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Bell Microproducts Selects Array Networks' SPX SSL VPN Appliance for Secure Remote Access

Posted on: Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 15:00 CST

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Array Networks, a leading provider of secure application deployment appliances for Global 2000 companies, today announced that Bell Microproducts (NASDAQ:BELM), San Jose, has selected Array Networks' SPX series SSL VPN solution to provide secure remote access for the company's mobile workers. In selecting Array Networks, Bell Microproducts has made a transition from an Array Networks Business Partner to an Array customer.

Bell Microproducts will use the Array Networks SP platform to meet its requirements for an SSL VPN appliance that offered a combination of high performance, high security, ease of use, and scalability. The decision to use Array Networks stems largely from Bell Microproducts successful track record in selling Array products to its customers.

One of the world's largest, most experienced providers of computer storage products to VARs, OEMs, Integrators and System Builders, Bell Microproducts has been tuned into the needs of System Builders long before it was an acknowledged channel. From hard disk drives to DVD ROM drives, mother boards to processors, displays to software, Bell Microproducts offers a complete one-stop-shop solution of only the best value System Builder products available, including enterprise VPN products from Array Networks.

"We're pleased to offer Array's SPX products for our own customers, so it wasn't a difficult decision to make as to what solution we would choose to implement our own SSL VPN appliance," said Bob Sturgeon, vice president of operations and IT for Bell Microproducts. "We're pleased with the performance and the scalability of the SPX series. We've always touted Array's customer services as among the best on the industry and now that we're a customer ourselves, we are getting first-hand experience in the value-add that being an Array customer offers us."

"We're pleased to have been selected by Bell Microproducts as their SSL VPN vendor of choice," said Michael Zhao, CEO and president of Array Networks. "Since they are both a customer and a partner, their experience with our product and their feedback is providing us with a unique perspective on optimizing our product development efforts and enhancing both our customer services and partner marketing efforts."

The Enterprise VPN Leader

Array Networks is the recognized leader in the fast-growing Enterprise VPN market. The Array Networks SP and SPX families of SSL-based appliances help enterprise-class organizations incorporate SSL into an enterprise ready architecture. Array Networks offers secure SSL VPN solutions that provide an enhancing end-user experience.

The Array SPX Series provides enterprise-class SSL VPNs with a highly secure, high-performance solution for global access both inside and outside the company, without exposing your business-critical resources to attack. The platform features a simplified integrated approach that incorporates a suite of network security and Web optimization applications, including SSL VPN, identity management, application layer firewall, and Web traffic management as well as support for non-Web applications.

About Bell Microproducts

Bell Microproducts is an international, value-added provider of a wide range of high-technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial markets. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, fiber channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems and back-up products. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors.

The company's products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully-integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9001:2000 Certified facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 150 brand name product lines, including Array Networks, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe.

About Array Networks

Array Networks is a world leader in secure application acceleration and deployment appliances for global enterprises. Built upon the Array SpeedStack(TM) technology, Array's unified secure content access solutions enable industry-leading performance, integration, scalability and ease of implementation and management. With headquarters in Campbell and sales offices in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Array engineers and manufactures its products in the Silicon Valley and sells them through direct and indirect channels across the globe. For more information, visit www.arraynetworks.net or call 408-378-6800.

Note to Editors: Array Networks and Array SP are trademarks of Array Networks. All product and company names are trademarks of their respective organizations.

Source: Business Wire

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