[announce] OASIS member news: DataPower Addresses the Operational Complexity of Web Services

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

DATAPOWER'S VERSION 2.5 ACHIEVES BREAKTHROUGH FOR SCALING OPERATIONAL
COMPLEXITY OF REAL-WORLD XML WEB SERVICES

DataPower First to Deliver Unique Web Services AAA Framework, Enhanced
Multi-Step XML Processing, User-Defined UI Wizards, Integration for
Management, DataGlue(r) 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - December 17, 2003 - DataPower Technology, Inc., the
creators of intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) infrastructure, announced
today the availability of firmware release 2.5 for its XML-aware networking
hardware (the DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway(tm) and DataPower XA35 XML
Accelerator(tm)). 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 "Managing Operational Complexity of Real-World XML
Web Services" strategy. 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.

"Some of my past experience involved leading development of carrier-grade
equipment for Internet backbones peering such as at MAE-EAST/WEST, where
both reliability and efficiency were essential to our customer's success.
Today, for larger organizations, mission-critical XML web services must also
scale in a cost-effective and reliable manner," said Bill Tao, Vice
President of Engineering at DataPower "DataPower's latest version represents
key technological advancements and delivers the capabilities required to
cope with the enormous complexity of XML Web Services distributed across
enterprise environments.  With our 2.5 release, DataPower is leading the way
toward the successful implementation of large-scale XML Web Services with
the levels of performance, security and reliability that large production
deployments require."

DataPower Eases XML/Web Services Complexities
XML Web Services enable efficient integration as well as new business
opportunities. At the same time, XML and Web services make the enterprise IT
environment more complex, more costly and more risky -- vulnerable to
substandard performance and new security threats. DataPower's products
enable the benefits of XML without the drawbacks, and the 2.5 release
achieves several significant breakthroughs including: 

Unique AAA Framework for Fine Grained Access Control and Advanced SAML: With
version 2.5, DataPower XS40 now provides the most comprehensive support for
Web services access control policy enforcement including both
on-board/off-board policy control, LDAP, Radius, XKMS, SAML and integration
with leading access management systems that include Sun Identity Server and
Netegrity.

Enhanced  Multi-Step XML Processing: With 2.5, DataPower advances its
world's fastest XML engine by making it even easier to chain individual
steps (such as encryption, digital signature, XML routing, message
splitting, rewrite, XPath extract) in any order to deliver sophisticated
functionality without the complex custom programming and performance
bottlenecks associated with other approaches.

User-Defined GUI Wizards: DataPower's WebGUI can now be easily customized to
create task-oriented step-by-step screens that match customer-specific usage
scenarios and corporate policies for web services deployments. 

Integration for Management: Enterprise-class XML web services deployment
requires a holistic approach to management. DataPower XS40 XML Security
Gateway version 2.5 integrates with Computer Associates' Unicenter for web
services management, Redline Networks for web/io acceleration, F5 Networks'
BIG-IP for application traffic management, and leading vendors for access
management.

DataGlue(r): This groundbreaking patent-pending technology available as an
optional add-on to XA35 or XS40 products delivers the ability to both parse
and to output non-XML data, such as text or binary packets. It can be used
by customers for varied applications like high-speed data interchange in the
network.


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.

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