Array Networks is an American

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company. It sells

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traffic encryption tools. Array Networks was founded in 2000 by Lawrence Lu and is based in

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''. Originally called ClickArray Networks, it was renamed Array Networks in 2001 by then-incoming CEO Don Massaro who said the longer name "sounded too dot-commy". It received funding from the

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firm U.S. Venture Partners and the

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firm H&Q Asia Pacific. On May 13, 2009, Array Networks became the first non-Taiwan company to be listed on the

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. The company sold 54 million shares that had a total value of about $79 million. In 2009, 43% of the company's market share was in China, and its main product type sold there consisted of SSL VPN devices. It also had 200 employees in China, which CEO Michael Zhao said made China a "natural choice" for an IPO, In comparison, the company had 70 employees in

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. but because China did not allow non-Chinese companies on their exchange, he narrowed the choices down to the

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and the Taiwan Stock Exchange. He chose the Taiwan Stock Exchange for two reasons: Array Networks had a strong business presence in Asia, and Taiwan Stock Exchange's listing fees were at least one third less than the NASDAQ's. In 2011, ''

'' noted that most of Array Networks' sales is from Asia and that the company is "particularly strong" in China, Japan, and

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. In 2018, Array Networks was named to CIO Review's Top 10 Networking Companies of 2018.

Products

APV series application delivery controllers

In 2008, Array Networks first released its AppVelocity devices that consisted of

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s for

SSL acceleration TLS acceleration (formerly known as SSL acceleration) is a method of offloading processor-intensive public-key encryption for Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to a hardware accelerator. Typically this ...

, load balancing and

traffic management Traffic management is a key branch within logistics. It concerns the planning control and purchasing of transport services needed to physically move vehicles (for example aircraft, road vehicles, rolling stock and watercraft) and freight. Traffi ...

at layers 2-7 for enterprise

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and Web sites. Later devices were introduced in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

AG series VPN gateways

Array sells VPN gateways.

Remote Desktop Access

Array sells DesktopDirect which enables remote desktop access in a web browser.

Secure Mobile Access

Array sells MotionPro, a product for remote desktop access via personal mobile devices.

aCelera WAN optimization controller

In March 2013, Array acquired the assets of WOC pioneer Certeon, including development and support operations, and software-based WAN optimization products including the aCelera Virtual Appliance, aCelera for Windows Server and aCelera Mobile. The aCelera appliance can be used to accelerate application traffic for Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, IBM, Dell, file transfers, backup and replication and others.Jim Metzler and Rolf McClellan
"Certeon’s aCelera Virtual Appliance for Acceleration Product Brief"
June 2008

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External links

Official website
Companies based in Milpitas, California Networking companies of the United States Networking hardware companies Technology companies established in 2001