Case Study: Hawkins achieves cost-effective high availability and improved application performance with A10 Networks' AX 2000 load balancers

Hawkins - Customer Case Study

Hawkins is a Midwest chemical formulator, manufacturer and distributor that supplies more than 500 industrial and 600 laboratory chemicals to municipalities and businesses. With roughly 265–300 employees across a headquarters and 18 facilities, the company depends on JD Edwards ERP and Windows Terminal Services for daily operations, so growth and critical application performance made robust load balancing and an HA pair for redundancy a top priority.

Hawkins replaced its incumbent load balancer with an A10 AX 2000 HA pair, chosen for competitive pricing, modern multi‑core architecture, superior support and an intuitive GUI/CLI. The AX 2000s delivered more even session distribution, improved application performance during peak periods, flawless operation of ERP and terminal services, and room for future growth while providing a strong price/performance advantage.

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Paul Veeneman

Chief Technology Engineer, Hawkins