Array’s Secure Application Delivery architecture helps enterprises avoid the pitfalls of static, piece-meal application deployment including cost, complexity, safety and under-performance. In contrast, Array provides a holistic approach to deploying applications that provides a framework for supporting the broadest possible range of resources while providing superior security, performance, mobilization and TCO. Moreover, Array’s secure application delivery architecture is unobtrusive by design, enabling more applications than ever to be extended safely to users without changes to existing bandwidth or data center architectures.
Your Apps: Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Enterprises depend on applications to streamline their business and increase productivity. And for many businesses, applications form the core of their services and product offerings. One thing is certain, in order to drive profits and productivity, applications have to perform – and, as direct customer experience has shown, performance is directly attributable to proper execution and synergy across three essential deployment axis: delivery, security and access.
Security: A New Perimeter for Business-Critical Resources
Universal Access Control With the explosion in mobility and increasing threats from within, traditional firewalls serve only as a first line of defense. A new security perimeter must be drawn around critical resources, one that holds all users to the same standard, whether internal, external, employee or third-party. SPX Series Universal Access Controllers are at the heart of Array's secure application delivery architecture, providing the unified enforcement point that either separates or connects users and applications.
A reverse proxy architecture eliminates direct connections between users and applications, requiring both user and device identity to be established prior to session initiation. Once identity is established, Universal Access Controllers meter access through the new perimeter with application-level granularity – providing complete control over resources allocated to a given user or group. Integrated firewall and end-point security capabilities round out the new perimeter defenses, guarding the data center against malicious attack and potential data leakage. <more>
Certificate Authority Array NetCert Certificate Authority provides full life cycle management of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) digital certificates that reduces the costs of providing secure, transparent access for employees, vendors, and customers. Array NetCert Certificate Authority System is a proven solution for issuing, distributing, suspending and revoking digital certificates complete control of user access to applications.
Access: Driving End-User Productivity Anywhere, Anytime
Remote Access VPN Traditional VPNs – managed devices with pre-installed VPN clients – don't cut it in today's increasingly mobile world. Workers need to be able to securely access productivity-enhancing resources from any browser enable device, managed or unmanaged. With Array AccessDirect SSL VPN, mobile and offsite users need only a common Web browser to quickly and securely access emails, files, Intranets and applications. SSL VPN requires no pre-installed clients or changes to the network and fully eliminates firewall, NAT traversal and compatibility issues associated with legacy VPNs. <more>
Site-to-Site VPN Collaboration between enterprises and third parties such partners, vendors and suppliers is on the rise – and legacy VPNs designed for branch connectivity are struggling to keep up. Organizations are asking whether they want to deliver the network or the application to the remote site; in many instances, the answer is the application. Array SiteDirect site-to-site SSL VPN provides network-level connectivity common to branch office deployments, but goes beyond to publish specific applications to remote sites on a white-list basis – limiting network exposure for third-party access scenarios. <more>
Network Admission Control Too often, IT professionals assume that campus users are implicitly trustworthy and that external threats are fully mitigated by the perimeter firewall; unfortunately, these assumptions don't hold true. With the explosion in wireless networks and security breaches stemming from within, secure internal access is as important as secure remote access.
Array NetProtect and WiFiProtect utilize captive portals, integrated DHCP and DNS servers and substitute Windows logins to ensure all fixed and wireless campus users are funneled through Universal Access Controllers and screened at the new perimeter. In conjunction with AccessDirect and SiteDirect, Array network admission control solutions ensure users are subject to consistent security standards and access policies regardless of how or where they log in.
Delivery: Maximise Performance and ROI for All Applications
Web Applications Today's Web applications place extreme demands on both servers and available bandwidth – directly impacting the end-user experience and IT budget; what's more, security considerations for Web applications far exceed those of traditional client-server deployments. Array TMX Series Load Balancers and APV Series Application Delivery Controllers address these unique requirements, accelerating both server infrastructure and application performance while providing enhanced security and availability. Local and global load balancing, content switching, SSL acceleration, caching, TCP connection pooling, compression and an integrated firewall ensure applications and servers run in their power band with the security and availability required to support business critical processes.
Windows Desktops To date, enterprises have had little choice but to rely on managed services for providing remote access to office desktops; the downside is perpetual fees, connections into and out of the enterprise network beyond IT's control and yet another slice of disparate access infrastructure for staff to keep their eyes on. Array DesktopDirect is the world's first appliance-based remote desktop access solution – trading perpetual fees for perpetual licenses and bringing desktop access under enterprise control on a unified platform at the core of Array's end-to-end secure application delivery architecture. <more>
Talk to Lan 1 about Array Networks
Today, applications are the life's blood of enterprise organizations – a trend that will escalate in the years ahead with increasing momentum towards mobility and data center consolidation. Now is the time to adopt a formal approach to application delivery, one that provides your organization with a framework that scales on every front from security, mobility and performance to cost, capacity and manageability.
Contact Lan 1 to learn more about enterprise secure application delivery and how a holistic approach to application infrastructure can maximize productivity for your organization.
