DataPower Integration Appliance Selected as a "Product of the Year"

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

DataPower Integration Appliance Selected as a "Product of the Year" and
Showcases The Evolving shift from Packet-oriented to
Application-oriented Network Infrastructure

The XI50 XML Integration Appliance Awarded Silver Product of the Year
for Integration and Extends the Unrivaled Independent Validation for
DataPower's XML-aware Networking Strategy

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - January 18, 2005 -  DataPower, the original creator
and leading provider of intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN)
infrastructure, announced today that the XI50 XML Integration
Appliance(tm), its third and latest product, has followed the
award-winning standard set by the earlier products, and won the Silver
in the Integration category for Product of the Year. 

The 2004 annual Products of Year Awards were independently judged by the
editorial staff at SearchWebservices along with a team of users,
industry experts, analysts, and consultants.  The XI50's win augments
the unmatched third-party validation and recognition DataPower has
received for its XML-aware networking vision that began in 1999. The Web
services Awards span four product categories and single out 12 products
enterprise IT professionals should consider adding to their "A" lists of
products. The judges evaluated more than 400 products and selected the
winners based on seven criteria, including:  

*	Innovation- Highlighting XI50's Universal Transformation Engine
performing any-to-any translation between text, binary, legacy and XML
data formats.  It's based on DataPower's patent-pending DataGlue(tm)
technology which uses a fully declarative, metadata-based approach and
reduces the need for adapters.  The XI50 also provides security and
routing capability for an all-in-one solution for mainframe XML
enablement, wirespeed enterprise message buses, and secure enterprise
application integration. 

*	Performance - Only DataPower has patented wirespeed performance
using sophisticated algorithms for executing XML Web service security.


*	Ease of integration into existing environments- With its leading
"Integration for Management" strategy, DataPower leads the industry with
the largest ecosystem of partners and deepest integration with existing
application, security, identity management and networking infrastructure
vendors including RSA Security, Computer Associates, Oblix, IBM, Tivoli,
Eclipse, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, HP, Netegrity, F5, Progress
Software, Altova, Blue Titan, Grand Central, Contivo, SAIC, Quadrasis,
Redline and Cyclone Commerce.

*	Ease of use and manageability - DataPower's unique DataPower
Agility (DA) Architecture allows enterprises to quickly deploy the XI50
in a complex environment, and adapt to changing needs.  Featured is the
easy-to-use GUI, which provides drag and drop services and wizards for
XML filtering, signing, verification, validation, encryption,
decryption, transformation and routing configuration and administration;
and configuration features such as a SOAP management interface, and IDE
integration including Eclipse support.
*	Functionality - The XI50 has a full set of features to address
enterprises integration needs, including comprehensive format support,
transport agnosticism, and high-end security features: Any-to-any
translation between disparate data formats, including legacy EDI, COBOL,
ASN.1 and the newer ACORD and ebXML; a wide range of popular transport
protocols, including HTTP, MQ Series, FTP and JMS, SSL; and wirespeed
XML Web service security processing for XML firewall, XDoS protection,
SOAP filtering, access control, XML schema validation, field level
digital signatures and XML encryption, XML routing, and service
virtualization.

*	Value - As exemplified by deployments of the XI50 by leading
Global 1000 companies. DataPower's Global 1000 Customers include five of
the top 10 financial services companies.

"DataPower is proud to see the XI50 building on the track record of our
earlier products to win the Silver award for Product of the Year in the
Integration category," said Eugene Kuznetsov, chairman and CTO at
DataPower.  "The XI50 won because it addresses urgent needs faced by
companies that want to take advantage of the latest XML Web services
technology, but has large investment in binary or legacy applications.
The XI50 provides the universal translation that makes the architectural
transformation not only possible but easy, and is an integral part of
our Application-Oriented Networking strategy."

In associated news, The DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway(tm) was also
selected as Web Services Security Product of the Year (See: DataPower
Extends its Position as Most Decorated XML-Aware Networking Company with
Latest "Web Services Security Product of the Year" Award) and DataPower
is the only vendor to have won "Product of the Year" awards in separate
categories. These latest accolades further extends DataPower's lead as
the most decorated XML-aware networking company, with awards that
include winner of the Well-Connected Infrastructure Product of the Year,
the only XML-aware networking vendor selected for two years running as a
finalist for the Well-Connected award; winner of the InfoWorld Media
Group "Excellent" award; selection as a finalist for Best of Interop
Awards for N+I 2004 Las Vegas; selection as Top Networking Company by
VentureWire, and inclusion in the AlwaysOn Top 100 and SD Times 100
lists.

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