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	F5 recognized in CRN's 5-Star Partner Program The 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes the elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors that give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs.
	F5 Wins Employee Voice Award F5 receives a 2013 Employee Voice Award from Quantum Workplace for outstanding work in employee engagement.
	Jeff Christianson Wins Executive Excellence Award Jeff Christianson wins Corporate Counsel of the Year in Seattle Business magazine’s 2013 Executive Excellence Awards.
	F5 Receives 5 Stars from SC Magazine SC Magazine gives F5 Networks BIG-IP Application Security Manager a 5-star overall rating.
	TechTarget China Awards F5 for Best WAN Optimization F5 Big-IP 4200v hardware platforms received the “Best WAN Optimization Products in 2012” award from TechTarget China.
	Karl Triebes ranked as a top CTO for 2012 (#41) There are over 15,000 CTOs in the United States. Only the very best are awarded the distinction of being a part of ExecRank’s “Top CTO Rankings” for 2012.
	John Matthews: Winner - Best CIO of a public company Best CIO of a Public Company winner John Matthews is CIO and vice president of IT for F5 Networks Inc.
	The Top 25 Innovators Of 2012 14. John McAdam, CEO F5 Networks. In more than a decade as F5 Networks' CEO, McAdam has driven the company as it surpassed $1 billion in revenue in 2011 and has led F5 to increase its core application delivery controller market share to almost 50 percent. With Cisco exiting the application delivery networking space, F5 expanded its trade-in program in October.
	F5 Networks Named Application Delivery Controller Vendor of the Year in Asia Pacific for the Second Consecutive Year Industry honor highlights F5’s technology leadership and vision of adaptable architecture.
	F5 Networks Receives Best in Network Traffic Monitoring & Management Award F5’s vision of the dynamic data center and technology leadership in Application Delivery Networking are spotlighted.
	BIG-IP 4200v application delivery controller platform named Product of the Week October 22 The Network World roundup of intriguing new products.
	John McAdam wins Silver in the Executive of the Year category The complete list of Best in Biz Awards 2012 winners was announced on November 14, 2012.
	F5 won 1st place in Best Place to Work category F5 wins 1st place for the third year in a row.
	Community Choice Awards - Bronze for Best Hardware: Appliance (BIG-IP Product Suite) The polls have closed! Here are your—and our—favorite products of the year.
	Community Choice Awards - Gold for Best Hardware: Network - Editor's Choice (LTM) With its application-centric perspective, BIG-IP LTM optimizes your network infrastructure to deliver availability, security, and performance for critical business applications.
	Editor's Choice for Network Virtualization (BIG-IP LTM Virtual Edition) in the Reader's Choice Awards Virtualization Review is proud to present the winners of our 2012 Readers Choice Awards.
	Community Choice Awards - Gold for Best Hardware: Network - Editor's Choice (BIG-IP Product Family) F5 Networks' BIG-IP product family offers impressive load-balancing and application delivery functionality. It's a versatile, easy-to-deploy, high-performance juggernaut.
	John McAdam received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tech Impact Awards John McAdam has helped F5 survive the tech industry’s stormy weather, adapting from an appliance-based business to include virtual services, becoming a steady market leader that serves global enterprises like AT&T and 44 of the Fortune 50 companies.
	F5 named the 2nd largest software developer in the Puget Sound region, behind only Microsoft F5 Networks Inc. is the second-biggest software developer in the Puget Sound region, with $1.15 billion in gross revenue in 2011.
	F5 Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jeff Christianson Named Corporate Counsel of the Year 2012 Puget Sound Business Journal named Jeff Christianson winner in the 2012 Corporate Counsel of the Year Awards – Large Company category
	F5 Named Finalist in the SC Magazine Awards for Best IPsec/SSL VPN and Best Web Application Firewall SC Magazine highlighted BIG-IP Edge Gateway and BIG-IP Application Security Manager among the industry's top security solutions.
	VIPRION 4480 chassis and 4300 performance blade named Product of the Week April 9 Network World's roundup of new products for the week of April 9, 2012.
	F5 named a finalist in Light Reading's Leading Lights Awards The editors of Light Reading today are proud to present the finalists for the industry's leading awards program, the Leading Lights.
	John McAdam was selected as one of the 2011 Top 25 GeekWire Newsmakers of the Year John McAdam has led F5 Networks on one of the more impressive growth paths in the Seattle tech industry.
	F5 ranked # 53 on Fortune's Fastest Growing Companies list F5 Networks ranked # 53 in Fortune's Fastest-Growing Companies
	100 People You Don't Know But Should in 2012 Steve McChesney, VP, Channel Sales, Americas, was recognized by CRN in 100 People You Don't Know But Should in 2012
	Power 100 - The Most Powerful Women of the Channel Cindy Tregoning, Worldwide Channel Sales Programs Manager, is recognized in the CRN Power 100: The Most Powerful Women of the Channel for 2012.
