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F5 Enters The Virtual ADC Market With LTM Virtual Edition

F5 Networks is dipping its toe into the virtual application delivery controller market with a free 90-day trial edition of their Local Traffic Manager, Virtual Edition (LTM VE).

February 24, 2010 - Network Computing

F5 announces free trial of new BIG-IP LTM virtual appliance

Seattle-based Application Delivery Networking vendor F5 Networks, Inc. has announced the availability of a free trial version of its new virtual appliance, the BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Virtual Edition (VE).

February 17, 2010 - EChannel

F5 Networks Brings Virtual Switches Under Control

As part of an effort to better manage the switching requirements of virtual servers, F5 Networks today is previewing a free trial of a virtual server implementation of its Application Delivery Controller (ADC) technology that will run on top of virtual machines from VMware.

February 16, 2010 - CTO Edge

1 billion teleworkers prompt F5 Networks rethink

Predicting that there will be 1 billion mobile workers by 2011, applications networking delivery company F5 Networks has launched a clutch of products targeted at allowing secure, fast and reliable remote access to corporate networks and information.

February 3, 2010 - iTWire.com

Streamline Your Storage With Virtualization

Combining Storage Systems Into Virtualized Appliances Makes For Easier Management

January 29, 2010 - Processor.com

F5 Reigns In Both Application Access And Remote Locations

Application delivery network vendor F5 has launched their new BIG-IP Edge Gateway appliance and their new Access Policy Manager module, as well as other upgrades as part of the 10.1 release of their BIG-IP software. Both products hope to highlight F5's focus on the network edge, not only managing control of web applications, but to optimize access to the data center no matter where that access originates.

January 26, 2010 - Network Computing

F5 adds SSL VPN to its BIG-IP

BIG-IP Edge Gateway handles SSL VPN as well as optimized application delivery

January 26, 2010 - Network World

F5 Intros BIG-IP Edge Gateway Solution to Offer Next Gen Remote Solution

Usually the enterprise IT personnel face a number of problems due to the massive growth of mobile and remote users, and the BIG-IP Edge Gateway effectively solves these challenges, company officials said.

January 25, 2010 - TMCnet

F5 Networks Moves to Consolidate Services

F5 Networks is driving more intelligence into the network with addition of new services for its BIG-IP Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and a new appliance that extends F5 Networks technology out the edge of the network.

January 25, 2010 - CTO Edge

F5 Formalizes NetApp Relationship

Revenues are up, but the application delivery networking vendor is looking to drive its file virtualization business by formalizing the existing but 'grass roots' relationship with NetApp and their mutual partners, customers and prospects.

January 22, 2010 - ChannelInsider

F5 Networks Financials Tell a Bigger Story

Strong performance says a lot of Internet data centers, web applications and the competition

January 22, 2010 - Network World

F5 Networks: Strong Financials, New Gateway

First, F5 Networks delivered strong Q1 financial results. Now, the company is preparing to announce the BIG-IP Edge Gateway. F5’s goal is to deliver "LAN-speed application performance for remote and mobile workers."

January 21, 2010 - The VAR Guy

F5 Rolling With The Cloud

F5 Networks CEO John McAdam is feeling good about his company's place in the market, based on the rise of cloud computing.

January 21, 2010 - Investors.com

F5 Networks adds ARX2000 Nehalem-based midrange file virtualization switch

December 7, 2009 - SearchStorage

Private cloud: Self-service IT at your command

December 7, 2009 - NetworkWorld

F5 Enhances BIG-IP for AAA Mobile Scalability

F5's solution helps service providers to protect services from unplanned outages and enables carriers to optimize traffic throughput on current AAA servers.

November 19, 2009 - Converge

F5 Highlights New Security Features In BIG-IP 10.1

Application Delivery Network vendor F5 has rolled out a number of security functionality features on their BIG-IP appliances.

November 18, 2009 - Network Computing

F5 bolsters BIG-IP security features

BIG-IP can protect against automated bots that scan for known vulnerabilities

November 17, 2009 - NetworkWorld

F5 tunes traffic switch for mobile network needs

New version of vendor's BIG-IP tries to cash in on operators' desires to manage mobile traffic explosion

November 16, 2009 - Telephony Online

Internet Infrastructure Company Seeds The 'Cloud,' Makes Rain

By directing and balancing Web traffic, F5's software and hardware products help applications run faster and smoother even as data centers move further away from end users.

November 13, 2009 - Investors.com

One-Upping Cisco

F5 Networks makes appliances that smartly direct Internet traffic. And it's beating Cisco.

October 29, 2009 - Forbes.com

The Twenty Companies Wall St. Can Trust The Most

The list represents companies that have practices which should be emulated by every public company that wishes to serve the needs of its shareholders by presenting accurate financial data and providing conservative management of shareholder's investments.

October 26, 2009 - 24/7 Wall St.

The Cloud and the Network Infrastructure

The transition away from physical resources to both virtual and cloud architectures brings with it a host of challenges.

