[announce] DataPower and Contivo Offer Complete Standards-based XMLIntegration Solution

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

DATAPOWER AND CONTIVO OFFER COMPLETE STANDARDS-BASED XML INTEGRATION
SOLUTION

Integrated Contivo EIM and DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator Delivers Fast
XML Integration 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-December 10, 2002 - DataPower Technology, Inc., the
leading provider of intelligent XML-aware network infrastructure, today
announced a joint marketing and development agreement with Contivo,
Inc., the leading provider of automated data integration, to integrate
the Contivo Enterprise Integration Modeling (EIM)T solution with the
DataPower XA35 XML AcceleratorT.   The joint solution provides
enterprise customers with a complete standards-base XML integration
solution providing unparalleled data modeling and the world's fastest
XML data transformation technology to significantly reduce time and
money spent on integration services.

"XML has changed the way enterprises integrate disparate applications,"
said Eugene Kuznetsov, Chief Technology Officer at DataPower.  "The
partnership with Contivo allows DataPower customers to easily create and
manage very complex data-mappings between previously incompatible
schemas. The result is a radically faster, cheaper and more scalable way
of doing XML-based integration."

In the past, for every $1 Million spent on integration software, another
$3-5 Million was spent on customized services.  XML provides an open,
standards-based approach to inter- and intra-enterprise integration that
promises to alleviate the costs of customized coding and integration.
Contivo's platform-independent model-based semantic server automates the
design and management of data integration.  By enabling model reuse and
collaboration across the enterprise, Contivo removes the need to
repeatedly hand-code transformations or become locked into proprietary
systems.  But the complex data transformations required for XML-based
integration are very resource-intensive when utilizing software-based
XSLT products, and can create serious performance bottlenecks.

"By combining our model-based data design environment with DataPower's
XA35 XML Accelerator, we are enabling our joint customers and prospects
to leverage the best of today's XML transformation design environments
with a hardware-based transformation appliance", said Dave Hollander,
Chief Technology Officer at Contivo. "Current software-based XSLT
transformation engines can create serious performance bottlenecks that
hinder our customers' efforts to fully leverage XML in their complex,
business transformations."

DataPower's XA35 - based on its patent-pending XG3T XML processing
technology - provides the world's fastest XML data transformation
engine. In a jointly conducted test, the XA35 was able to execute
Contivo transaction mappings over 15 times faster than transactions
attempted in general-purpose software.  In addition to its performance
edge, the XA35 is very easy to setup and manage.  While Contivo's
product helps enterprises scale their data mapping projects, DataPower's
XA35 helps them scale the actual XML processing. The combined
scalability solution announced today means that enterprises can easily,
quickly and affordably model, design and run complex business
integration projects with the full benefits of XML without performance
or complexity barriers.


Availability
DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator and Contivo EIM Solution 3.0 are
available for purchase immediately. For more information on Contivo EIM
Solution, visit the web site at http://www.contivo.com.  For more
information on the XA35 visit http://www.datapower.com 

About Contivo, Inc.
Contivo provides product solutions that enable enterprises to
dramatically reduce the time, effort, and dollars spent to design and
maintain software integration efforts. The Contivo approach provides
integration architects with a centrally managed repository that
introduces reuse and collaboration to a previously one-off and manual
task. Contivo introduced the concept of Enterprise Integration Modeling
(EIM), a framework on which companies can create, leverage, and manage
their knowledgebase of data integration efforts. 

Contivo was founded in 1998 and has forged significant relationships
with strategic partners and customers, including BEA Systems, TIBCO
Software, webMethods, Agilent Technologies, HP and Hitachi America.
Corporate investors include industry leaders BEA Systems, TIBCO
Software, and webMethods. Venture capital investors include BA Venture
Partners, MSD Capital LP, and Voyager Capital. Contivo is privately held
and headquartered in Mountain View, CA. More information about the
company can be found at http://www.contivo.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-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. 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.