DataPower Pulls Further Ahead in Web Services Security & Advanced WS-* Support for the Global 1000 with 3.2 Release

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

DataPower's Industry Leading XML Security Gateway Pulls Further Ahead in
Web Services Security & Advanced WS-* Support for the Global 1000 with
3.2 Release

Already Established as the Top-Rated XML Security Product, New Firmware
Advances Even Further with the Most Mature Combination of High-End
Security Features & Ease of Use

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--May 16, 2005--DataPower(r), the most widely deployed
provider of application-oriented networking hardware, announced today
the availability of its firmware release v3.2 for its DataPower XS40 XML
Security Gateway(tm) (www.datapower.com/products/xs40.html ) . Shipping
for over two-and-a-half years, the XS40 is the most highly decorated XML
Web services security gateway recognized as the most flexible, easy to
use, enterprise-class solution with leading enterprises and government
agencies.

Earlier last week, a previous version of the DataPower XML Security
Gateway received Network Computing's prestigious Well-Connected
"Editor's Choice Award" after coming out ahead in a roundup testing of
XML firewalls. (See: Validation for DataPower's XML-aware Networking
Leadership Continues with Second Network Computing "Well-Connected"
Award http://www.datapower.com/newsroom/ ). In 2004, Forrester Research
(www.forrester.com ) noted that DataPower has strong integration for
security and management, and the strongest overall current feature set.
And InfoWorld, after its own competitive analysis, declared the XS40 the
winner.

Earl Perkins, Vice President, Security & Privacy, at Gartner (
www.gartner.com ) noted, "More organizations are evaluating security
requirements that go with a changing view to the way they consume
services, either by building Web services solutions or acquiring service
oriented architecture-based solutions. Those security requirements must
have at a minimum XML threat protection, service level monitoring and
federated access control enforcement to be truly effective."

Informed by DataPower's years of in-production experience with
mission-critical XML Web service security deployments at Global 1000
firms and numerous government agencies, firmware release v3.2 for the
XS40 XML Security Gateway represents even further security and ease of
use advancements for this already top-rated product, including:

    * WS-Trust support - DataPower is the first XML-aware network device
to long support advanced WS-*standards and specifications. With v.3.2
DataPower is the first XML security vendor to feature WS-Trust support.
With WS-Trust, DataPower's XS40 utilizes extensions to WS-Security for
issuing, exchanging and enforcing security tokens and establishing trust
relationships in Web service transactions within different trust domains
in conjunction with other general Web Services frameworks including
WSDL, UDDI and SOAP. 

    * Government-grade XML Threat Protection - Developed based on work
with DataPower's many defense and intelligence community customers, the
enhanced XML threat protection features provide the industry's most
mature protection against malicious XML, rogue attachments and viruses.
In cases where human intervention is required, smart UI wizards present
easy-to-understand choices to the security administrator, reducing the
risk of breach to operator error. (To learn more about DataPower's work
with federal and local agencies, see: "DataPower Brings
Application-oriented Networking to Government Sector" (
www.datapower.com/newsroom/ )

    * Service Level Management - Enhanced service level monitoring and
management features ensure reliability, availability and scalability
(RAS) of mission-critical web services secured by the XS40. This new
suite of SLM features makes it easier to define and enforce service
levels, such as request rate or latency, based on the connecting web
service client and the specific back-end service.

    * Certified SAML 2.0 Support - In addition to being the only web
services security device to deliver independently tested and certified
support for SAML access control and federated identity management. (See:
"Ping Identity Certifies DataPower's SAML-based Federated Identity
Implementation"), the latest release adds support for SAML 2.0. The XS40
is the first in its class to add support for this essential
specification, and the only one to pass independent interoperability
tests. (See: "DataPower XS40 Hardware Validated for Federated Identity
and XML Web Services Security at SAML Interoperability Lab at RSA 2005"
www.datapower.com/newsroom/).

Powered by DataPower's patented wirespeed XML processing technology, the
XS40 XML Security Gateway is a member of DataPower's
application-oriented 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 v3.2 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