FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

F5 Showcases the Value of Intelligent File Virtualization with Educational Whiteboard Conversations

New online resources effectively explain in five minutes or less how file virtualization and storage tiering help organizations cut costs and simplify data management

WHERE & WHERE: Informative whiteboard conversations are currently available at www.f5.com/whiteboards.

WHAT: With these brief but highly useful segments, F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) addresses the key storage challenges that are driving up overall storage costs for businesses of all sizes, and illustrates how file virtualization can resolve them. The five sessions are structured around the following topics:

• Simplify Data Management with Intelligent File Virtualization - How to simplify data management and enable IT flexibility to reduce storage costs
• Reduce Storage Costs through Automated Storage Tiering - How to reduce storage costs by 50% or more through storage tiering
• Optimizing Backups to Reduce Backup Windows and Costs - How to reduce backup costs, as well as backup and recovery times by 80% or more
• Maximize the Value of Existing Storage Assets - How to more efficiently utilize existing storage resources and defer new storage purchases
• Hassle-Free NAS Consolidation and Data Migration - How to perform consolidation and migration projects without disrupting users or applications, and reduce the time and resources required by up to 90%

WHY: Pressure on IT budgets is expected to increase in 2009. With the growing amount of data that organizations face, IT staff and CIO's alike are looking for new, innovative ways to bring one of their largest expenses under control.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. F5 provides solutions that make applications secure, fast, and available for everyone. By adding intelligence and manageability into the network to offload applications and optimize the data storage layer, F5 extends the power of intelligent networking to all levels of application delivery. F5's extensible architecture optimizes applications, delivers application reliability, and protects the application and network. Enterprise organizations, service providers and Web 2.0 content providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their applications running. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices worldwide. For more information, go to www.f5.com.

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