Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 7)

SM: With 100 customers what kind of revenue range are you looking at? LC: It is still small, but it is double-digit for 2008. It is growing very fast. We have only been selling for just over a year. Another thing to remember is that our sales cycle is long.

Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 6)

SM: What is the nature of the application delivery kernel? What kind of optimization can you gain? LC: We designed all of our own hardware, and we used mostly merchandised chipsets. Because of that, our hardware is very efficient. We are designed for very fast application layer processing and deep packet scanning.

Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 5)

SM: When you left Foundry in 2004, what was the purpose of your departure? LC: I stayed there for eight years, and I had never stayed anywhere that long. Once the company was well established, and I realized that I had worked in all of the various groups possible, I knew it was time for

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Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 4)

SM: Silicon Valley is full of personalities. Steve Jobs is the most iconic, but somehow we are a very individualistic culture. Some of the most successful entrepreneurs are highly idealistic. LC: Absolutely. They are driven and focused. They can set the march and others will follow and achieve their goals.

Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 3)

SM: What happened after Convergent? LC: I had my own company for a while, and then Bobby called me and I joined Centillion. There we built multi-service switches.

Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 2)

SM: What kind of startup did you join? LC: I went to a company that was competing with Novell. They built a local area network for storage. At the time PCs were still relatively expensive, so the idea was to allow PC users to share storage across the network.

Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 1)

Lee Chen is the CEO of A10 Networks, which he founded in 2004 with a focus on innovation, networking and security. He previously held senior positions at Apple, Convergent, and InSync. Additionally, he was a co-founder at Foundry Networks and Centillion Networks. He has a BS in Electrophysics from National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan and a M.S.E.E. from San

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