A10’s AX series

A10’s AX series application controllers include a range of platforms that vary according to performance, price and hardware. The newest generation of AX appliances is available as integrated 64-bit offerings as well as 32-bit models. A10’s Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) is designed to work with multi-core CPUs.

Array Networks’ APV

Array Networks’ APV series application delivery controllers are designed to support multi-core processing, hardware acceleration modules and 10G Ethernet connectivity. They feature Layer 2-7 server load balancing, link load balancing, global server load balancing, application routing and content switching; as well as TCP connection multiplexing, high-speed HTTP processing, SSL acceleration, dynamic caching and adaptive compression. The APV’s operating system supports an integrated stateful packet inspection firewall.

BlueCoat’s Mach5

BlueCoat’s Mach5 (pictured) and PacketShaper appliances are WAN optimizers tailored for specific needs. Mach5 is targeted at businesses with consolidated IT, video, cloud or mixed IPv4 and IPv6 infrastructures. PacketShaper is aimed at businesses that depend on both network and web-based applications. Mach5 appliances combine protocol acceleration, compression, object and byte caching and QoS to help accelerate applications such as file access, email, web, storage replication and backup; and also support specialized live and on-demand video optimization for Adobe Flash, Windows Media, Silverlight and HTML5, among others. Mach5 also features cloud-caching engines to enable faster SaaS application access. BlueCoat recently went private under a $1.3 billion deal.