Milpitas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/14/2012 -- Array Networks Inc.,a global leader in application delivery networking, has been named 'Application Delivery Controller Vendor of the Year' by Frost & Sullivan India ICT. This award reflects the relentless efforts of the Array Networks team to deliver exceptional business performance throughout 2011.

Frost & Sullivan recognizes outstanding industry achievements by presenting Frost & Sullivan Awards to top companies in regional and global markets. Frost & Sullivan hosted an award banquet at ITC Grand Central, Mumbai on 17 May, 2012. The award ceremony was attended by all the awardes, including executives from service providers, vendors and the media.

"We are extremely happy to be recognized as 'Application Delivery Controller Vendor of the Year' by Frost and Sullivan," said Shibu Paul, National Sales Manager – India at Array Networks. "It's an honor to receive this prestigious award on such big platform and from such a company where the major focus lies on research related to new technologies. This shows our efforts put-in during 2011. We thank the Frost and Sullivan team for this award and we will continue to deliver the best of our products and solution to our customers."

The methodology of determining award recipients is uniform. Frost & Sullivan analyst teams conduct detailed research and assessment on market performance (such as revenue growth, market share growth, portfolio diversity, major customer acquisitions and business/market strategy) to select nominees in each category. Post which, an independent and distinguished panel of judges comprising senior executives from the industry deliberate the findings of the analyst team and decide on the deserving award recipients.

The product driving Array's business success in 2011 is the APV Series application delivery controllers, which addresses challenges faced by enterprises and service providers in the areas of application and cloud service delivery. Available as purpose-built appliances, or software engineered for virtual environments, APV Series application delivery controllers combine cutting-edge performance and scalability with transformative features at industry-leading price points, delivering unmatched value and ROI as compared to alternative solutions.

About Array Networks
Array Networks is a global leader in application delivery networking with over 5000 worldwide customer deployments. Powered by award-winning SpeedCore™ software, Array application delivery networking solutions are recognized by leading enterprise, service provider and public sector organizations for unmatched performance and total value of ownership. Array is headquartered in Silicon Valley, is backed by over 300 employees worldwide and is a profitable company with strong investors, management and revenue growth. Poised to capitalize on explosive growth in the areas of mobile and cloud computing, analysts and thought leaders including Deloitte, Red Herring and Frost & Sullivan have recognized Array Networks for its technical innovation, operational excellence and market opportunity. To learn more, visit http://www.arraynetworks.com.

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Milpitas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/25/2012 -- Microsoft-qualified APV Series appliances optimize and scale unified communications for any user, anywhere on any device

Array Networks Inc a global leader in application, desktop and cloud service delivery, today announced the immediate availability of its Microsoft-approved load balancing solution for Lync™ Server 2010. Array's APV Series application delivery controllers ensure the availability of Lync services by optimizing resource utilization, maximizing throughput, minimizing response times and ensuring a seamless user experience in the event that application servers become unavailable. Moreover, the joint Array and Microsoft® solutions deliver compelling economics and value versus alternative load balancing solutions for enterprises running Lync 2010 unified communications.

"Array has worked closely with Microsoft to create products that accelerate and optimize the delivery of Lync services," said Neville Nandkeshwar, director of product marketing at Array Networks. "In essence, the qualification by Microsoft assures enterprises that they will gain the greatest value from their Lync investment. The joint solution is an integral part of Array's application delivery architecture and addresses the growing challenge of providing highly available unified communications to any user, anywhere, on any device."

Maximum Value and Superior Economics

Array's application delivery controller appliances are purpose-built for simplicity, scale and performance. Enterprises can leverage these feature-rich appliances to intelligently load balance and optimize Lync traffic across multiple servers and datacenters for an improved local and global user experience. In addition, Array'spurpose-built appliances deliver lower TCO by providing superior price performance versus alternative solutions and reducing costs associated with servers, software licenses, bandwidth and energy.

"Our goal is to empower our customers to deliver application services without compromising user experience, security or return-on-investment. Our joint solution with Microsoft for Lync Server 2010 is a perfect example of how we are working with application developers to create end-to-end solutions that ensure the performance, availability and security of applications over the Internet," said Michael Zhao, CEO of Array Networks.

Solution Highlights

Array's APV Series application delivery controllers can provide connectivity to multiple front-end servers in an enterprise pool, provide connectivity to multiple directors in an arrayor provide connectivity to both internal and external network interface cards (NICs) for multiple edge servers in an array.

Essential functions performed by Array APV Series application delivery controllers deployed for Lync Server 2010 include:

- Intelligent load balancing of Lync services across multiple servers
- Service persistence to PCs, laptops and mobile devices including tablets and smart phones
- Health-checks forLync services to detect failed or overloaded servers and automatically re-route traffic
- Offloading of connection management and other non-core Lync functions from application servers to dedicated appliances for optimized performance
- Local and global availability of services with seamless redirection of users in the event of server or site failure
- Protection ofLync servers from DDoS attacks
- Scalability from ten to tens-of-thousands of concurrent users on a single appliance, with the ability to cluster up to 32 APV Series appliances for unlimited scalability

As a Microsoft qualified load balancing solution for Lync 2010, APV Series application delivery controllers have met all requirements for interoperability with Lync Server 2010, provide a quick start guide for rapid installation and configuration and have demonstrated enterprise-class standards for reliability and scalability. For more information on the joint Array Networks and Microsoft solution for Lync 2010, download our step-by-step Lync 2010 Deployment Guide.

