IBM wasn’t the only vendor interested in acquiring DataPower, but it was the best fit, according to Fagnan. “IBM was the best potential partner given its leadership in the middleware space and ...

IBM’s acquisition of DataPower, however, now makes IBM the player to watch in SOA integration, bringing leadership in XML networking into the same family with WebSphere, Rational and ITCAM.

“IBM once again shows its SOA leadership with this acquisition,” said Jason Bloomberg, an analyst with ZapThink LLC, in Waltham, Mass. “DataPower is the sales leader in the application ...

IBM API Connect works cohesively with the IBM DataPower enterprise gateway to provide secured access to data and business applications wherever they reside, on-premises and across clouds.

Filling out its SOA product line, IBM on Tuesday announced its acquisition of XML hardware maker DataPower, which offers products to boost performance of business processes in SOA environments.

DataPower's security features are expected to complement SOA security-management capabilities found in IBM's Tivoli software, officials with the Armonk, N.Y., company said.

IBM said it planned no layoffs among DataPower’s 70 employees, and has pledged to continue offering add-in cards in formats other than BladeServer. Three years ago, the acceleration of XML operations ...

SOA Software, a provider of unified governance automation products, announced today a centralized policy definition and service monitoring solution for IBM DataPower appliances. The tool, Service ...

IBM announced yesterday that it has bought DataPower, a private maker of devices that speed the processing of XML (extensible markup language). The move is a good one for IBM, because "it's one of ...

DataPower’s offering was clearly the most datacenter-ready of the bunch. With IBM’s entry, the idea of combining XML-based Web services with networking gains more credibility.