MMD Group Deploys Array Networks' SP Series SSL VPN for Secure Remote Access and Secure File-Sharing

Leading Mining Equipment Manufacturer Uses Array SSL VPN Appliance to Securely Access and Share Engineering Documents to Provide More Efficient Modern Mining Techniques

CAMPBELL, CA and Derby, U.K. - March 15, 2005 - Array Networks, a leading provider of secure application deployment appliances for Global 2000 companies, today announced that the MMD Group, of Derby, U.K., a leading provider of heavy equipment for advanced mining techniques, has selected Array Networks’ SP Series SSL VPN appliance. The Array SP Series provides users in MMD Group’s remote and continentally-dispersed offices with the ability to securely access corporate e-mail and share CAD files for mining sites through the organization’s global corporate computer network.

The MMD Group users can share files and complete online transactions in a fast and secure manner, providing remote employees with exact digital copies of large-scale CAD drawings. The MMD Group previously exchanged business-critical documents and plans via fax, which was time-consuming and resulted in less-legible output than exact digital copies shared over the network and the Internet. The MMD Group is an international organization that develops heavy equipment for industrial mining and the production and processing of mining by-products. The MMD Group’s use of the Array SP Series SSL VPN appliance allows fast and secure online communications and file sharing between the firm’s remote offices in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia.

“We chose the Array Networks SP Series Enterprise VPN appliance because it was the only solution for secure remote access that offered a combination of exceptional security and scalability that our globally-dispersed organization needed,” said Ann Potts, director, MMD Group. “The Array SP helped us optimize our business communications in a secure manner which has resulted in efficiencies that have already delivered a strong ROI for our organization.”

“Our deployment at the MMD Group is a clear demonstration that businesses and industries of all types need secure remote access for their business-critical communications,” said Michael Zhao, CEO and president, Array Networks. “The MMD Group provides an outstanding example of how multinational organizations can unify their systems in a secure manner without any loss of performance or security.” The Array SP Series is a true Enterprise VPN appliance that provides small to large businesses with fast and secure online transactions for business-critical data and applications over the Internet. The Array SP supports enterprise networks with up to 500 concurrent users that require performance of up to 800 SSL connections per second.

With the implementation at the MMD Group, the Array SP Series provides a single point of authentication, authorization and SSL acceleration, as well as up to 128 independent virtual sites supported in a single appliance. The Array SP series appliance uses Array’s Webwall™ Security and SpeedStack™ technology which makes it an ideal appliance for Enterprise VPN functionality. Array’s Webwall security is a built-in network-layer firewall with ACLs, URL filtering, network probe logging, and protection against DOS attacks like syn-floods and others. Array’s SpeedStack technology eliminates redundant TCP/IP processing which improves both security and performance.

The Enterprise VPN Leader

Array Networks is the recognized leader in the fast-growing Enterprise VPN market. The Array Networks SP and SPX families of SSL-based appliances help enterprise-class organizations incorporate SSL into an enterprise-ready architecture. Array Networks provides secure SSL VPN technology that provides an enhanced end-user experience.

The Array SPX Series provides enterprise-class SSL VPNs with a highly secure, high performance solution for global access both inside and outside the company, without exposing business-critical resources to attack. The platform features a simplified integrated approach that incorporates a suite of network security and Web optimization applications, including SSL VPN, identity management, application layer firewall, and Web traffic management as well as support for non-Web applications.

About MMD Companies

The MMD Group of Companies, a privately-held group established in 1978 by Alan Potts, is a worldwide organization with sales and service offices on six continents. The MMD Group designs and manufactures material processing equipment used in many types of surface and underground mining operations around the world. In particular, the company has extended the technology of mineral reduction by the development of low profile, high capacity, and compact sizing machines. For more information on the MMD Group, go to www.mmdsizers.com.

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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