October 26, 2009 - ITBusinessEdge.com

F5 Networks to unify access management for web applications

To centralise web application authentication and authorisation services

October 6, 2009 - Computer Business Review

F5 Builds OAM Links Into BIG-IP

Application Delivery Network vendor F5 has announced plans to incorporate a front-end proxy for Oracle Access Manager within its BIG-IP family.

October 6, 2009 - Network Computing

F5 clobbers Cisco in application delivery controller market share

The report revealed that F5's application delivery controller revenue share increased while Cisco's decreased in 2Q09, giving F5 the clear lead two quarters in a row with F5 capturing 38% of the application delivery controller market, while Cisco only has a 26% ADC market share.

September 3, 2009 - NetworkWorld

2 In 3 IT Managers Have Cloud Funding

Survey finds cloud computing becoming deeply entrenched in enterprise IT organizations.

August 25, 2009 - Information Week

Enterprises Embracing Cloud Computing, F5 Survey Says

Key drivers for both public and private clouds were IT efficiency, reducing capital costs, easing staff issues and agility.

August 24, 2009 - eWeek

Cloud adoption draw F5's attention

F5 updates BIG-IP gear, studies cloud computing plans

August 24, 2009 - NetworkWorld

Realizing Data Center Efficiency with Virtualization and Dynamic Infrastructure

The combination of a dynamic infrastructure with virtualization technologies provide significant benefits in terms of IT and server efficiency in the data center.

August 28, 2009 - Virtual Strategy Magazine

Putting the Cloud Before the Horse

If the processes you follow for provisioning and de-provisioning of resources (applications) aren't automated then you really haven't built a cloud, you've likely just virtualized your architecture.

August 16, 2009 - Cloud Computing Journal

Coding In the Cloud

The tricky part of developing for the cloud, whether private or public, is the introduction of load balancing or application delivery into the equation.

August 14, 2009 - Dr. Dobb's

F5 Opens Up New Worldwide Channel Role

Dean Darwin, Channel Insider, said that his promotion to vice president of worldwide channel sales was a direct result of recent company success springing from his brainchild program for North American, F5 Lightning.

August 10, 2009 - ChannelInsider

F5 platform takes a la carte approach to application delivery

F5 Networks has promoted its North American channel chief, making him vice president of worldwide channel sales.

August 4, 2009 - ChannelWeb

F5 platform takes a la carte approach to application delivery

The new system supports multiple software modules on a single device at a lower price point than previous models and customers can add functionality as their deployment requirements grow.

August 4, 2009 - Network World

F5 Bridges The Gap With BIG-IP 3900 Platform

The BIG-IP 3900 is the first 1U appliance from F5 Networks capable of loading multiple software modules, enabling the 3900 to run a combination of local, global, and web traffic management.

August 4, 2009 - Byte and Switch

F5 Networks launches new BIG-IP hardware platform

The new platform unifies traffic management and web application firewall security

August 3, 2009 - Computer Business Review

Increasing ARPU by Scaling Mobile Data Services

By combining the mobile internet capabilities of intelligent traffic control and smart optimization with robust application delivery networking capabilities, MNOs can effectively scale the capacity of their networks to keep up with increasing consumer demand.

July 30, 2009 - Converge

F5 Highlights BIG-IP Integration With vSphere

F5 Networks unveiled a series of deployment guides focused on integration of its BIG-IP products and VMware's vSphere 4 and vCenter Server solutions.

July 1, 2009 - Byte and Switch

Web Application Firewall Implementation Strategies

With the advent of cloud computing and 'as a service' offerings, a way to deliver consistent, on-demand, precise application vulnerability information with point-and-click remediation is finally within reach.

July 1, 2009 - Information Systems Security

Tiered storage, data reduction technologies manage capacity growth for companies as IT budgets shrink

Clackamas County tiers storage using F5 ARX switch and Data Domain devices to manage capacity growth.

June 18, 2009 - SearchStorage

How to Optimize Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Deployments with F5 BIG-IP

Solutions from F5 help organizations prepare their network and storage infrastructures for the increased load introduced by a virtual desktop infrastructure.

June, 2009 - Dell

F5 Management Pack For Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

F5's Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 is a plug-in that lets users monitor resources and maintain optimal performance through insight into changing infrastructure.

June 5, 2009 - Processor.com

How to Implement a Reputation-Based, Network Edge eMail Security System

American Internet Services, which provides data center and co-location services, manages more than 14,000 unique email boxes for our customers and our own internal email, using 11 email servers.

June 2, 2009 - CIO.com

F5 CEO: Application delivery and optimization need network flexibility

F5 CEO John McAdam touts the need for network flexibility and the ability to make changes on the fly to enable dynamic application delivery and optimization.

May 22, 2009 - SearchEnterpriseWAN.com

PacificSource Taps File Virtualization to Migrate Files

PacificSource Health Plans implements F5 Networks' file virtualization appliance to enable non-disruptive file migration and improve network availability.

