A10
Networks (NYSE: ATEN) today announced that its Thunder® solutions
received two awards at the Interop Tokyo 2019 exhibition that was held
at the Makuhari Messe convention center near Tokyo. In the NFV/SDI
category, its A10 Networks Thunder Containers high-performance NFV
solutions won the Grand Prize, while in the Security category, its
Thunder 14045 TPS DDoS defense solution with Zero-day Automated
Protection (ZAP) capabilities won the Runner-up Prize.
Now in its 26th year, Interop Tokyo is Japan’s largest internet
technology exhibition. The Best
of Show Awards recognize the excellence of new products, released by
participating companies, through a judging committee of IT industry
experts.
A10 Thunder Containers High-performance NFV Solutions Win Grand Prize
in NFV/SDI Category
A10 Networks Thunder
Containers is a cloud-native, light-weight set of container-based
solutions for secure application services, offering A10 Thunder
Application Delivery Controller (ADC), A10 Thunder Carrier-grade
Networking (CGN) and A10 Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW) in container
environments. It offers the industry’s highest performing container
solutions with up to 200 Gbps of throughput. They are the industry’s
first container-based solutions for carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) products,
supporting migration to container environments in preparation for 5G
commercialization by communications service providers. Thunder
Containers is also supported with Kubernetes.
The judging committee explained the reasons for awarding the Grand Prize
in the NFV/SDI category: “The prize was in recognition of the quick
achievement of operational flexibility required by 5G, which includes
the sophistication of containerizing ADC and CGN solutions that are
already in wide use, and the ability to offer CGN/IPv6 solutions in
container environments.”
A10 Networks Thunder TPS with ZAP Capabilities Wins Runner-up Prize
in Security Category
A10 Networks Thunder 14045 TPS is a high-end model in the Thunder TPS
series of appliances for DDoS protection, offering the industry’s
highest 500
Gbps mitigation capacity. With the addition of ZAP
capabilities to the Thunder TPS to automatically recognize the
characteristics of DDoS attacks and apply mitigation filters, it is able
to provide comprehensive DDoS defense with everything from
state-of-the-art automated defenses to practical DDoS threat
intelligence.
The judging committee explained the reasons for awarding the Runners-up
Prize in the Security category: “The prize was in recognition of
achieving carrier-grade defense system performance with automated rule
creation and implementation in response to increasingly sophisticated
multi-vector DDoS attacks, and sufficiently demonstrating the feeling of
increased bandwidth.”
A10 Networks will continue to improve application performance and ensure
security in every environment and will continue to deliver
high-performance products.
About A10 Networks
A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) provides Reliable Security Always™, with a
range of high-performance application networking solutions that help
organizations ensure that their data center applications and networks
remain highly available, accelerated and secure. Founded in 2004, A10
Networks is based in San Jose, Calif., and serves customers globally
with offices worldwide. For more information, visit: www.a10networks.com and @A10Networks.
The A10 logo, A10 Networks, Thunder and Reliable Security Always are
trademarks or registered trademarks of A10 Networks, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
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