WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B

Features and benefits

WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance XI50, XI52, Integration Blade XI50B, and New XI50 for zEnterprise

IBM WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance XI50, WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B, and New WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance for zEnterprise is IBMs hardware ESB, delivering common message transformation, integration, and routing functions in a network device, cutting operational costs and improving performance. By making on-demand data integration part of the shared Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure, the XI50, XI52 and XI50B are one of the few non-disruptive technologies for application integration.

Acceleration of existing integration hubs

Powered by wirespeed transformation technology, the XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 can be used to off-load XSLT processing, XPath routing, legacy-XML conversion, and other resource-intensive tasks from servers to reduce latency, improve throughput, and free up compute resources.

Mainframe modernization and Web services

The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 can help protect and XML-enable mainframe systems, instantly connecting them to enterprise SOA and Web services.

Appliance simplicity

Easy to configure, operate, and own, the XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 reduces the operational complexity of the IT environment while cutting costs and risks.

Any-to-any transformation

The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 can parse and transform arbitrary binary, flat text, and XML messages, including EDI, COBOL Copybook, ISO 8583, CSV, ASN.1, and ebXML. Unlike approaches based on custom programming, DataGlue technology uses a fully declarative, metadata-based approach.

Integrated message level security

The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 includes mature message-level security and access control functionality. Messages can be filtered, validated, encrypted, and signed, helping to provide more se-cure enablement of high-value applications. Supported technologies include WS-Security, WS-Policy, WS-SecurityPolicy, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Trust, SAML, and LDAP. The XI50/XI50B/XI50z is a sealed network device for high reliability and increased security assurance.

Sophisticated multi-step message routing, filtering and processing

The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 enables more robust and flexible business solutions, with streamlined and simplified configuration of common message processing scenarios - such as looping, branching, parallel processing, and retry.

Multiple synchronous and asynchronous transport protocols

Configurable Quality of Service

Dynamically allocate access to services based on business priorities.

Detailed logging and audit trail

Extensive logging support, including iSCSI for connectivity to remote storage for off-device logging. The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 also includes non-repudiation support.

Standards-based interfaces

The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 features standards-based interfaces for broad, uniform connectivity across enterprise infrastructure.

Agile, highly flexible underlying scripting/configuration support

The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 enables comprehensive "out-of-the-box" support for fast, easy-to-handle standard, non-standard, or off-standard, partner/vendor implementations.

XML enablement and wirespeed application integration

The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 helps reduce the time, cost, risk, and complexity of traditional integra-tion approaches.

Metadata-based integration

Unlike approaches based on hard-coded middleware adapters, the XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 uses a fully declarative, metadata-based approach. The unique technology enables data-oriented programming (DOP) paradigms to be employed without introducing bottlenecks. Easy-to-use visual tools are available to assist business analysts in configuring format descriptors, mappings, and message choreography.

Security and performance

Powered by robust technology built from the ground up with security in mind, the XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 provides XML integration on a more secure foundation with the performance necessary for real-world applications. The XI50/XI50B/XI50z/XI52 can parse, filter, transform, route, and enforce access-control messages of disparate format at wirespeed. It also provides encryption and decryption, as well as digital signature signing and verification capabilities.