IBM Tuesday announced it has acquired XML networking vendor DataPower for an undisclosed amount.

And IBM officials said the company plans to introduce a family of SOA appliances based on DataPower technology. IBM did not disclose financial details of the deal to acquire privately held DataPower.

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 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 ...

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.

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In a bid to improve the security of its business application software IBM has agreed a take over of DataPower, privately-held provider of products designed help improve security and speed the ...

DataPower may help Big Blue disperse XML technology across the network In case you haven’t noticed, IBM’s WebSphere group is building a one-stop middleware conglomerate, adding products and ...