IBM DataPower Gateway is the latest variant of DataPower and helps organizations meet the security and integration needs of a digital business in a single multi-channel gateway. It provides security, control, integration and optimized access to a full range of mobile, web, application programming interface (API), serviceoriented architecture (SOA), B2B and cloud workloads.

In a service orientated architecture, applications are loosely coupled services connected by using the XML markup language and the web services that are built on top of XML. This introduces a number of management challenges around the disciplines of ease of use, security and performance. These management challenges are addressed by using DataPower appliances.