[Debian-OASIS] Fwd: [announce] OASIS Member news: Principal Financial Deploys DataPow er's XML-Aware Networking Devices

[Mark Johnson]

----- Forwarded message from "Anderson, Kevin" <kevina@datapower.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:28:06 -0500 
    From: "Anderson, Kevin" <kevina@datapower.com>
Reply-To: "Anderson, Kevin" <kevina@datapower.com>
 Subject: [announce] OASIS Member news: Principal Financial Deploys DataPow er's
XML-Aware Networking Devices
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PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP DEPLOYS DATAPOWER XML-AWARE NETWORKING DEVICES 

DataPower XML Accelerator Cost Effectively Improves the Performance and
Scalability of the Principal Financial Group Web Infrastructure

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - February 3, 2004 - DataPower Technology, Inc., the
creators of intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) infrastructure, announced
today that the Principal Financial Group - a leading global financial
institution offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a
wide range of financial products - has deployed the DataPower XML
accelerator hardware device. The Principal Financial Group has seen an
increasing use of XML within the enterprise and anticipated the need to
provide the capabilities of a wirespeed XML acceleration device to ensure
predictable application performance and reduce Java application server
resource utilization. After a review of the available products in this
space, Principal Financial Group selected DataPower.

"To deliver the quality performance and pricing levels our customers have
come to expect from The Principal, we have to have consistent performance at
peak load times. We chose to deploy DataPower because it gave us a dramatic
improvement in XML processing speed without having to make any significant
changes to our applications and existing infrastructure", said Steve
Armstrong, Assistant Director - IT at The Principal. 

The performance of the DataPower hardware device is significantly better
than any alternative solution and, with support for XML-based configurations
of polices and filter rulesets, provides a unique combination of
appliance-like ease-of-use and extreme flexibility for adapting to nascent
standards. Using DataPower XML acceleration as a key component of the web
architecture, future changes to XML processing can be implemented with
minimal time or cost. 

By using XML acceleration the Principal Financial Group is able to improve
application response times and ensure cost effective, predictable growth of
the system for the future. With the improved resource utilization The
Principal can maintain their reputation for excellent customer service. "The
stability, predictable performance and reduction in infrastructure costs
that comes with using XML aware network devices from DataPower will make
capacity planning an easier process for us. This will ensure that we
continue to give our customers the level of service they have come to expect
from the Principal Financial Group." said Armstrong.

 
About the Principal Financial Group
The Principal Financial Group(R) (The Principal (R))(1) is a leader in
offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of
financial products and services, including retirement and investment
services, life and health insurance and mortgage banking through its diverse
family of financial services companies. More employers choose the Principal
Financial Group for their 401(k) plans than any other bank, mutual fund, or
insurance company in the United States(2). A member of the Fortune 500, the
Principal Financial Group has $134.8 billion in assets under management(3)
and serves some 14.8 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia,
Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. Principal Financial
Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
PFG. For more information, visit www.principal.com.
(1) "The Principal Financial Group" and "The Principal" are registered
service marks of Principal Financial Services, Inc., a member of the
Principal Financial Group.
(2) CFO Magazine, April/May 2003, based on total plans served in 2002 by
insurance companies, banks and investment firms.
(3) As of September 30, 2003

About DataPower Technology 
DataPower Technology provides enterprises with intelligent XML-Aware network
(XAN) infrastructure to ensure unparalleled performance, security and
manageability of next-generation applications and XML Web Services.
DataPower's patent-pending XML Generation Three (XG3(tm)) technology powers
the industry's first wire-speed XML-aware networking devices that provide
immediate return on technology investments while streamlining application
deployments.   Founded in 1999, DataPower is privately held and based in
Cambridge, MA. For more information about DataPower Technology, please
contact 617-864-0455 or visit www.datapower.com.

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For more information please contact:					
Kevin M Anderson
DataPower Technology, Inc.						
617-864-0455 x360							
kevina@datapower.com	 						

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