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|industry = Application Delivery Networking|Controller & Cybersecurity

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|products = APV Series Application Delivery Controllers(Secure ADC), ASF Web Application Firewall & DDOS, AG Series SSL VPN Solution, AVX Series Virtualised Appliances (Network HCI), NTB Network Traffic Broker, IDPASS Passwordless Authentication Solution, WAN Optimisation Controllers , StruXture DLP & Classification

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'''Array Networks''' is an American [[networking hardware]] company. It sells [[network traffic control|network]] traffic encryption tools.<ref name="Buley">{{cite news|last=Buley |first=Taylor |date=2009-05-19 |title=Shunning NASDAQ |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/05/19/nasdaq-array-networks-technology-enterprise-tech-nasdaq.html |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |accessdate=2015-04-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430232308/http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/19/nasdaq-array-networks-technology-enterprise-tech-nasdaq.html |archivedate=2015-04-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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'''Array Networks''' is a global technology company that addresses problems related to securely delivering enterprise applications to end users.'''Array Networks''' offers application delivery networking with over 5,000 worldwide customer deployments. Founded in 2000, and headquartered in [[Silicon Valley]], [[California]], Array offers [[application delivery controller]], (ADC), [[Secure Sockets Layer]], (SSL) [[Virtual private network|VPN]] and [[WAN optimization]] controllers targeted to enterprise private cloud, [[IaaS]], and [[SaaS]] solutions. The company has over 300 employees worldwide, including the United States, China, Japan and India. <ref>Hoovers, [http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.Array_Networks_Inc.1f834a3d2cf5ac45.html "Array Networks, Inc Company Information"], ''Hoovers'',</ref>

Array Networks was founded in 2000 by Lawrence Lu and is based in [[Milpitas, California]].<ref name="Berndtson">{{Cite web |date=2015-04-30 |title=Array Networks Looks To Build U.S. Presence Behind New Channel Program - Page: 2 {{!}} CRN |url=http://www.crn.com/news/networking/229400263/array-networks-looks-to-build-u-s-presence-behind-new-channel-program.htm/pgno/0/1 |access-date=2024-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430232636/http://www.crn.com/news/networking/229400263/array-networks-looks-to-build-u-s-presence-behind-new-channel-program.htm/pgno/0/1 |archive-date=2015-04-30 }}</ref> Originally called ClickArray Networks, it was renamed Array Networks in 2001 by then-incoming CEO Don Massaro who said the longer name "sounded too dot-commy".<ref name="Delevett">{{cite news |last=Delevett |first=Peter |date=2001-11-27 |title=San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Wiretap Column. |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-80332446.html |newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |url-access=subscription |accessdate=2015-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430230214/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-80332446.html |archivedate=2015-04-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It received funding from the [[venture capital]] firm [[U.S. Venture Partners]] and the [[private equity]] firm H&Q Asia Pacific.<ref name="Harris">{{cite news|last=Harris |first=Scott Duke |date=2009-05-13 |title=Harris: Milpitas company offshores its IPO |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_12353392 |newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |accessdate=2015-04-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430230412/http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_12353392 |archivedate=2015-04-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Array has received industry accolades from [[Gartner Inc.]]’s [[Magic Quadrant]] (2014, 2015), [[Frost & Sullivan]], 2011 Excellence Award; and [[Info-Tech Research Group]], 2012 Innovator. Additionally, CEO Michael Zhao received the CEO World Award in the CEO of the year category in 2013 and CFO Sameena Ahmed was named the Silicon Valley /[[American City Business Journals|San Jose Business Journal]] CFO of the Year in 2010.<ref>VAR India, [http://www.varindia.com/array-networks-wins-frost-sullivan-award/ "Array Networks wins Frost & Sullivan Award"], May 23, 2011</ref> <ref>Mark Fabbi, Andrew Lerner,[http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-217ZWG7&ct=140911&st=sb/ "Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers"], ''Gartner Inc.'', October 21, 2014</ref> <ref>CEO World, [http://www.ceoworldawards.com/about/index.html#.VR2N6-lFDIU "About the CEO World Awards"]</ref> <ref>Reuters, [http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/11/30/idUS155864+30-Nov-2010+BW20101130 "Array Networks` Sameena Ahmed Wins CFO of the Year Award"], November 10, 2010 </ref>

On May 13, 2009,<ref name="Buley"/> Array Networks became the first non-Taiwan company to be listed on the [[Taiwan Stock Exchange]].<ref name="Austin">{{cite news|last=Austin |first=Scott |date=2009-07-23 |title=The Daily Start-Up: Sorting Through The Zappos Chatter |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/07/23/the-daily-start-up-sorting-through-the-zappos-chatter/ |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |accessdate=2015-05-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501184442/http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/07/23/the-daily-start-up-sorting-through-the-zappos-chatter/ |archivedate=2015-05-01 |url-status=live }}</ref> The company sold 54 million shares that had a total value of about $79 million.<ref name="Buley"/> In 2009, 43% of the company's market share was in China, and its main product type sold there consisted of SSL VPN devices. It also had 200 employees in China, which CEO Michael Zhao said made China a "natural choice" for an IPO,<ref name="Buley"/> In comparison, the company had 70 employees in [[Silicon Valley]].<ref name="Harris"/> but because China did not allow non-Chinese companies on their exchange, he narrowed the choices down to the [[NASDAQ]] and the Taiwan Stock Exchange. He chose the Taiwan Stock Exchange for two reasons: Array Networks had a strong business presence in Asia, and Taiwan Stock Exchange's listing fees were at least one third less than the NASDAQ's.<ref name="Buley"/>