	Top 10 Women In the Cloud—Lori MacVittie Lori MacVittie, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager, has been honored with the CloudNOW Top Ten Women in Cloud Award for her contributions, accomplishments, and thought leadership.
	F5's Dean Darwin and Steve McChesney Named CRN 2012 Channel Chiefs Channel Chiefs are recognized for their dedication to the partner community and their ability to drive channel sales growth while promoting the value of the channel in the industry.
	F5 awarded Network World Asia Excellence Award for Data Centre Application Delivery/Availability The awards are conferred based on votes from readers of Network World Asia magazine, and the Networks Asia, Security Asia and Storage Asia websites.
	F5 Wins King 5’s 2011 Evening Magazine Best of Western Washington Award F5 took first place in the Best Place to Work category, making this the fourth year to place in this award category.
	F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway Named Gold Winner in 2011 Readers' Choice Awards from Information Security and SearchSecurity.com BIG-IP Edge Gateway received high marks for end-user transparency, authentication support, and ease of use.
	F5 Networks Named Finalist in "Best Workplace" Award from Puget Sound Business Journal Award recognizes companies based on employee benefits, leadership culture, and work/life balance philosophies.
	F5 Wins Stevie^® Award at 9th Annual American Business Awards^SM F5's marketing and advertising campaigns garner industry recognition.
	F5 Receives "Best of Show" Recognition at Interop Tokyo 2011 F5's VIPRION 2400 and BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager products honored at prestigious conference.
	F5 Recognized as One of Washington's Top Companies Seattle Business Magazine names F5 among its 100 Best Companies to Work For.
	F5 Receives Asia Pacific ADC Vendor Award from Frost & Sullivan Award recognizes F5's ability to provide solutions for building agile application delivery infrastructures.
	F5 Networks Named Finalist in Microsoft Best of Tech-Ed 2011 Awards BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager honored in "Networking" category for awards program highlighting innovative industry solutions.
	F5 Wins Global Technology Innovator Award at VMware Partner Exchange 2011 VMware recognized F5 for integration efforts focused on virtualization and cloud deployments.
	F5 Receives CRN's 2011 Partner Programs Award F5 named in CRN's 2011 Partner Programs Guide and Receives Five Star award
	F5 Wins All Six Qualifying Categories with the 2010 NWjobs.com People's Picks F5 took top honors once again, winning six categories including Favorite Technology Company and Favorite Seattle-Area Company.
	F5 Named Finalist in the SC Magazine Awards for Best IPsec/SSL VPN and Best Web Application Firewall SC Magazine highlighted BIG-IP Edge Gateway and BIG-IP Application Security Manager among the industry’s top security solution.
	F5 Wins KING 5's 2010 Evening Magazine the Best of Western Washington Award F5 took first place in the Best Place to Work category, making this the third year to place in this award group.
	F5 Named 2010 Silver 'Rising Star' by GTDC The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) honored F5 Networks among 11 others, with its prestigious 'Rising Star' award in recognition of outstanding sales growth through U.S. IT distributors at the 2010 GTDC Summit.
	F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager Honored by China's IT Community Award hails BIG-IP ASM as the most recommended security product in 2010.
	F5 Networks Wins “Best Workplace” Award from Puget Sound Business Journal Award recognizes outstanding employee benefits, great corporate culture, and overall employee satisfaction.
	BIG-IP Application Security Manager Wins 2010 SC Magazine Reader Trust Award Security professionals commend F5's Web Application Firewall as the Best Web Application Security Solution
	F5 Again Ranked "Outstanding" in Best Companies Workplace Engagement Survey Nationwide survey lists F5 as one of the UK's premier employers.
	F5’s BIG-IP Solution Named Product of the Year by Internet Telephony Magazine BIG-IP v10.1 recognized for innovation in combining powerful application delivery services in a unified solution
	F5 Networks Named Finalist in 2010 SC Magazine Awards Program F5's FirePass SSL VPN and BIG-IP Application Security Manager hailed as premier solutions in Reader Trust competition, honoring best-in-class security products and services.
	F5's BIG-IP Solution Captures 2009 Windows IT Pro Award F5 selected as an 'Editor's Best' in the Best Security Product category.
	F5 Wins 'Favorite Technology Company' and 'Most Unusual Perks' in NWjobs' Annual Workplace Awards Jobs listing service for the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer again highlights F5.
	KING 5's Evening Magazine Recognizes F5 with Best of Western Washington Award F5 Networks claims second in the Best Place to Work category.
	F5 Ranked Among the Fastest Growing Technology Companies in North America Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 award winners were selected based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth during the previous five-year period.
	F5 Honored At Middle East Innovation Awards BIG-IP product portfolio impresses judges with its application delivery capabilities.
	F5 Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to China's IT Advancement in 2009 Award based on independent evaluation by the China Federation of IT Promotion and votes from the readers of China Information World.
