Stories about: Array Networks

Whether they're in branch offices or home offices, workers are increasingly telecommuting instead of working in a traditional centralized office environment.

Whether you call them application delivery controllers, application accelerators, application traffic managers, or just load balancers, the solutions for scaling out Web sites and improving the performance of Web applications have come a long way from their humble beginnings. The result is a great deal of choice in the marketplace, from bare-bones appliances with basic functionality to high-capacity switch-based systems that handle Web traffic in wildly sophisticated ways.

Array Networks will announce at Interop Las Vegas next week that it has expanded its SSL protection from remote-access users to include those coming in over Wi-Fi connections, and basing authentication in users' identities.

Rakesh Kumar, an analyst at Gartner. "There is an argument that users [of open source] gain access to a larger skill set than with other platforms," he says, referring to the notion that many eyes debug and look at open-source code.

Juniper Networks is discontinuing its DX line of application acceleration boxes that load balance, offload processing from Web servers and guard against denial-of-service attacks.

With its SSL site-to-site VPN gear, Array Networks is making it possible to rachet down controls on network access between business partners and to simplify the infrastructure of corporate VPNs.

Scanning PCs before they are allowed network access is technology that will take another two years before it is mature, according to speakers at an Interop session Monday.

Netifice Communications this week announced it is acquiring Aventail's Managed Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN Services business unit, including all 120 customers, 85 employees and network assets.

Array Networks is coming out with two scaled-down SSL remote access appliances that are designed for businesses.

US-based network solutions developer, DiskSites, has taken its first steps into the Australian market, signing on Network Optimiser Solutions (NetOpt) as its exclusive local partner.

Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems is buying SSL VPN technology company Twingo Systems for US$5 million in cash, the company said Friday.