Array is a silver founding member of the OPNFV Project, a community of suppliers in the industry working to develop an open source reference platform for NFV. The platform is intended to help accelerate the implementation of NFV and the introduction of new products and services springing from it. <ref>Paula Bernier,[http://www.nfvzone.com/topics/nfv/articles/395345-adc-vendor-array-networks-helps-launch-opnfv-project.htm "ADC Vendor Array Networks Helps Launch OPNFV Project"], NFVZone, December 17, 2014</ref> Array sells through direct and resale channels and offers resellers marketing and communications, technical, lead and training support. <ref>SearchITChannel,[http://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/feature/Array-Networks-Partner-Program-Checklist "Array Networks Partner Program Checklist"]</ref>

In 2011, ''[[CRN Magazine]]'' noted that most of Array Networks' sales is from Asia and that the company is "particularly strong" in [[China]], [[Japan]], and [[India]].<ref name="Berndtson"/>

'''APV Series Application Delivery Controllers'''

In 2023 Array Networks Partnered with Aircom Global Limited, a company with operations in Tanzania.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=Organisations partner to strengthen application security controls - Daily News |url=https://dailynews.co.tz/organisations-partner-to-strengthen-application-security-controls/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Array Networks APV Series application delivery controllers are built on a 64-bit SpeedCore® platform and scale applications for data center and virtualized cloud environments. <ref>Paula Bernier,[http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/2012/06/08/293863-array-networks-announces-availability-first-gold-certified-ipv6.htm "Array Networks Announces Availability of First Gold-Certified IPv6 Application Delivery Controllers"], InfoTech Spotlight, June 8, 2012</ref> Customers include Cash Depot, eClinicalWorks and Yourmembership.com<ref>Penny Crosman, [http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_241/cash-depot-upgrades-speed-security-of-atm-network-1064372-1.html "Cash Depot Upgrades Speed, Security of ATM Network"], American Banker, December 17, 2013</ref><ref>Nicole Freeman, [http://healthitsecurity.com/2014/02/21/health-it-security-vendor-news-february-21/ "Array Networks ADCs enable scalability, availability and security in the cloud at eClinicalWorks mega data centers"], Health IT Security, February 21, 2014</ref><ref>Chuck Moozakis, [http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/news/2240208827/As-encryption-standards-tighten-Array-retools-ADC-eyes-SaaS-clients "As encryption standards tighten, Array retools ADC, eyes SaaS clients"] SearchNetworking, November 11, 2013</ref>

==Products==

===APV series application delivery controllers===

In 2008, Array Networks first introducedreleased its (AppVelocity) APV Seriesdevices that consistsconsisted of [[Applicationapplication Delivery Controller|Application Deliverydelivery Controllerscontroller]]s for [[SSL acceleration]], [[load balancing (computing)|load balancing]] and [[traffic management]]at layers 2-7 for enterprise [[data centers]] and Web sites.<ref>Ann Bednarz, [httphttps://www.networkworld.com/article/2277642803024/lan-wan/-array-networks-on-a-green-streak.html "Array Networks on a Green Streak"], Network World, April 3, 2008</ref> Later devices were introduced in 2013,<ref>[http://www.dbta.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=89568 "Array Networks Ships New Application Delivery Controller Line"], Database Trends and Applications, May 13, 2013</ref> 2014,<ref>Rahul Arora, [http://dark-fiber.tmcnet.com/topics/dark-fiber/articles/383901-array-announces-availability-avx10650-multi-tenant-adc-appliance.htm "Array Announces Availability of AVX10650 Multi-tenant ADC Appliance"], TMCNet.com, July 16, 2014</ref> and 2015.<ref>[https://www.nss.gr/en/news/579-array-multi-tenant-multi-benefit-meet-the-enhanced-avx10650.html "Array announces the second generation of the AVX10650 virtualized application delivery controller"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031627/https://www.nss.gr/en/news/579-array-multi-tenant-multi-benefit-meet-the-enhanced-avx10650.html |date=2016-03-04 }}, NSS, February 3, 2015</ref>

