01/19/2005

DataPower®, a provider of intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) hardware, announced today that its DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway™ was awarded Product of the Year for Web services security from Searchwebservices, winning Gold over all other competing products.

The annual 2004 Products of Year Awards were independently judged by the editorial staff at SearchWebservices along with a team of users, industry experts, analysts, and consultants and augments DataPower’s unmatched third-party validation and independent recognition for its XML-aware networking vision that began in 1999.

Together, the Awards span 26 product categories and single out 68 products enterprise IT professionals should consider adding to their "A" lists of products. The judges evaluated more than 400 products and selected the winning products based on the following criteria:

• Innovation & Performance



• Ease of integration into existing environments



• Ease of use and manageability



• Functionality



• Value

"DataPower is honored to have been awarded The Product of the Year in the security category by such an esteemed group of experts," said Mark Taber, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at DataPower. "Since first launching the product over two years ago, the XS40 has consistently established itself as the recognized leader and de facto standard for securely deploying XML Web services among Global 1000 enterprises and leading industry analysts and experts."