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A10 Unveils Industry's Fastest Application Delivery Controller

A10 Launches AX 5200 to Deliver World's Most Energy Efficient Load Balancer

SAN JOSE, CA. - May 19, 2009 -- A10 Networks® today unveiled the AX 5200, the highest performance model in the AX Series Advanced Traffic Manager family. The AX 5200 combines performance, high port density, energy savings and space savings. The AX 5200 delivers an unprecedented 3+ million Layer 4 Connections per Second (CPS) in a compact 2U form factor. A full suite of application acceleration, optimization, load balancing, networking and security features are included to increase data center efficiency while lowering energy and operational costs. With a maximum power consumption of only 680 Watts, customers can save over 70 percent in energy costs over competing chassis solutions.

Designed for the World's Top Enterprises, Web Sites, Portals and Carriers
AX 5200 is designed to transform the application delivery market with improved business efficiency. It is tuned for processing millions of concurrent connections and high data rates. AX 5200 allows top customers to scale their infrastructure while keeping management costs down. With the industry-leading performance per Watt, the AX 5200 also solves complex networking challenges with innovative features. Additionally, AX 5200 introduces the new Parallel Flexible Traffic ASIC (PFTA) technology to enable the industry's highest Layer 4 CPS and includes hardware-based Denial of Service (DoS) SYN flood protection.

64-bit Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS)
AX Series is empowered by A10's award winning ACOS. ACOS was designed from the ground up for multi-core, multi-processor shared memory systems. AX 5200 deploys 64-bit ACOS to leverage the latest advances in processor technology. ACOS's Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Engine allows flexible Layer 4 to Layer 7 traffic management with minimum overhead.

Additional hardware highlights include:

• The latest Intel Nehalem 64-bit multi-core, hyper-thread processors
• Standard 24 GB memory; support for up to 192 GB memory
• 3+ million Layer 4 CPS and 40 Gb application throughput
• High-density interfaces: 16 x 10 Gb ports and 4 x 1 Gb ports
• Serial console and Ethernet management interface
• Solid-state Drive (SSD) and compact flash
• Maximum power consumption: 680 Watts
• Compact 2U platform with superior air flow and heat dissipation
• Redundant Power Supply (RPS) and removable smart fan trays

AX 5200 includes the full suite of Application Delivery features available in all AX family models, including:

• Application Acceleration
  • RAM Caching, Hardware Compression and SSL
• Virtualized Management
  • Role-Based and Partition-Based Management
• aFleX Layer 7 TCL Scripting for Deep Packet Inspection
• aXAPI - REST-based XML API for Custom Management
• Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
• IPv4 & IPv6 Load Balancing and Management
• Advanced NAT features including Large Scale NAT (LSN) and Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite)
• High Availability
• Security features
• Full Web GUI and Industry Standard CLI

"AX 5200 sets a new record in the application delivery market with the industry's highest performance in the most compact and energy efficient platform," said Lee Chen, founder and CEO of A10 Networks. "The world's top Web sites, portals and carriers will receive tremendous benefit with initiatives such as data center consolidation and efficiency. The AX 5200 with ACOS accomplishes our mission to be faster, better and greener than any competing solution on the market today."

A10 Networks will unveil the AX 5200 on the show floor at Interop in A10's booth #1367 on Tuesday, 5/19, at 11:00 a.m. PST, with ongoing demonstrations throughout the show.

To read the full AX 5200 solution brief, please visit: http://www.a10networks.com/resources/files/SB-AX5200.pdf
To read the full NAT solution brief, please visit: http://www.a10networks.com/resources/files/SB-NAT.pdf

Availability
The product will be generally available in Q3, 2009.

About A10 Networks
A10 Networks was founded in Q4 2004 with a mission to provide innovative networking and security solutions. A10 Networks makes high-performance products that help organizations accelerate, optimize and secure their applications. A10 Networks is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in the United States, EMEA, Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. For more information, visit www.a10networks.com.

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Contact:
Kelly LeBlanc
A10 Networks
408-325-8668
kleblanc@a10networks.com