DataPower Extends its Position as Most Decorated XML-Aware Networking Company

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

DataPower Extends its Position as Most Decorated XML-Aware Networking
Company with Latest "Web Services Security Product of the Year" Award

DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway Gold Product of the Year Continues
Leading Independent Validation and Recognition as the Only Web Services
Security Vendor with Its Own Patented XML Processing Engine, Most
Advanced High-End Security Features, Unique True Network Device,
Ease-of-Use, and DataPower Agility Architecture

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - January 18, 2005  -  DataPower, the original creator
and leading provider of intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN)
infrastructure, today announced that its most widely deployed DataPower
XS40 XML Security Gateway(tm) was awarded Product of the Year for Web
services security, winning Gold over all other competing products
including Reactivity. The annual 2004 Products of Year Awards were
independently judged by the editorial staff at SearchWebservices along
with a team of users, industry experts, analysts, and consultants and
augments DataPower's unmatched third-party validation and independent
recognition for its XML-aware networking vision that began in 1999.
Together, the Awards span 26 product categories and single out 68
products enterprise IT professionals should consider adding to their "A"
lists of products. The judges evaluated more than 400 products and
selected the winning products based on six criteria:  

*	Innovation & Performance- Only DataPower has patented wirespeed
performance using sophisticated algorithms for executing XML Web service
security.   DataPower is the only network vendor to invent and own its
XML processing technology and develop its Web services security gateway
from the ground up with security in mind.

*	Ease of integration into existing environments- With its leading
"Integration for Management" strategy, DataPower leads the industry with
the largest ecosystem of partners and deepest integration with existing
application, security, identity management and networking infrastructure
vendors including RSA Security, Computer Associates, Oblix, IBM, Tivoli,
Eclipse, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, HP, Netegrity, F5, Progress
Software, Altova, Blue Titan, Grand Central, Contivo, SAIC, Quadrasis,
Redline and Cyclone Commerce.

*	Ease of use and manageability - DataPower's"Ease of Use" was
specifically identified by the award judges who said, "This product
scored particularly high in the ease-of-use category."  The judges
further noted that one end-user said, "As for the transition, it was
painless. We were up and running in less than a day."  This demonstrates
the unique DataPower Agility (DA) Architecture, which allows enterprises
to quickly deploy the XS40 in a complex environment, and adapt to
changing needs.  Featured is the easy-to-use GUI, which provides drag
and drop services and wizards for XML filtering, signing, verification,
validation, encryption, decryption, transformation and routing
configuration and administration; and configuration features such as a
SOAP management interface, and IDE integration including Eclipse
support.

*	Functionality - Accentuating the XS40's most comprehensive XML
Web services security features, including DataPower's powerful AAA
Framework, enabling a broad variety of methods for extracting user
passwords, security tokens, and other identity information; fully
extensible Audit & Accounting processing, and the ability to serve as a
secure XML Web services proxy and access policy enforcement point in
front of application servers.  Additionally, the XS40 delivers hardened
security and wirespeed performance for XML firewall, XDoS protection,
SOAP filtering, access control, XML schema validation, field level
digital signatures and XML encryption, XML routing, service
virtualization, SAML-based federated identity management, and support
for critical Web services standards such as WS-Security, WS-Addressing,
WS-SecureConversation, and other  WS-* specifications.  

*	Value - As exemplified by deployments of the XS40 by leading
organizations including ADP, BAE, Bell Canada, Booz Allen Hamilton,
Cendant, CIBC, GFKL, The Hartford, Hemscott, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Leader
Technologies, Navio, Northrop Grumman, Pfizer, RouteOne, RBC, U.S.
Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), UBS, Vesta and Wachovia.
DataPower's Global 1000 Customers include five of the top 10 financial
services companies.

"DataPower is honored to have been awarded The Product of the Year in
the security category by such an esteemed group of experts," said Mark
Taber, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at DataPower.  "Since first
launching the product over two years ago, the XS40 has consistently
established itself as the recognized leader and de facto standard for
securely deploying XML Web services among Global 1000 enterprises and
leading industry analysts and experts."

In associated news, The DataPower XI50 XML Integration Appliance(tm) was
also selected as a product of the year for the "Integration" category
(See: DataPower XML Integration Appliance Selected as a "Product of the
Year" And Showcases The Evolving shift from Packet-oriented to
Application-oriented Network Infrastructure) and DataPower is the only
vendor to have won "Product of the Year" awards in separate categories.
These latest accolades further extends DataPower's lead as the most
decorated XML-aware networking company, with awards that include winner
of the Well-Connected Infrastructure Product of the Year, the only
XML-aware networking vendor selected for two years running as a finalist
for the Well-Connected award; winner of the InfoWorld Media Group
"Excellent" award; selection as a finalist for Best of Interop Awards
for N+I 2004 Las Vegas; selection as Top Networking Company by
VentureWire, and inclusion in the AlwaysOn Top 100 and SD Times 100
lists.

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About DataPower 
DataPower 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 patented 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, please
contact 617-864-0455 or visit www.datapower.com.