The DataPower Solution

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances

This high-performance, enhanced-security solution for XML and Web Services flows

Adopt communication via XML Web Services for your supported applications without performance loss.
Interconnect your applications with those of your partners and suppliers while effortlessly enhancing your infrastructure's security level.
Effortlessly deploy new applications communicating via XML Web Services in your information system.

The enormous potential offered by applications communicating via XML Web Services is winning over more and more companies by offering them the ability to generate unprecedented levels of business with enhanced security. However, the results obtained from applications communicating via XML often suffer from insufficient performance levels on existing systems. This phenomenon is due to server overload when these next-generation applications (XML and Web Services) are put into production, since these highly standardized domains consume vast processing resources. Companies are therefore seeking improved XML performance as well as higher levels of security and ease of operation. The adoption of an intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) infrastructure is the real answer to these needs.

The innovative Intelligent XML-Aware Network Architecture from the IBM WebSphere DataPower product line is the only XAN solution on the market able to deploy secure XML flows with unparalleled performance through Web Services without the need to reinvent the existing infrastructure.

The IBM WebSphere DataPower product line includes three network appliances:

DataPower Accelerator XA35

The IBM WebSphere DataPower Accelerator XA35 was designed to accelerate XML flows.

The XA35 is a truly effective network appliance that helps speed up all aspects of XML processing - syntax analysis, transformation, protocol conversion, filtering and routing - all at the speed expected of a network device.

DataPower Security Gateway XS40

The XS40 is a network appliance that incorporates all the characteristics of the XA35, in addition to providing full security for XML and Web Services. With a standard interface that ensures quick, secure deployment and an advanced graphic interface for complex rule definition, the XS40 fully meets the requirements of IT operating teams and enterprise application managers.

DataPower Integration Appliance XI50

The XI50 offers all the features of the XA35 and the XS40, as well as the ability to transform application integration into a network function by providing transformation, routing and independent auditing of the transport layer. It thus offers an integrated network solution to make mainframes compatible with XML while supporting lightweight message brokering and transformations between any format (text, binary or XML) at the speed of the network.