In 2013, Array released the APV 2600, 5600, 10600 and 10650 appliances. Features included server load balancing, link load balancing, global server load balancing (GSLB), connection multiplexing, SSL acceleration, compression, caching, traffic shaping and application security.<ref>[http://www.dbta.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=89568 "Array Networks Ships New Application Delivery Controller Line"], Database Trends and Applications, May 13, 2013</ref> These appliances support 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and multi-core processing and multi-core SSL acceleration, ranging from 10 Gbps of throughput to 120 Gbps of throughput, 5000 2048-bit SSL transactions per second to 70,000 2048-bit SSL transactions per second and 3 Gbps of SSL throughput to 25 Gbps of SSL throughput.<ref>[http://www.channelpronetwork.com/article/array_networks_latest_apv_models_hit_the_channel "Array Networks’ Latest APV Models Hit the Channel"], ChannelProNetwork, April 17, 2013</ref>

===Application Security Firewall & DDoS Attack Mitigation===

In 2014, Array released the virtual AVX10650 multi-tenant application delivery controller that has 8 fully partitioned ADC instances to support multiple load-balancing-as-a-service (LBaaS) tenants, enterprise departments or applications, or similar shared environments and has its own dedicated input/output, CPU, memory, and SSL resources in multi-tenant environments.<ref>Rahul Arora, [http://dark-fiber.tmcnet.com/topics/dark-fiber/articles/383901-array-announces-availability-avx10650-multi-tenant-adc-appliance.htm "Array Announces Availability of AVX10650 Multi-tenant ADC Appliance"], TMCNet.com, July 16, 2014</ref>

Array sells ASF Series, a product for web application security in L4 & L7 considering OWASP Top Ten attack mitigation and support both security model (Negative & Positive).

ASF can also offer a dedicated DDoS mitigation engine (Inline & Out of Path-L7) and can detect and mitigate DDoS attacks.

===AG series VPN gateways===

In 2015, Array released the a multi-tenant, virtualized AVX10650 ADC appliance that offers 4, 8, 12 or 16 fully independent instances each with its own I/O, CPU, SSL card and memory. <ref>[https://www.nss.gr/en/news/579-array-multi-tenant-multi-benefit-meet-the-enhanced-avx10650.html "Array announces the second generation of the AVX10650 virtualized application delivery controller"], NSS, February 3, 2015</ref> It can handle more than 2K transactions per second (TPS) for 2048-bit SSL, and up to 17K SSL TPS (2048-bit) in the ‘large’ configuration. The AVX7600 introduced in March 2015, supports up to 16 entry, eight small, four medium or two large virtual appliances per system and enables the mixing of ADC and secure access gateway instances.<ref>Sonia Groff,[http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/news/4500244167/ICYMI-40-Gigabit-Ethernet-switch-fuels-market-growth "Array introduces AVX7600 virtual ADC and SSL support system"], SearchNetworking.com, April 10, 2015</ref>

Array sells VPN gateways, which is Purpose-Built Secure Remote Access

Array SSL VPN provides best-of-breed secure remote access, designed to meet the scalability, reliability, flexibility and security requirements of the world's most demanding enterprise organizations.<ref>Steven Schneider- Chief Information Security Officer, COPCP, [https://arraynetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CS-SSL-VPN-COPCP.pdf], OHIO, January 20, 2017</ref>

===Remote Desktop Access===

Array sells DesktopDirect which enables remote desktop access in a web browser.<ref>Jim Carlton, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204908604574336280116296164 "The PC Goes on an Energy Diet"], Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2009</ref>

===Secure Mobile Access===

Array sells MotionPro, a product for remote desktop access via personal mobile devices.<ref>Tony Bradley, [http://www.pcworld.com/article/187789/Merging_iPhone_and_Business_There_is_an_App_for_That.html "Merging iPhone and Business? There is an App for That"], PC World, January 26, 2010</ref>

===Array ASI Series SSL Interceptor===

Array SSL intercept provides enterprises with visibility into encrypted traffic entering, leaving, and traversing their network. Deployed in conjunction with solutions such as next-generation firewalls, network monitoring, and intrusion detection and prevention, SSL intercept offloads compute-intensive decryption and re-encryption tasks to allow essential security functions to operate at scale. SSLi is an ideal solution for optimizing both security and infrastructure efficiency.

===Array AVX Networks Functions Virtualization Platform===

Array sells AVX Series network functions platform provides guaranteed resources – including SSL processing resources – to help ensure the performance of these critical security functions. Array network hyperconverged infrastructure platforms provide the best of both worlds – the agility of virtualization combined with the performance of purpose-built networking and security hardware. Deployed in the enterprise or service provider data center, the AVX enables consolidation of services such as next-generation firewalls, SSL VPNs, load balancing, web application firewalls, IPS/IDS and other network services either from Array or other 3rd-party vendors.

===Array Network Traffic Broker===

Array sels NTB solutions which provide Intelligent Network Visibility & Monitoring Massive Traffic. Array NTB, the intelligent network visibility platform powered by xUDN embedded network OS is tailored to meet the unique needs of your organization. Array NTB is specialized to identify and resolve network performance issues by providing insights into application behaviour, traffic patterns, and network bottlenecks. By analyzing packet-level data, organizations can identify and rectify performance bottlenecks, optimize network configurations, and improve user experience and productivity.

==References==

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==External links==

* [http://www.arraynetworks.com/ Official website]

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