Make sure your next gateway purchase is future proof

If you are looking to upgrade or expand usage of your IBM DataPower gateways, you are in for a price shock. DataPower is a hardware only technology. Upgrading to the latest hardware appliance is a complete new purchase. You have to buy expensive hardware for even non-production environments. Looking to deploy DataPower in the Cloud or align with your enterprise virtualization strategy? DataPower does not support it. It is time to see why DataPower customers are switching to Vordel to get the same wire-speed performance with a platform that is more flexible and costs less to own.

The modern IT architecture is a combination of on-premise, Cloud, mobile, and partner based assets. This modern and constantly evolving architecture requires a Gateway technology that can meet new and emerging requirements. Unlike IBM DataPower, your investment in Vordel Application Gateway is future proof.

Wire-Speed Performance Without Proprietary Hardware

IBM DataPower is fast. Vordel Application Gateway is equally fast. IBM DataPower relies on expensive and proprietary hardware to achieve its high performance. Vordel delivers the same wire-speed performance with Vordel's hardware, your hardware, or no hardware at all. Vordel VXA Engine is a patented software technology that is proven in high performance, mission critical infrastructures by Fortune 2000 enterprises and large government agencies. With Vordel Application Gateway, you can upgrade gateway hardware anytime without repurchasing software license.

Software and Hardware Form Factors

Vordel Application Gateway is available in a hardware appliance that is harden and FIPS certified for secured deployment in the DMZ or behind the firewall. The Gateway is also available as software natively deployed on Windows, Linux, and Solaris. To support enterprise virtualization and Cloud strategies, the Gateway is also available as virtual appliance on VMware, Oracle, and Amazon EC2. Vordel Application Gateway supports horizontal scaling by adding gateways, vertical scaling by adding machine resources, or elastic deployment in the Cloud. Choose the combination of form factors that is right for your production, staging, and development environments. With IBM DataPower, you keep on buying more boxes and more data center rack spaces.

Easy-To-Use Flexibility and Extensibility

Vordel Application Gateway offers extensive flexibility beyond what is possible with IBM DataPower. Vordel Policy Studio is a drag-and-drop development environment that simplifies policy development and maintenance using flow chart style visualization and intuitive Circuit metaphor. Vordel supports extension and automation using the popular JavaScript, Groovy, and Ant. In comparison, DataPower requires hard-to-find and expensive expert XSLT resources.

Comprehensive And Advanced Reporting

Vordel Application Gateway features easy-to-use administration interface for full transaction monitoring, tracing, and debugging. In addition, Vordel offers out-of-the-box reports that help you gain visibility and understanding into the performance and quality of your operations. Vordel's reporting architecture provides the flexibility to capture the data you need, while keeping the data highly accessible and secure. With Vordel you can better understand who are using the services and how the services are being used, so you can better control, protect, and deliver your services. With Vordel, there is no addition products to buy for reporting and monitoring.

It All Adds Up $$$

Compared to IBM DataPower, Vordel Application Gateway costs less to buy and even less to own:

• No proprietary hardware
• No additional products for reporting and monitoring
• No license repurchase when upgrading hardware
• No expensive XSLT skills requirement
• Software option for non-production environments
• Single platform for on-premise and Cloud deployments
• Supports enterprise virtualization strategy