Array Networks Honored as Winner in the Annual 2013 CEO World Awards CEOs of the Year Category

Online, December 18, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Array Networks Inc., a global leader in application delivery networking, today announces Michael Zhao has received a prestigious CEO World Award in the CEO of the year category. The coveted annual CEO World Awards program encompasses the world's best in leadership, innovation, organizational performance from every major industry in the world.

Since 2003, Michael Zhao has held the role of president and CEO of Array Networks, a leading provider of high-performance application delivery controllers. Michael is responsible for Array Networks' overall business strategy, including product marketing, product development, sales, production, customer support, and other business related operations. More than 2,000 worldwide customers including enterprises, service providers, government and vertical organizations in healthcare, finance, insurance and education rely on Array to help cost-effectively scale the performance, availability and security of applications and data in dynamic network, cloud and mobile environments.

Array Networks' application delivery controllers, WAN optimization controllers and secure access gateways provide the tools essential to maintaining a seamless end-user experience while simultaneously preventing attacks and data leakage. Unlike vendors that overcharge or under deliver, Array offers true value to customers through a superior combination of feature-rich products, a ten-year record of proven reliability, industry-leading price and performance and an unmatched reputation for customer service and support.

More than 30 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world and over 200 CEOs were nominated. Their average scores determined the 2013 CEO World Award winners.

"It's an honor to be named a winner by CEO World Awards for this esteemed industry, peer and world recognition," said Michael Zhao, President and CEO of Array Networks. "This award is due in large part to the commitment of the Array team to delivering high performance application delivery networking technologies with unmatched value to businesses around the world."

About the CEO World Awards
CEO World Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring CEOs and Companies of all types and sizes in North America, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin-America. The Annual CEO World Awards is part of the SVUS Awards recognition program from Silicon Valley in the United States of America which also includes Consumer World Awards, Customer Sales and Service World Awards, Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards, Globee Fastest Growing Private Companies, Info Security's Global Excellence Awards, Network Products Guide's Hot Companies and Best Products Awards, Pillar Employee Recognition World Awards, PR World Awards, and Women World Awards. Learn more about The CEO World Awards at www.ceoworldawards.com

About Array Networks
Array Networks is a global leader in application delivery networking with over 5000 worldwide customer deployments. Powered by award-winning SpeedCore™ software, Array application delivery, WAN optimization and secure access solutions are recognized by leading enterprise, service provider and public sector organizations for unmatched performance and total value of ownership. Array is headquartered in Silicon Valley, is backed by over 300 employees worldwide and is a profitable company with strong investors, management and revenue growth. Poised to capitalize on explosive growth in the areas of mobile and cloud computing, analysts and thought leaders including Deloitte, IDC and Frost & Sullivan have recognized Array Networks for its technical innovation, operational excellence and market opportunity. www.arraynetworks.com