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Subject: World's First, Fastest & Most Widely Deployed XML Accelerator Extends DataPower Leadership with 3.1 Release
WORLD'S FIRST, FASTEST & MOST WIDELY DEPLOYED XML ACCELERATOR EXTENDS DATAPOWER LEADERSHIP WITH 3.1 RELEASE Firmware Release Increases Number of Applications that Can Benefit from Leading XML Acceleration Technology; Addresses Growing XML Processing Crisis by Accelerating XML Schema Validation, XML Parsing, XPath Query & XML Transformation CAMBRIDGE, MASS, January 11, 2005 - DataPower(r), the original creator and leading provider of intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) hardware, announced today the availability of firmware release v3.1 for its DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator(tm). Shipping for almost 3 years, the award-winning XA35 established a new category of intelligent network equipment by providing wirespeed XML offload for servers and networks. Powered by the world's first and fastest XML processing engine, the XA35 won the coveted Well-Connected Infrastructure Product of the Year award, and received commendations from many other trusted third-parties. IBM Corporation noted in XML Acceleration Appliances, "In our own tests, the XA35 XML Accelerator from DataPower offers significant XSLT performance improvements... living up to DataPower's claims of 'wirespeed XML processing.'" DataPower was also recently awarded a patent covering its core technology. (See related announcement "DataPower Granted Patent for Its Core XML Processing and Data Interchange Technology," www.datapower.com/site/newsroom/pr_081004_patent.html.) Customers using DataPower XML-aware network equipment in production applications include ADP, BAE, Bell Canada, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cendant, CIBC, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, GFKL, The Hartford, Hemscott, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Navio, Northrop Grumman, Pfizer, Principal Financial, RBC, RouteOne, UBS, U.S. VA, and Wachovia. Informed by DataPower's years of experience with mission-critical XML acceleration deployments, the latest version of the award-winning product greatly expands the benefits of hardware acceleration to applications that make use of XML schema, XML parsing, XSLT 2. 0 and XPath 2.0. Firmware release v3.1 release allows the XA35 to accelerate not just the XML messages themselves but also the XML schemas associated with the messages. A brand new XML Schema engine greatly improves the performance of XML parsing and schema validation by orders of magnitude. V3.1 also includes Java object support for J2EE-based XML applications and support for transforming XML into binary messages (via DataGlue(r) option). Also included are multiple enhancements for the user interface (UI) including the Control Panel for overall management, wizard-like interface to facilitate XML accelerator creation, logging drill-down, and enhanced troubleshooting tools. "As more enterprises adopt XML for mission-critical transactions, they continue to run into the XML performance and scalability barrier. The XA35 XML Accelerator has been eliminating this barrier for our customers since 2002, by applying the patented XML acceleration technology we have developed since 1999," said Eugene Kuznetsov, Chairman and CTO at DataPower. "The 3.1 release extends our lead as the provider of the best XML acceleration solution, by expanding the capability of the field-proven XA35 into new areas to solve urgent problems for our customers and by continuously improving its ease of use." Leading analyst firm, ZapThink, estimates that XML traffic will triple by 2008 and will account for close to 50% of network traffic, strain existing infrastructure and impede enterprise deployments for XML, Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures. Unlike niche product features that address only one or two XML performance challenges - such as XSLT or XML compression - the XA35 offers a proven solution to the entire enterprise-scale XML processing challenge. The XA35 XML Accelerator is a member of DataPower's XML-aware networking product family, which includes the XS40 XML Security Gateway, the XI50 XML Integration Appliance and the XG4 XML Chipset for OEMs. The XA35 XML Accelerator offers comprehensive support for new versions of standards such as XML, XML Schema (XSD), Web services, XPath and XSLT, as well as integration with existing management and application infrastructure (such as IBM WebSphere & Tivoli, HP OpenView, CA Unicenter, F5 BIG-IP iControl). Availability DataPower's firmware release v3.1 for the DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator is available immediately. For more information, please go to www.datapower.com 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 Technology, please contact 617-864-0455 or visit www.datapower.com. For more information please contact: Kevin M Anderson DataPower 617-864-0455 kevina@datapower.com
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