May 15, 2009 - Finance Tech

F5 Strikes With 'Lightning' Partner Program

The goal of the new program is simple - reward partners for delivering greater value and boost their profitability in a struggling economy.

May 12, 2009 - ChannelWeb

F5 moves to three-tier deal registration program

Application delivery vendor F5 Networks has launched a new channel program, a key component of which will offer a three-tiered deal registration program that will reward partners for adding value to deals rather than just doing fulfillment.

May 6, 2009 - EChannel

The network is the service

He says one of the capabilities of F5's BIG-IP technology that sold him was the ability to offload SSL traffic without diminishing overall performance.

April 27, 2009 - ComputerWorld

Best Web Application Security

Winner: F5 Networks for BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM)

April 22, 2009 - SC Magazine

5 Steps to Building a Cloud Computing Infrastructure

Word on the street, and in the trade press and blogs and analyst reports, is most CIOs are not rushing to outsource applications to cloud providers.

April 21, 2009 - Data Center Journal

F5 upgrade speeds, secures application delivery

F5 is enabling machine-to-machine communications among its Big-IP acceleration devices to secure and speed links among corporate offices.

April 9, 2009 - Network World

F5 tackles virtualization with application delivery platform BIG-IP v10

In an effort to support virtualization and cloud computing, F5 Networks is consolidating multiple application delivery networking services onto a single device.

April 8, 2009 - SearchNetworking

Updated BIG-IP Helps Align IT with Business, Cut Application Delivery Costs

Version 10 of the integrated solution enables a more dynamic infrastructure, reducing costs and enhancing workforce efficiency

April 8, 2009 - Enterprise Systems

Calculating the Benefits of File Virtualization

IT often reacts to data growth by adding more storage devices. There's a better way.

April 4, 2009 - Enterprise Systems

F5 upgrade pushes multiple services into one box

F5 Networks has released a new version of its BIG-IP software, in order to bring application security, optimization and acceleration onto a single device.

April 1, 2009 - ComputerWorld

F5 unifies application, security and network control services

F5 Networks Inc has filled out its BIG-IP application delivery controller with new features that collapse different load balancing, security and acceleration services onto a single system.

March 30, 2009 - Computer Business Review

Overcoming 7 Key Challenges to Virtualization: How Dell- and F5-Based IT Infrastructures Smooth the Way

F5 BIG-IP application delivery networking systems and F5 ARX Series intelligent file virtualization devices work with Dell server and storage platforms to help organizations cost-effectively prepare to meet the demands of virtualization.

March, 2009 - Dell

Msnbc.com Aces Election Coverage, Supports Unprecedented Site Traffic with Ease

Msnbc.com relies on products from F5 to ensure that we remain at the top of the online news world. The F5 devices are a critical component of this network, enabling us to provide 100 percent site availability on election night, and superior performance every day of the year.

March 12, 2009 - CIO.com

The Role of the Network in New Virtualization and Cloud Computing Initiatives

For the enterprise, dynamic infrastructure promises to make the network strategic yet again. Networking pros and IT execs can focus on policy versus simply trying to preserve availability while keeping up with even more moves, adds and changes.

February 20, 2009 - Virtualization Journal

F5 acquires Attune technology

Application acceleration and file virtualization vendor F5 Networks has taken advantage of tight times by gobbling up the intellectual property of the now-defunct NAS and file virtualization company Attune Systems.

February 13, 2009 - InfoStor

F5 picks up pieces of file virtualization player Attune

F5 Networks Inc. quietly scooped up the intellectual property of privately held file virtualization rival Attune Networks last month, F5 executives told SearchStorage.com.

February 6, 2009 - SearchStorage

Endpoint security: From chaos to clarity

One of the greatest challenges organizations face in maintaining security is managing security gear from all the many different security and network equipment providers.

February 5, 2009 - SC Magazine

F5 Pitches In With BIG-IP ADC to Join HP ProCurve ONE

BIG-IP ADC and HP ProCurve ONE deliver platform virtualization in which simulated computer environments are created and thus effectively hide the computing and physical intricacies of the actual platform.

January 30, 2009 - TMCnet

Integration: The Key to the Cloud

A virtualized infrastructure is critical to cloud computing. In order to deploy applications remotely and in the cloud, portions of the internal customer infrastructure first need to be virtualized.

January 29, 2009 - Virtual Strategy Magazine

F5 Networks: Charging Ahead

The Seattle-based company vies for clients in a part of the networking market called application delivery -- making F5's machines effectively the front door to the data center.

January 29, 2009 - Forbes

Turbo Techs: 25 Hottest Tech Stocks

Our annual list of the 25 fastest-growing tech companies.

January 22, 2009 - Forbes

Vulturine Vendors Circle Over Nortel Partners, Customers

January 21, 2009 - ChannelWeb

State Street Puts Agility in The Fast Lane

This global financial services provider uses virtualization, a service-oriented architecture and a zero-footprint IT model to react quickly to changing conditions.

January 8, 2009 - Baseline Magazine