4 Responses to “DataPower News”

There are a few elements about XML Appliances, especially the likes of IBM that have made them a challenge to use in complex scenarios, need for learning yet another language, and that too, a functional one (XSLT).

You should take a look at new products in this category, Intel SOA Expressway, for one, that do not require XSLT programming.

Gary,
Thanks for the pointer, SOA Expressway looks very interesting. I like the software-based architecture a lot. One problem with DataPower is that a developer has to have access to the physical device. I think it’s too limiting. Reliance on XSLT is less of an issue in my mind, besides some functions don’t explicitly require XSLT.

The standard functions like encryption, digital signatures, routing, etc., do not require any XSLT.

Customized solution may leverage XSLT to access DataPower functionality. But hey what’s not to love about XSLT ;-)

John

With all of this XSLT in the device, is there a way to export the IBM functions fo XSLT so they can be imported into a software development tool (i.e. – Altova’s MapForce)? It would make it much easier for a developer to code and unit test there before getting to the device.