About Array Networks
Array Networks is a global leader in application, desktop and cloud service delivery with over 5000 worldwide customer deployments. Powered by award-winning SpeedCore™ software, Array solutions are recognized by leading enterprise, service provider and public sector organizations for unmatched performance and total value of ownership. Array is headquartered in Silicon Valley, is backed by over 300 employees worldwide and is a profitable company with strong investors, management and revenue growth. Poised to capitalize on explosive growth in the areas of mobile and cloud computing, analysts and thought leaders including Deloitte, Red Herring and Frost & Sullivan have recognized Array Networks for its technical innovation, operational excellence and market opportunity. To learn more, visit http://www.arraynetworks.com.

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Milpitas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/19/2012 -- Array Networks Inc., a global leader in application delivery networking, today announced the immediate availability of its next-generation AG1000 Series Secure Access Gateways that offer unmatched performance, scalability, flexibility and value as compared to competing solutions. Consisting of four new appliances that leverage Array's award-winning, 64-bit SpeedCore™ architecture, the Array AG Series offers an unbeatable combination of features that allow enterprises, mid-market businesses and cloud service providers to securely and cost-effectively meet the demands of an increasingly mobile workforce.

Today's businesses need to support an entire workforce that wants to use personal devices, tablets and smart phones as productivity tools. Secure, anytime-anywhere access across the organization is needed to increase efficiency, mitigate business disruptions and meet growing trends in mobile and remote working. Moreover, businesses require differentiated secure access for employees, partners, contractors and guests, and the ability to securely connect to the cloud and manage cloud services.

Aligned with current trends in virtualization and extracting maximum value from IT infrastructure investments, the AG Series supports up to 256 virtual portals on a single appliance. AG Series virtualization allows enterprises and service providers to create fully separate and fully secure user communities, each with their own look-and-feel and each with their own access policies, access methods and resources for various business units, partners, contractors, guests, administrators and tenants. The AG Series also features a per-user policy engine capable of creating a custom secure access experience for individual users. For example, administrators and developers may be allowed increased bandwidth, while C-level executives may be allowed more registered devices and greater flexibility in accessing sensitive data.

Scalability & User Experience
The AG Series supports up to 128,000 concurrent users, 3.2Gbps SSL throughput and high-performance 2048-bit encryption to ensure that every mobile and remote user across the organization receives a premium, productivity-enhancing experience. Secure access to applications and resources may be provided via a Web portal or a Layer 3-4 client from anywhere on any device, including workstations, laptops, mobile phones and tablets running local, remote, wired or wireless.

Secure Cloud & Mobile Computing
AG Series scalability addresses the increased adoption of cloud services in the enterprise. The AG Series prevents employees from directly accessing cloud services by providing a central point of control. Using the AG Series as a secure access gateway to the cloud, employees login using single sign-on (SSO) and see cloud services as web links that are indistinguishable from web applications provided from the enterprise data center. Leveraging the AG Series, business can create a seamless experience for employees, establish accountability across all applications and reduce IT service support.

The AG Series also allows employees to access their office desktops (either physical or virtual) from any iOS or Android smart phone or tablet. Leveraging proven remote desktop protocol technology, AG Series appliances ensure that data never leaves the network and never mixes with personal data on mobile devices. As a result, the AG Series represents the fastest and most cost-effective path for organizations to enable mobility and support a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy.

"I'm extremely pleased to announce Array's new AG Series Secure Access Gateways," said Michael Zhao, president and CEO of Array Networks. "The new AG Series is a rapidly-deployable, cost-effective solution for secure access across a full range of devices and access methods that delivers the highest levels of performance and scalability. Strengthened by new capabilities in cloud and mobile computing, this new product line allows businesses to ensure security and compliance while giving employees the freedom to be productive wherever and whenever works best."

Availability
AG Series secure access gateways are available immediately. The 1RU AG1100 and AG1200 support up to 2,400 and 24,000 concurrent users, respectively, and the 2RU AG1500 and AG1600support up to 72,000 and 128,000 concurrent users. Customer and reseller requests are welcome, as are inquiries from technology partners seeking to integrate with Array Networks to create tomorrow's solutions for application delivery networking. For additional information on Array Networks, SpeedCore software and the new AG Series, visit: www.arraynetworks.com.

About Array Networks
Array Networks is a global leader in application, desktop and cloud service delivery with over 5000 worldwide customer deployments. Powered by award-winning SpeedCore™ software, Array application delivery networking solutions are recognized by leading enterprise, service provider and public sector organizations for unmatched performance and total value of ownership. Array is headquartered in Silicon Valley, is backed by over 300 employees worldwide and is a profitable company with strong investors, management and revenue growth. Poised to capitalize on explosive growth in the areas of mobile and cloud computing, analysts and thought leaders including Deloitte, Red Herring and Frost & Sullivan have recognized Array Networks for its technical innovation, operational excellence and market opportunity. To learn more, visit http://www.arraynetworks.com.

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