DataPower Technology Continues to Attract Networking Industry's Top Talent.

Business/Technology Editors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002

Wellfleet founder Steve Willis Joins Pioneer of XML-Aware Networking

to Contribute Nearly 20 Years of Experience In Protocol Optimization

and Acceleration

DataPower Technology, Inc., the leading provider of XML-Aware network infrastructure, today announced the appointments of Steve Willis as vice president of advanced technology and Kieran Taylor as director of product marketing.

These additions continue the expansion of DataPower's management team with some of the networking industry's most prominent and talented individuals. Earlier this month, DataPower appointed Steve Kelly, co-founder of Castle Communications and former Cascade Networks executive as Chairman and interim CEO and Bill Tao, formerly of Sycamore Networks, as vice president of engineering. Cheng Wu, former Cisco executive and founder of ArrowPoint Communications and Arris Networks, also joined the board of directors earlier this year.

"Steve Willis is an industry veteran, whose experience in protocol optimization propelled Wellfleet Communications to record success, advancing the data communications industry as a whole. DataPower leads the industry in XML performance and Steve's contribution will ensure we maintain that lead and deliver the industry's best products for XML-Aware networking bar none," said Eugene Kuznetsov, founder, president and CTO of DataPower Technology.

Willis was co-founder and CTO of Argon Networks, a provider of high performance switching-routers that was acquired by Siemens AG in 1999 to create Unisphere Networks, the company purchased by Juniper Networks earlier this month. Prior to Argon, Steve was vice president of advanced technology at Bay Networks, now Nortel Networks, where he led both IP and ATM-related technology development. His group generated 24 patent applications, developed a 1 Mbps forwarding engine and led the specification of the ATM Forum's PNNI routing protocol.

Most notably, Steve was co-founder, original software director and architect for Wellfleet Communications, a leading pioneer of multi-protocol routers, rated as the U.S.'s fastest growing company for two consecutive years by Fortune magazine. Willis is currently a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Internet Research Task Force Routing Research Group. Willis holds a B.D.I.C. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts.

"DataPower is revolutionizing the networking industry with the world's first and only intelligent, wire-speed XML network device," said Steve Willis. "As companies migrate business processes to the Internet, they realize that the current network infrastructure cannot scale to meet the demands of XML. I am excited to leverage my experience in protocol optimization to add to the considerable lead DataPower has in the acceleration of XML processing."

Kieran Taylor also joins DataPower where he is responsible for all marketing functions including product management, product marketing and corporate marketing. He brings to DataPower an accomplished record as a marketing professional, industry analyst and journalist. Prior to joining DataPower, Taylor was the director of product management and marketing for Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM). As an early contributor at Akamai, Taylor helped develop the company's initial positioning and led the technical development and go-to-market activities for Akamai's flagship EdgeSuite service. Taylor's early contribution helped position the content management leader to secure a $12.6 billion IPO.

Taylor has also held senior marketing management positions at Nortel Networks, Inc. and Bay Networks. Taylor was previously an analyst at TeleChoice, Inc. and the Wide Area Networks editor for Data Communications, a McGraw Hill publication. Taylor holds a B.A. in Print Journalism and American History from the Pennsylvania State University.

About DataPower Technology

DataPower Technology provides enterprises with intelligent XML-Aware network infrastructure to ensure unparalleled performance, security and manageability of next-generation protocols. DataPower's patent-pending XML Generation Three (XG3(TM)) technology powers the industry's first wirespeed XML network devices, enabling secure, high-speed applications and XML Web Services. Founded in 1999, DataPower is now delivering its third generation of technology, providing immediate return on technology investments to industry-leading customers and partners. DataPower is privately held and based in Cambridge, MA. Investors include Mobius Venture Capital, Seed Capital Partners, and Venrock Associates. For more information about DataPower Technology, please contact 617-864-0455 or visit www.datapower.com.