A10 Networks introduces Thunder SPE Appliance family

DUBAI, UAE: A10 Networks, a technology provider in application networking, today announced the Thunder SPE appliance family, a new line of high-speed, high-capacity application networking appliances.

The new appliances leverage specialized hardware to perform security and policy enforcement at ultra high speeds. In addition, the new appliances deliver up to a 40 percent processing performance boost relative to current systems, creating an application networking solution for large service provider and enterprise customers.

Thunder SPE appliances leverage A10's innovative new Security and Policy Engine (SPE) to implement security and policy enforcement functions at higher speed, harnessing the power of additional and enhanced hardware components.

These solutions have robust security and processing hardware functionality that allow them to continue to provide full system functionality, even while simultaneously under volumetric attacks, without impacting system performance.

Thunder SPE appliances are capable of performing any policy-based networking actions in hardware, including those involving security and quality of service, and can enforce at ultra high speeds in increasingly dynamic cloud environments where policies change frequently.

The new Thunder SPE appliances are particularly powerful in preventing the rising occurrence of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks from debilitating a customer's network and server infrastructure.

Thunder SPE appliances provide high-performance, hardware-based security and policy enforcement to all A10 product lines, including Thunder ADC, CGN and TPS, delivering the performance and capacity customers need to ensure their networks protected against high-speed, volumetric attacks.

As an example of the value of this ultra-high performance appliance, A10 also announced today integrated DDoS protection capabilities for its Thunder CGN product line, illustrating a use case for where ultra-high performance creates a secure and compelling solution for detecting and mitigating sophisticated, volumetric attacks at a critical point in the network.

Brad Casemore, IDC research director for datacenter networks, said: "Given the ACOS platform and its performance capabilities, A10's extension into security and policy represents a logical evolution,"  "What's more, as customers - service providers and enterprises alike - embrace cloud and mobility, they are seeking new approaches and solutions that detect and mitigate sophisticated, volumetric attacks."

Price and Availability

Thunder SPE appliances start at $164,000. Thunder CGN SPE is available now. Thunder ADC SPE will be available in August and Thunder TPS SPE is currently shipping.