[announce] OASIS Member News: Datapower's Intelligent XML-awareNetworking Device Powers Delivery of Real-time Financial Information forHemscott

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

DATAPOWER'S INTELLIGENT XML-AWARE NETWORKING DEVICE POWERS DELIVERY OF
REAL-TIME FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR HEMSCOTT

World's First Wire-Speed XML Accelerator Provides Dramatic Boost in
Performance for Europe's Leading Financial Information Provider

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-August 26, 2002-DataPower Technology, the industry's
leading provider of intelligent XML-aware network infrastructure, today
announced that Hemscott PLC, a leading business information and research
company, has deployed the DataPower XA35 XML AcceleratorT to provide
highly-customized real-time data to its customer base of European
financial services organizations, professional advisors and
sophisticated retail investors.  Hemscott has selected each of its
business lines to be powered by the XA35 XML Accelerator, a
first-of-its-kind network device that processes XML into varied data
formats at wire-speed to ensure that users receive dynamic information
quickly and without fail.  The XA35 leverages DataPower's patent-pending
XG3T technology and is the world's only XML-aware network device capable
of intelligently and securely processing XML traffic at wire-speed. (See
related announcement "DataPower Technology Delivers Industry's First
Wire-speed Intelligent XML-Aware Network Device," August 26, 2002)

"We provide a high-end service to demanding clientele for whom speed is
an absolute market requirement.  The XA35 gives us that advantage," said
Stephen Roche, CTO of Hemscott.  "With the DataPower XA35 in place,
files that once took twenty (20) seconds to transform can now be
processed in less than one (1) second. As for the transition, it was
painless. We were up and running in less than a day."

Hemscott is a London-based company that is the number one provider of
fully outsourced investor relations Web sites in the United Kingdom and
Ireland, Hemscott's own web site (www.hemscott.net) is rated as one of
the top financial portals in the world and financiers worldwide depend
daily on Hemscott's custom reporting service to make strategic
investment decisions.  Hemscott operates Sun (NasdaqNM:SUNW) SolarisT
Operating Environment software with an OracleR (NasdaqNM:ORCL) database
of information detailing publicly traded companies in Europe - its core
asset.  Hemscott recently migrated to XML to facilitate a constant
stream of real-time, dynamic and customized information from this
database to its customers.  When Hemscott initially transitioned to XML
it incurred unfavorable XML processing performance using only a
software-based platform.  This performance degradation caused severe
bottlenecks that prevented Hemscott from taking the application to real
production. After careful evaluation, Hemscott selected and deployed
DataPower's XA35 network device and realized a two thousand percent
(2000%) increase in performance and eliminated the need to overprovision
multiple, high-cost servers. 

"For the past three years, DataPower has continually broken new ground
with several category-defining XML-aware network solutions," said Eugene
Kuznetsov, president, founder and CTO of DataPower. "The real-time
delivery of accurate information is increasingly a competitive advantage
and requirement for any business. DataPower makes this possible through
unique, intelligent wire-speed XML processing. Companies like Hemscott
also realize significant cost savings because DataPower's XA35 reduces
the need to purchase expensive new servers."        



About Hemscott PLC
Hemscott plc is a leading business information and research company. It
offers a range of information services and bespoke research, both online
and offline. Customers include UK and European listed companies,
financial services organizations, their professional advisers and
sophisticated retail investors. 
The company has two core-operating divisions - Business Information and
Media Services. The Business Information division comprises Data
Services (the provision of data in both raw and software products and
research) and Online Investor Relations Outsourcing (the provision of a
fully out-sourced, cost-effective, tailored service for the investor
relations component of European quoted companies web sites). The Media
Services division comprises www.hemscott.com (the leading financial
portal for professional investors, business professionals and private
investors) and Online Publishing (e-mail publications and microsites). 
 

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