NEWS

SAN JOSE, CA, Jan. 31, 2006 -- A10 Networks™, a pioneer in delivering a new class of identity-aware network solutions, today announced that Etòn Corporation, a leading designer of innovative consumer electronic products, has deployed A10's Identity and Access Management technology to improve the security, scalability and performance of its network.

Etòn operates multiple mission-critical servers for Sales, Operations, and R&D and its numerous partners and resellers around the world access its network through VPN services for inventory and account management and to obtain technical information. Etòn's business has grown quickly and it delivers products through thousands of retail outlets around the world. At the same time, its IT staff has remained relatively small, and Etòn's network infrastructure was overdue for a performance and security tune-up to help the company keep ahead of growth.

Etòn's Operations & IT Manager Asad Sarabi began a project to re-architect his network to improve scalability, enhance access control, increase security for application access, and provide more efficient and cost-effective network management and visibility. In particular, he wanted a better way to segregate access rights for visitors and partners, and improve the granularity and intelligence of his network monitoring capabilities. He also wanted to deploy strong 802.1x authentication to support a WiFi roll-out using Aruba's Mobile Edge System—because of security concerns, Etòn had postponed deployment of WiFi until they felt the technology was mature enough to support strong authentication, encryption across airwaves and automated tracking and correlating of access information.

Sarabi's first steps were to increase Layer 3 switching and routing horsepower for added scalability and network segregation, then to beef up security by installing a powerful threat management system including new firewalls and intrusion prevention. The third area - improving his processes for access control and managing and monitoring network activity--was more complex.

Etòn considered several existing RADIUS server point products, but found them lacking in their ability to support its high security and visibility requirements. In addition Etòn didn't want a software solution where all of its RADIUS 802.1x authentication requests resided on its domain controllers - the company wanted a robust, hardened security appliance to front-end all local and remote authentication requests, for stronger layered security. Etòn chose the IDsentrie from A10 Networks to handle these many complex network access management, correlation and security tasks. Etòn is leveraging A10's capability to provide identity-based monitoring, reporting and event logging to eliminate the time consuming tasks of IP address back tracking. IDsentrie's Authentication Proxy is utilizing Etòn's existing Active Directory data stores with no modifications required - saving the IT team the daunting task of creating and managing a new set of accounts for their employees and thousands of partners. A10's IDsentrie offered Etòn an extremely cost-effective Identity and Access Management solution.

"We needed a better way to manage access control, network security and authentication - A10's IDsentrie has immediately improved our security, and allowed us to automate many IT administration tasks -- saving us costs and countless work hours," Asad Sarabi, Etòn Corporation

Before IDsentrie, there was limited policing of network access. Now there is full accountability, and with IDsentrie's advanced ability to provide identity-based, automated and scheduled reports, Sarabi has eliminated a huge number of time-consuming, manual processes.

Additionally, with IDsentrie's Unified Identity Manager (UIM) interface, Etòn can now provide employees with a self-service portal to allow them to update their account information, change passwords, and recover from lost passwords without having to call upon the IT helpdesk. With IDsentrie, Etòn has not only locked down its remote users and WiFi users, but also LAN-based users by requiring 802.1x port-based authentication.

Etòn is now able to provide strong authentication and control access into the network from wireless and wired environments. It has centralized access policies to provide complete access control for users to secure critical departments, and visibility for perimeter firewall activity. The IT department has much higher visibility into what users are doing at a high level as well as a granular detail level, without having to correlate logs from dissimilar systems. By reviewing logs from one central location, Etòn has enhanced and extended the capabilities of its limited IT team - literally doing more with less while identifying users much more quickly than ever before.

About Etòn
Etòn Corporation is the established leader in consumer electronics audio products, and is defined by its mission of "ReInventing Radio." By always combining the latest in technology with sensible design, Etòn offers an extensive array of products that speak to three main categories: Design, Innovation and Necessity. Etòn, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, has offices in Berlin, Germany and Toronto, Canada. www.etoncorp.com.

About A10 Networks
A10 Networks was founded in 2004 with a mission to create a new class of affordable, identity-aware network solutions, including the industry's first "Smart" identity management system. A10's solutions help businesses and government increase efficiency and agility, address regulatory compliance and security risks while reducing the complexity and costs of managing global networks. A10's products unify critical identity and access management functions with networking and security to offer network administrators centralized management and unparalleled visibility into network activity. A10 is a well-financed, privately held company headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in Beijing. For more information, visit www.a10networks.com.

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