Data center acceleration refers to a handful of techniques, including load balancing and SSL acceleration, that collectively boost server performance within a data center.
F5 goes beyond the concept of data center acceleration with its more holistic vision of application delivery networking, through the TMOS™ operating system. F5 puts the complete range of technologies for making applications secure, fast, and available on a single, common platform. Often, F5 can consolidate these technologies on a single device.