A10 Networks XPAND Corporation

A10 Networks Case Study

XPAND Corporation

This case study of XPAND Corporation is based on a January 2020 survey of A10 Networks customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

The business challenges that led the Virginia-based company 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 support performance and quality-of-service SLAs
- To meet availability and uptime SLAs

The key features and functionalities of A10 Networks that the XPAND Corporation uses:

Owns the following A10 products:
- Thunder ADC (Application Delivery and Load Balancing)
Uses the following in conjunction with A10 products:
- DNS servers
- IPv6 Migration / IPv4 Preservation
- Web servers / Web application servers
- ECommerce applications
- VMware
- Security applications or devices

XPAND Corporation achieved the following results with A10 Networks:

Achieved the following specific benefits by deploying and using A10 products:
- Increased network performance
- Improved application delivery performance
- Improved network security posture
- Supported regulatory compliance requirements
Replaced the following vendors/solutions with A10 products:
- Fortinet
- Array Networks
Realized a positive ROI within 18-24 months after using A10 products.
Estimates improvements in the following areas:
- Increased performance: 50% to 74%
- Lowered OpEx: 25% to 49%
- Lowered CapEx: 10% to 24%
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