DataPower Brings Maturity to Web Services Security for the Global 1000 with 3.1 Release

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

DataPower Brings Maturity to Web Services Security for the Global 1000
with 3.1 Release

Unique Combination of High-End Security Features & Ease of Use Address
Deployment Demands for Web Service-based Transactions

CAMBRIDGE, MASS, January 24, 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 XS40 XML Security Gateway(tm).  Shipping for over two years,
the XS40 is the most widely deployed XML Web services security gateway,
and is recognized as the most flexible, easy to use, enterprise-class
solution with leading Fortune 500 enterprises and government agencies.
 
Informed by DataPower's years of production experience with
mission-critical XML Web service security deployments with these leading
customers, firmware release v3.1 for the XS40 XML Security Gateway
provides the most advanced and mature feature set including:
*	Automatic Security Policy Generation - Smart UI wizards present
choices to the user and automatically set up XML Web services security
protections. Security administrators can choose from pass-through,
access control, WS-Security encryption and signing, or WSDL import,
without being XML programming experts.
*	Device Virtualization - Unique technology partitions a single
hardware device into separate virtual XS40's or domains, each with its
own configuration and policies. In large organizations, an XML Security
Gateway can be safely shared by many application groups, each with its
own set of web services, policies and performance requirements.  Each
group can access only its own virtual XS40 device, without the chance of
accidentally or intentionally corrupting others' configurations. The
XS40's Device Virtualization is made possibly by its patented
high-performance XG3(tm) engine and is designed to fit broader
datacenter virtualization and On Demand computing initiatives.
*	High-end security features - In addition to being the only web
services security device undergoing EAL4 Common Criteria Evaluation
(See: "DataPower First Web Service Security Vendor to Undergo Common
Criteria "EAL4 Assurance Level" Evaluation"), the latest release adds
support for Kerberos, OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol), and
advanced WS-* profiles. It also includes independently tested and
certified support for SAML access control and federated identity
management. (See: "Ping Identity Certifies DataPower's SAML-based
Federated Identity Implementation").  All of these high-end security
features are requirements for the intelligence agency grade security
demanded by world's largest banks and the Department of Defense. 
*	Logging and troubleshooting enhancements- Deploying real-world
XML web services applications in a complex environment requires powerful
fault analysis tools, and this release includes many enhancements. For
example, a new smart troubleshooting panel pulls together the XS40's
numerous troubleshooting features, and logging now provides single-click
drilldown on a per-transaction or per-service level.

DataPower XML-aware network equipment customers include ADP, BAE, Bell
Canada, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cendant, CIBC, The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, GFKL, The Hartford, Hemscott, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Leader
Technologies, Navio, Northrop Grumman, Pfizer, Principal Financial, RBC,
RouteOne, UBS, U.S. VA, and Wachovia.

"Enterprises are quickly adopting XML, building Web services and moving
toward service-oriented architectures. The ability to interoperate with
existing infrastructure and integrate for easy service management, adapt
with changing XML and WS-* standards, as well as provide flexible
support for varying operational initiatives is a key driver for our
unrivaled success in the market," said Eugene Kuznetsov, chairman and
CTO at DataPower. "The 3.1 release extends our lead as the provider of
the most mature and secure XML Web services security gateway with the
high-end features Global 1000 enterprises demand." 

In 2004, Forrester Research noted that DataPower has strong integration
for security and management, and the strongest overall current feature
set. (See: Forrester Wave(tm): XML Security Gateways)  Powered by
DataPower's patented wirespeed XML processing technology, the XS40 XML
Security Gateway is a member of DataPower's XML-aware networking product
family, which includes the XA35 XML Accelerator, the XI50 XML
Integration Appliance and the XG4 XML Chipset for OEMs. The XS40 XML
Security Gateway combines hardened security, wirespeed performance and
sophisticated, patent-pending algorithms for XML threat protection and
access management, including XML firewall, XDoS protection, SOAP
filtering, fine-grained access control, XML schema validation, digital
signatures, field-level XML encryption, XML/SOAP routing and service
virtualization.  

The XS40 provides both comprehensive standards support (such as
WS-Security 1.0, SAML, XACML, XPath, XKMS, WSDM, SSL, LDAP, and RADIUS),
and integration with existing security, management and application
infrastructure (such as IBM WebSphere, MQ Series, Tivoli, CA eTrust, CA
Unicenter, F5 BIG-IP iControl, Sun Identity Server, Netegrity, Oblix and
others). 

Availability
DataPower's firmware release v3.1 for the DataPower XS40 XML Security
Gateway 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.

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