	BIG-IP Application Security Manager Wins 2009 Readers' Choice Award from Information Security and SearchSecurity.com F5's web application firewall receives high marks for its security capabilities and ROI.
	F5 Honored in 2009 InformationWeek 500 Leading publication again ranks F5 as a business technology leader.
	F5's BIG-IP LTM 8900 Application Delivery Controller Wins "People's Choice Award" at Interop Tokyo 2009 F5's BIG-IP solution enables customers to easily consolidate application acceleration, security, and optimization in a unified application delivery infrastructure.
	F5 Networks Named Application Networking Vendor of the Year in Asia Pacific by Frost & Sullivan F5's performance in APAC recognized by Frost & Sullivan for the second consecutive year.
	F5's VIPRION Application Delivery Controller Receives 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award F5's high-performance, scalable hardware platform recognized for outstanding innovation.
	BIG-IP Application Security Manager Wins 2009 SC Magazine Award for Best Web Application Security F5's web application firewall named best-in-class by SC Magazine readers.
	F5 Networks Named Finalist in 2009 SC Magazine Awards Program F5's FirePass^® SSL VPN and BIG-IP^® Application Security Manager^™ solutions recognized in prestigious Reader Trust competition, honoring best-in-class security products and services.
	F5 Rated As "Outstanding" in Best Companies Workplace Engagement Survey Nationwide survey ranks F5 as one of the UK's premier employers.
	F5 ARX System Named 2008 Green IT Product by China Center for Information Industry Development China's foremost government-linked IT authority honors ARX solutions for enabling companies to limit their environmental impact with virtualization.
	People's Picks Workplace Awards Single Out F5 Networks F5 Networks Tops Four Categories in NWjobs' Annual 'People's Picks' Awards.
	KING 5's Evening Magazine selects F5 for their 2008 Best of Western Washington contest F5 Networks earns second in the Best Place to Work category.
	VIPRION^® Application Delivery Controller Wins 2008 Internet Telephony Excellence Award VIPRION honored for delivering unmatched availability and scalability for next-generation networks and applications including VoIP/IP communications.
	F5's VIPRION^® Solution Wins "Best of Show" Award at Interop Tokyo 2008 The VIPRION Application Delivery Controller claims a "Best of Show" award in the "Network Infrastructure for Large Companies" category. Winners were selected from the products and services of the 300+ companies exhibiting at Interop Tokyo 2008.
	F5 Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the 'Application Delivery Controllers' 2008 Magic Quadrant Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.
	F5 Honored in InformationWeek 500 Leading Publication Identifies F5 as a Top Innovator in Business Technology.
	F5 ARX^® Named Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Award Finalist F5 recognized in Storage Virtualization category.
	Frost & Sullivan awards F5 Networks Application Networking Vendor of the Year in APAC F5 continues its dominant position in the application networking market with strong year-on-year growth.
	F5's BIG-IP^® Application Security Manager^™ Wins Readers' Choice Award from Information Security and SearchSecurity.com BIG-IP ASM received strong scores for its effectiveness in preventing known attacks and vulnerabilities, and for its vendor support and service.
	F5 BIG-IP^® LTM^™ Wins SearchNetworking.com's 2008 Product Leadership Award The 2008 Product Leadership Awards were selected by networking professionals themselves, based on their assessment of the products they currently deploy. BIG-IP LTM was praised by users for its ROI and load balancing capabilities.
	F5 Named VARBusiness' 2008 Partner Programs Guide Gold 5-Star Overall Winner F5 touted by CMP Channel's VARBusiness as one of North America's top IT vendors for its partner programs offered to solution providers.
	F5's FirePass^® SSL VPN Highlighted as Finalist for 2008 SC Magazine Awards FirePass recognized in Best IPsec/SSL VPN category.
	People's Picks Workplace Awards Single Out F5 Networks F5 Networks Tops Four Categories in NWjobs' Annual 'People's Picks' Awards.
	F5's Application Ready Network Wins Attendees' Pick Award at Microsoft's Tech-Ed Conference Recognition at prominent industry event underscores the value F5's application delivery platform provides to customers running Microsoft applications.
	F5 Cited as One of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Tech Companies F5 claims No. 9 position in Business 2.0 Magazine's list of fastest growing technology companies in the U.S. for 2006.
	F5 Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the 'Application Delivery Products' 2007 Magic Quadrant Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.
	F5 Networks Certified as Five-Star Vendor from CMP's VARBusiness Magazine F5's Advantage Partner Program commended by leading technology publication.
	F5 WebAccelerator^™ Wins at Techworld Awards 2007 Web Application Delivery Product Recognized by Prestigious IT Professional Website.
	F5's FirePass^® SSL VPN Named Finalist for SC Magazine Awards Product cited in Best IPsec/SSL VPN category of Reader Trust Awards.
	F5's BIG-IP^® SIP Load Balancing Solution Takes Internet Telephony's Product of the Year Award Premier VoIP/IP Telephony publication honors BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager's SIP solution.