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A10 Networks Case Study

Fortune 500 Telecommunications Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a Fortune 500 telecommunications services company is based on a February 2020 survey of A10 Networks customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led this prominent, well-known telecommunications giant to evaluate and ultimately select A10 Networks:

Primary reasons for purchasing products from A10 Networks:
- To support performance and quality-of-service SLAs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of A10 Networks that the surveyed company uses:

Owns the following A10 products:
- Thunder ADC (Application Delivery and Load Balancing)
Uses the following in conjunction with A10 products:
- DNS servers
- Other security applications or devices

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with A10 Networks:

Accomplished the following using A10 products:
- Increased network performance
Replaced the following vendors/solutions with A10 products:
- F5 Networks
Realized a positive ROI within 6-9 months after using A10 products.
Estimates improvements in the following areas:
- Increased performance: 75% or more
- Lowered OpEx: 50% to 74%
- Lowered CapEx: 50% to 74%
Rates the following from A10 when compared to competitive products:
- Features: much better

A10 Networks Customer Fact

Unity Media Group Reaps Incredible Benefits with A10

Unity Media Group confirms it has reduced costs for the IT infrastructure and increased network performance, while lowering OpEx by 50% to 74% with their A10 products.

A10 Networks Customer Research

How would you rate your A10 product on the following capabilities when compared to competitive products?

Superior Much Better Better Same Not as Good

Performance/Scalability
Reliability
Quality of Support
Features
Usability/Deployment Speed

A10 Networks Case Study

Non Profit

Introduction

This case study of a non-profit is based on a January 2020 survey of A10 Networks customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select A10 Networks:

Primary reasons for purchasing products from A10 Networks:
- To protect servers and applications from advanced security threats
- To protect users from advanced security threats
- For a new deployment/no previous solution

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of A10 Networks that the surveyed organization uses:

Owns the following A10 products:
- Thunder ADC (Application Delivery and Load Balancing)
Uses the following in conjunction with A10 products:
- Web servers / Web application servers
- VMware
- Microsoft Exchange
- Security applications or devices

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with A10 Networks:

Accomplished the following using A10 products:
- Improved application delivery performance
- Improved network security posture
- Supported regulatory compliance requirements
Realized a positive ROI within 3 months after using A10 products.
Estimates improvements in the following areas:
- Increased performance: 75% or more
- Lowered OpEx: 50% to 74%
- Lowered CapEx: 50% to 74%
Rates the following from A10 when compared to competitive products:
- Features: superior
- Performance/scalability: superior
- Usability/deployment speed: superior
- Reliability: superior
- Quality of support: superior

A10 Networks Customer Research

97% of Thunder CGN Customers Say Its Flexibility and Implementation Speed is Better Than the Competition

When asked to rate A10 Network’s Thunder CGN flexibility and speed of implementation compared to other vendors/competitors they have evaluated or used, organizations said:

Best in class: 32%

Superior: 50%

Better: 16%

Not better: 3%

A10 Networks Customer Fact

A10 Networks Beats Competition

A large, well-known enterprise company rates A10’s usability and deployment speed as “much better” when compared to competitive products.

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A10 Network solutions enable enterprises, service providers, Web giants and government organizations to secure and optimize the performance of their data center applications and networks. Their Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS®) platform is designed to deliver performance and security.