A10 Networks, the technology leader in Application Networking, announced a new upgrade program for Cisco's ACE server load balancer models in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). According to press articles, Cisco is scaling down ACE and shifting resources to different projects. Effective immediately, customers across all European regions can upgrade existing Cisco ACE models to A10's AX Series Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) and receive up to 15 per cent discount including free installation and migration services with a qualified trade in. The ACE trade-in program delivers the following benefits:
- Upgrade to a feature rich AX platform built on a highly scalable, new generation architecture
- A10's commitment to the ADC market with a clear vision, focused platform development and comprehensive roadmap
- Consolidation of existing ACE installations at extremely high ratios; e.g. 15:1 or more
- No licensing for hardware appliances, ensuring all features are readily available with no hidden fees or escalated ADC costs
- Deployments reliant on Cisco ACE Virtual Contexts to A10's AX Series multi-tenancy solutions with Application Delivery Partitions (ADPs) or SoftAX
- Performance to meet any requirement or peak load in compact and energy efficient 1-U or 2-U appliances
- Industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI) or advanced GUI for ease-of-use and quick staff ramp-up time, reducing retraining costs
As a part of the AX Series' advanced feature set, this trade-in program allows Cisco customers to take advantage of the most flexible and wide range of mature IPv6 and Virtualisation offerings in any ADC today. Registration is available until November 30th 2012 with guaranteed pricing valid until December 31st 2012.
"Our award winning AX Series platforms have rapidly become the ADC of choice for organisations of all sizes as enterprise customers look for a feature rich and highly scalable solution to solve complex application challenges," said Lee Chen, Founder and CEO of A10 Networks. "Our European customers can now benefit from our ACE trade-in program which is making it both easy and cost effective for customers to migrate to a solution that will increase performance and flexibility for business services while reducing total cost of ownership."
A10 has successfully replaced and upgraded many vendors’ solutions, and offers strong value to customers needing an alternative when their incumbent vendor leaves the market. With five years of Cisco ACE replacement experience, world-wide professional services, best in class support and the interactive forums of the Virtual Application Delivery Community (http://www.virtualadc.com), A10 can rapidly help organisations overcome issues caused by lack of features, support or performance.
