[announce] DATAPOWER AND ROUTEONE PAVE THE WAY FOR SECURE WEB SERVICESIN MAJOR AUTOMOBILE CREDIT NETWORK

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

DATAPOWER AND ROUTEONE PAVE THE WAY FOR SECURE WEB SERVICES IN MAJOR
AUTOMOBILE CREDIT NETWORK

DaimlerChrysler Services, Ford Motor Credit Company, GMAC and Toyota
Financial Services Venture Selects World's Fastest XML Web Services
Security Gateway to Enable Online Credit Applications

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-January, 13, 2003 - DataPower Technology Inc., the
leading provider of intelligent XML-aware network infrastructure, today
announced that RouteOne LLC, the joint venture formed by DaimlerChrysler
Services, Ford Motor Credit Company, GMAC and Toyota Financial Services,
has selected the DataPower XS40 XML Security GatewayT to secure its
innovative online credit application management system.  (See associated
announcement "DataPower Technology Delivers World's Fastest XML Web
Services Security Gateway," January 13, 2003)  Using DataPower's XS40,
RouteOne will demonstrate that robust, next-generation XML-based
applications can be securely built and efficiently deployed, thereby
delivering the promised business benefits of XML Web Services.  

DaimlerChrysler Services, Ford Motor Credit Company, GMAC and Toyota
Financial Services formed RouteOne to provide a Web-based credit
application management system for automobile dealers and the auto
finance industry at large.  RouteOne will provide a common platform for
the exchange of credit application and decision information between
automobile dealers and their finance sources, increasing efficiencies
for both by dramatically streamlining the credit application process.
The system will also benefit consumers by giving dealers more auto
financing choices and a faster approval process.  

Because of XML's power and flexibility, RouteOne decided to base its
online system on XML and SOAP Web services technologies.  After initial
security testing, RouteOne determined that software-based solutions
introduced unacceptable processing overhead and would not scale to meet
RouteOne's security and performance needs.  Following extensive testing,
RouteOne found that XS40 outperformed competing solutions by a
significant margin.  As such, the XS40 was selected for its ability to
provide robust security without any performance degradation.  

"RouteOne is designed to process a very high number of credit
applications per day.  Security and performance were important
considerations in our selection of DataPower.  This is due to the
sensitive nature of the information contained in credit applications and
because of the sheer volume," said Joel Gruber, chief information
officer of RouteOne.  "DataPower's XS40 delivers the performance
required for comprehensive XML security functions, meaning that we will
not have to sacrifice performance for protection."

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"RouteOne's decision is incredible validation for DataPower's XS40
product vision and mature XG3T technology," said Eugene Kuznetsov,
founder, president and CTO at DataPower Technology, Inc. "With the huge
performance edge of XG3, there's no need to choose between performance
and security. DataPower's practical approach to XML Web Services
security overcomes the largest barrier to real-world XML Web Services
deployment. RouteOne's online credit application management system will
prove the tangible business benefits of XML Web Services."


Industry Support for RouteOne/DataPower Standards Implementation:

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C):
"Standard mechanisms to guarantee the integrity and privacy of XML data
are critical to the adoption of Web Services - both for higher level
specifications and applications alike," explained Joseph Reagle, W3C's
XML Signature and XML Encryption Activity Lead.  "Through the
implementation of the IETF/W3C XML Signature Recommendation, the W3C
Encryption Recommendation, the latest version of W3C's SOAP 1.2, and of
course, XML itself, DataPower is using W3C specifications to put Web
Services to work, large scale, and in real time."

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
(OASIS):
"OASIS is excited to see RouteOne's implementation of the WS-Security
draft for their mission-critical application and DataPower's commitment
to support OASIS specifications like WS-Security and SAML," said Patrick
Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS.  "Together RouteOne and DataPower
are demonstrating a real-world utility of the OASIS work with their
network-level approach to providing centralized security policy
management." 

Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I):
"The Web Services Interoperability Organization ("WS-I") is committed to
making interoperable Web services a reality," said Tom Glover, chairman
and president of WS-I.  "WS-I is pleased to see DataPower and RouteOne
working to make secure and interoperable Web services real."


About RouteOne
Established in April 2002, RouteOne LLC is a joint venture formed by
DaimlerChrysler Services, Ford Motor Credit Company, General Motors
Acceptance Corporation and Toyota Financial Services to improve the
credit application management process for automobile dealers, their
customers and participating financial institutions. The joint venture is
developing a web-based system that will enable dealers and their finance
sources, including captives, banks and other financial institutions, to
exchange credit application and decision information online. More
information is available at www.routeone.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.




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For more information please contact:

Kevin Anderson				
DataPower Technology, Inc.			
617-864-0455 x360			
kevina@datapower.com