The IBM WebSphere DataPower XML Security Gateway XS40 was one of three SOA appliances released by the company. The three new products stem from IBM's acquisition in October of DataPower, which sold hardware providing security, faster processing of transactions and integration among applications linked within a SOA.
Besides the security gateway, IBM also released the WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance X150 and the WebSphere DataPower Accelerator XA35. Beyond re-branding, neither of the two products contained any major changes from the original DataPower hardware, Ronald Schmelzer, analyst for ZapThink LLC, said. Instead, IBM has focused its efforts since acquiring DataPower on SOA security.
