CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- DataPower Technology, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent XML-aware network infrastructure announced today that it has appointed former Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) executive Jim Ricotta as its chief executive officer and president. Enterprise use of XML, SOAP and Web Services continues to grow at an astounding pace and requires the best XML-aware networking infrastructure for the performance, security and manageability of XML. With tremendous demand for both its DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway(tm) and DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator(tm) solutions, DataPower has expanded its sales team and opened two additional sales offices on both the East and West Coast. DataPower also formally announced the appointment of Larry D'Angelo as its vice president of sales; Larry has officially been with DataPower since December, 2002. Jim Ricotta comes to DataPower with over twenty (20) years of experience in the networking and enterprise computing industries. Jim was most recently the General Manager of Cisco Systems' Content Networking division and was responsible for Layer4-7 switching, Content Delivery Networking (CDN), and caching products. Previously, Jim co-founded SightPath, an early pioneer in CDN products and he served as SightPath's CEO and Chairman from its inception in 1998 through its acquisition by Cisco in May 2000. Prior to SightPath, Jim held positions in engineering, marketing, sales, and general management at leading high technology companies that include Avid Technology, Sun Microsystems and IBM. Jim holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSEE from Cornell University. "DataPower is very fortunate to have attracted someone of Jim's caliber and industry experience as CEO," said Eugene Kuznetsov, founder, chairman and CTO at DataPower Technology Inc. "Jim's track record of success with companies in fast-growing markets like content-aware networking is a tremendous benefit to DataPower as we continue our rapid growth, and his demonstrated leadership at SightPath and Cisco Systems further extend DataPower's lead in the XML-aware networking space. The entire management team is very pleased." With its tremendous growth, DataPower also opened two additional sales offices in New York City and Palo Alto, California. These new offices as well as new sales and services executives help DataPower to better meet the great customer demand for DataPower's XML-Aware Networking products and augments sales efforts from DataPower's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. DataPower Technology Inc.