A10 Unveils Industry's Fastest Application Delivery Controller

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

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A10 Networks(R) 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 the 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+ millions 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. PDT, 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 http://www.a10networks.com.

SOURCE A10 Networks

Kelly LeBlanc of A10 Networks, +1-408-203-2608, kleblanc@a10networks.com