WebSphere® DataPower Integration Blade XI50B, and New WebSphere DataPower Integration XI50z for zEnterprise are IBM’s hardware ESB, delivering common message transformation, integration, and routing functions in a network device, cutting operational costs and improving performance.
Acceleration of existing integration hubs
Mainframe modernization and Web services
Appliance simplicity
Easy to configure, operate, and own, the XI50B/XI50z reduces the operational complexity of the IT environment while cutting costs and risks.
Any-to-any transformation
The XI50B/XI50z 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 XI50B/XI50z 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 XI50B/XI50z is a sealed network device for high reliability and increased security assurance.
Sophisticated multi-step message routing, filtering and processing
The XI50B/XI50z 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 XI50B/XI50z also includes non-repudiation support.
Standards-based interfaces
The XI50B/XI50z features standards-based interfaces for broad, uniform connectivity across enterprise infrastructure.
Agile, highly flexible underlying scripting/configuration support
The XI50B/XI50z 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 XI50B/XI50z helps reduce the time, cost, risk, and complexity of traditional integration approaches.
Metadata-based integration
Unlike approaches based on hard-coded middleware adapters, the XI50B/XI50z 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 XI50B/XI50z provides XML integration on a more secure foundation with the performance necessary for real-world applications. The XI50B/XI50z 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.
Hardware Security Module
A FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified hardware security module (HSM) is available as an embedded, factory installed option. The HSM provide tamper proof storage of private key material used for cryptographic operations performed on the appliance.
*Note that the HSM option replaces the base standard cryptographic accelerator otherwise present in all DataPower appliances. The HSM must be ordered and installed at the point manufacture and cannot installed later. The base standard cryptographic accelerator is not FIPS certified.
