DataPower
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DataPower is a product division within IBM
that produces XML appliance
s for processing XML
messages as well as any-to-any legacy message transformation (flat files, Cobol, text, etc.). DataPower created network devices to perform XML processing, integrated application-specific integrated circuit
s (ASICs) designed to accelerate XML
processing into products, and implement a broad XML-aware & application-oriented networking strategy.
DataPower was recognized early as an innovator in XML processing which is a critical element of service-oriented architecture
(SOA).
DataPower was a Cambridge, Massachusetts
-based manufacturer of network devices acquired by IBM
in 2005.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
that produces XML appliance
XML appliance
An XML appliance is a special purpose network device used to secure, manage and mediate XML traffic. They are most popularly implemented in Service Oriented Architectures to control XML based Web Services traffic, and increasingly in cloud oriented computing to help enterprises integrate on premise...
s for processing XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
messages as well as any-to-any legacy message transformation (flat files, Cobol, text, etc.). DataPower created network devices to perform XML processing, integrated application-specific integrated circuit
Application-specific integrated circuit
An application-specific integrated circuit is an integrated circuit customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use. For example, a chip designed solely to run a cell phone is an ASIC...
s (ASICs) designed to accelerate XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
processing into products, and implement a broad XML-aware & application-oriented networking strategy.
DataPower was recognized early as an innovator in XML processing which is a critical element of service-oriented architecture
Service-oriented architecture
In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
(SOA).
DataPower was a Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
-based manufacturer of network devices acquired by IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
in 2005.
DataPower History
DataPower was founded in early 1999 by Eugene Kuznetsov, a technology expert who foresaw the explosion of server-to-server connectivity and its effect on enterprise networks. Kuznetsov assembled a team of M.I.T. engineers with a background in software-based acceleration to design the industry's first hardware solutions to address the unique requirements for securely processing XML traffic. In 2001 the company developed XML Generation Three (XG3) for secure XML processing.Timeline
- March 1999 - Founded in Cambridge, MA
- April 2002 - Cheng Wu joins board of directors
- July 8, 2002 - secures $9.5M in venture funding
- August 26, 2002 - Delivers first network device
- January 2003 - XS40 XML Security Gateway announced
- April 2003 - Jim Ricotta appointed CEO
- July 2004 - XI50 Integration Appliance announced
- October 2005 - Acquired by IBM
See also
- XML applianceXML applianceAn XML appliance is a special purpose network device used to secure, manage and mediate XML traffic. They are most popularly implemented in Service Oriented Architectures to control XML based Web Services traffic, and increasingly in cloud oriented computing to help enterprises integrate on premise...
- SarvegaSarvegaSarvega was an Intel-owned company that provided XML appliances. The Intel purchase was announced on Aug. 17th, 2005.The division is now known as Intel SOA Products Division and is part of the Software and Services Group...
- XSLTXSLTXSLT is a declarative, XML-based language used for the transformation of XML documents. The original document is not changed; rather, a new document is created based on the content of an existing one. The new document may be serialized by the processor in standard XML syntax or in another format,...
- WS-SecurityWS-SecurityWS-Security is a flexible and feature-rich extension to SOAP to apply security to web services. It is a member of the WS-* family of web service specifications and was published by OASIS....
External links
- IBM DataPower page
- IBM DataPower 1 Year Later
- Interview with Eugene Kuznetsov, Founder, President and CTO of DataPower Technology Inc., 24 January 2003
- InfoWorld Top 25 CTO: Eugene Kuznetsov April 11, 2005
- WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance performance tuning
- IBM's Official DataPower User Forum
- DataPower User Forum