The devices are adapted versions of the machines created by DataPower, which IBM purchased last fall to dip a leg into the lucrative pool for XML processing.
Such products are needed to help securely facilitate the digestion of application-to-application communication and XML transmission because corporations are leaning more heavily on Web services to execute sales transactions and purchase orders.
For example, more businesses are conducting Web transactions using RFID technology and wireless devices.
These methods require machines to secure, manage and authenticate the validity of data from multiple sources at a time when new hacking, identity theft crimes, viruses or other security vulnerabilities are piling up.
