DataPower
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DataPower is a product division within IBM that produces XML appliances for processing XML messages as well as any-to-any legacy message transformation (flat files, Cobol, text, etc.). DataPower was the first company to create network devices to perform XML processing, integrated application-specific integrated circuits (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. XML messaging is now considered a critical element to service-oriented architecture (SOA).
DataPower was a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of network devices acquired by IBM in 2005.
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[edit] 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 accelerator to design the industry's first hardware solutions to address the unique requirements for securely processing XML. In 2001 the company developed XML Generation Three (XG3), the fastest technology at the time for secure XML processing.
[edit] Timeline
- March 1999 - Founded in Cambridge, MA
- April 2002 - Cheng Wu joins board of directors
- July 8th 2002 - secures $9.5M in venture funding
- August 26th 2002 - Delivers first network device
- January 2003 - XS40 XML Security Gateway announced[1]
- April 2003 - Jim Ricotta appointed CEO[2]
- July 2004 - XI50 Integration Appliance announced[3]
- October 2005 - Acquired by IBM
[edit] See also
[edit] 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
- IBM's Official DataPower User Forum
- DataPower User Forum
