Array Networks Introduces the TMX5000 Application Front End (AFE); Targets Large Enterprise Application Deployment

New Appliance Offers Industry-Leading Scalability, Performance and ROI for Maximizing Application Acceleration, Security and Availability

Campbell, CA, May 2, 2005 - Array Networks, a leading provider of secure application deployment appliances for Global 2000 companies, today announced the TMX5000 Application Front End (AFE) appliance, which sets new standards for scalability, performance, and value in the high-end traffic management market.

“Our Application Front End appliances are trusted by four of the world's top ten banks and five of the world's top ten communications service providers,” said Michael Zhao, president and CEO of Array Networks. “The TMX5000 delivers significantly increased performance and I/O flexibility over Array’s mid-range TMX3000 platform; moreover, none of our competitors can match the scalability, performance and ROI delivered by the TMX5000.”

Enterprises and service providers often have to compromise when selecting traffic management products, forced to choose between consumer-level products that lack features and performance, and overly expensive solutions with un-needed bells and whistles.

The new TMX5000 addresses this problem by offering high-end performance and scalability at a mid-range price point, in addition to providing a set of flexible features and software bundles that allow customers invest as they grow. The product offers integrated layer 4-7 load balancing, hardware-based SSL acceleration, high-performance caching and hardware-based lossless compression; and is capable of sustaining millions of concurrent connections, securing tens of thousands of SSL transactions and scaling up to 32 units for future growth.

“Best-in-class performance and scalability at one of the most attractive price-point on the market, Array’s approach makes an exceptionally strong business case for enterprises and service providers who are cost-consciously standardizing, consolidating, and improving their application infrastructure,” said Robin Layland, principal analyst, Layland Consulting. “Array brings to market an offering that is tough to resist for its combination of value and proven technology.”

The TMX5000 is available with three new high-value software bundles addressing customer specific needs for Web acceleration, e-commerce acceleration, and full-fledged application front end processing. Additionally, the TMX5000 inherits Array’s innovative invest-as-you-grow purchasing option, where customers can start with a base model load balancing configuration, and upgrade to additional capabilities through license key change, without replacing hardware.

The Array Networks TMX5000 is available immediately, either directly through Array or through Array authorized distributors and value added resellers.

About Array Networks

Array Networks is a world leader in secure application acceleration and deployment appliances for global enterprises. Built upon the Array SpeedStackT technology, Array's unified secure content access solutions enable industry-leading performance, integration, scalability and ease of implementation and management. Headquartered in Campbell, California with sales offices in the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Array engineers and manufactures its products in the Silicon Valley and sells them through direct and indirect channels across the globe. For more information, visit www.arraynetworks.net or call (408) 378-6800.

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