Array Networks Adds Dynamic Compression to Multi-Function Architecture.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2002

Array Networks Achieves Breakthrough Performance Through

Tightly Coupled Integration of Array Application Networking

Architecture and SpeedStack Network Processing Technology

Array Networks, The Web Traffic Company, announced that it has enhanced its Application Networking Architecture (ANA) with the addition of hardware-accelerated dynamic content compression. This real-time inline HTTP compression, which yields up to 6x performance improvements, throughput of up to 400 Mbps and significant bandwidth savings in delivering Web services and other dynamic content, is available in the company's new Array TM series of multi-function Web traffic managers.

The new Array TM (Traffic Manager) is the first networking device to integrate dynamic content optimization, including compression and caching for dynamic objects, with accelerated encryption for up to 5,000 SSL transaction per second and high-performance connection processing for up to 50,000 HTTP connections per second. The Array TM is able to sustain Gigabit wire speed throughput for both SSL and HTTP traffic.

Dynamic content compression becomes a core component of Array's multi-function Application Networking Architecture (ANA), a highly integrated, exceptionally scalable architecture for secure Web traffic management platforms that can direct, accelerate, secure and analyze all internal and external Web traffic. ANA-based platforms utilize Array's SpeedStack(TM) network processing technology to provide tightly coupled integration of IP services, Web security and network performance.

Array's ANA architecture is implemented in products, including the Array TM and Array SP, based on the company's new ArrayOS(TM) 5.0, which is designed so that Array platforms can serve as full proxies for all enterprise Web traffic. Array ANA-based platforms can be deployed as multi-function, integrated devices or as specialized appliances, equipped with services including Layer 4-7 server load balancing, SSL acceleration, caching, Webwall(TM) security, compression, global server load balancing, access control, Web resource mapping, traffic analysis and clustering.

Array ANA-based platforms utilize the company's SpeedStack network processing technology, which parses the TCP packet just once for multiple services, to ensure that network processing is streamlined and efficient in accelerating all enterprise Web traffic.

"With SpeedStack, the user's intent is understood by each of the various services," said Lawrence Lu, Founder and CTO of Array Networks. "We have a mantra at Array Networks that says, `never repeat work.' SpeedStack technology makes it possible to attach many individual applications - dynamic content compression, Layer 4 or Layer 7 server load balancing, reverse proxy caching, global server load balancing, and so on - while sustaining the highest performance due to virtually no repetition."

About Array Networks

Array Networks, the pioneer in directing, accelerating, securing and analyzing all internal and external Web traffic, develops the industry's first fully integrated Web traffic management and security platforms. Headquartered in Campbell, California with sales offices in the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Array Networks engineers and manufactures its products in the Silicon Valley and sells through direct and value-added channels. Array Networks has raised $31.1 million in first-round funding, co-led by H&Q Asia Pacific and U.S. Venture Partners. Comdisco Ventures and individual investors also participated in the round. For more information, visit www.arraynetworks.net or call [phone].

Array Networks is a registered trademark, and SpeedStack, ArrayOS and Webwall are trademarks of Array Networks.