction capabilities for online selling. Navio's
service involves the creation and distribution of certified offers that
enable a mediated transaction between two parties. Using any existing
communications architecture to execute transactions - email, instant
messages, SMS, P2P, or Web sites - Navio ensures the exchange of rights and
eliminates transaction risks between buyer and seller.  For more information
contact press@Navio.com or visit www.Navio.com. 

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For more information please contact:					
Kevin M Anderson
DataPower Technology, Inc.						
617-864-0455 x360							
kevina@datapower.com