Blog posts on 2016
Blog posts on 2016(86)
Sampling Requests with NGINX Conditional Logging
With NGINX conditional logging, you can log a subset of requests which have defined characteristics. This blog uses it to solve a real-world customer use case: the need to reject obsolete and insecure...
By Owen Garrett
The Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s In It for the Business?
A cloud-ready application delivery controller is not your traditional ADC. Available for deployment on custom or COTS hardware, it’s a scalable software-solution supporting both the need for fast, sec...
By Lori Mac VittieThe Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s in it for DevOps?
A cloud-ready application delivery controller (ADC) is not your traditional ADC. Available for deployment on custom or COTS hardware, it’s a scalable software-solution supporting both the need for fas...
By Lori Mac VittieThe Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s in it for NetOps?
A cloud-ready application delivery controller (ADC) is not your traditional ADC. Available for deployment on custom or COTS hardware, it’s a scalable software-solution supporting both the need for fas...
By Lori Mac VittieThe Cloud-Ready ADC
A cloud-ready application delivery controller (ADC) is not your traditional ADC. Available for deployment on custom or COTS hardware, it’s a scalable software-solution supporting both the need for fas...
By Lori Mac Vittie
NGINX and NGINX Plus Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes Load Balancing
Use the Ingress controllers for NGINX and NGINX Plus to integrate their sophisticated features into the built-in Kubernetes load-balancing framework.
By Michael PleshakovPublic cloud stacks in AWS embracing emerging technologies
Public cloud stacks in AWS: Embracing emerging technologies. Read the F5 blog to discover how to leverage native cloud services while maintaining security.
By Lori Mac VittiePrivacy Matters
Read F5's blog on why privacy matters in the digital age. Discover actionable insights and strategies to secure customer data and maintain enterprise trust.
By Lori Mac VittieWhen Things Attack, Turn to Cloud
Cyber. Things. Security. DDoS. These are digital disruptions; the modern equivalent of enemies at the gate.
By Lori Mac VittieBlackNurse and Denial of Cloudy Business Attacks
BlackNurse and Denial of Cloudy Business. Read the F5 blog for a technical analysis of ICMP-based DDoS attacks and how to protect your cloud infrastructure.
By Lori Mac VittieDevOps for NetOps is about Scale
And scale leads to speed. And speed leads to success. Suppose one engineer can process a change request in two hours. Suppose another engineer can process that change request in 1.5 hours. If they wo...
By Lori Mac VittieMaking Sense of the Last Month of DDoS Attacks
Making sense of the last month of DDoS attacks. Read the F5 blog for a deep dive into recent volumetric threats, attack vectors, and mitigation strategies.
By F5
Compiling Third-Party Dynamic Modules for NGINX and NGINX Plus
Compile dynamic modules in NGINX Plus R11 and later to take advantage of the broad range of additional functionality contributed by NGINX community members.
By Owen GarrettLift and Shift with Confidence
Lift & shift to the cloud with confidence. Read the F5 blog to learn strategies for migrating legacy applications while maintaining robust enterprise security.
By Lori Mac VittieRigidity of the Org, not Hardware, is Holding up App Deployments
Why organization culture slows down deployments. Read the F5 blog to discover how bridging the NetOps-DevOps divide accelerates cloud innovation.
By Lori Mac VittieGet Off of My Cloud!
The latest from F5's Jay Kelley includes a list of considerations when deploying a new identity and access solution for Microsoft Office 365.
By Jay KelleyYou want big data? You can’t handle big data…
Current infrastructure cannot handle the projected explosion of data, connections, and traffic as the world moves into the digital economy. We talk about the digital economy but we don’t often dive in...
By Lori Mac VittieAre Mobile Operators Ready for the Connected Car?
New in-vehicle services and content consumption will greatly contribute to the need for wireless bandwidth and mobile network capacity.
By F5Colo Cloud: The Best of Both Worlds
Cloud, compliance, and certifications. It's a complex world out there.
By Lori Mac VittieDon’t Sacrifice Services for Speed
No, not that kind of speed. The other kind of speed. Velocity, the speed with which applications can be developed and released into production, is a common driver of organizations adopting agile deve...
By Lori Mac VittieAn Office in the Clouds
A look at one of the most popular business productivity software suites ever, the keys to its longevity, and some of its challenges.
By Jay KelleyStop. Just Stop. HTTPS is not faster than HTTP.
Stop, just stop. HTTPS is not faster than HTTP. Read the F5 blog to understand the nuances of protocol performance & how to properly optimize encrypted traffic.
By Lori Mac VittieF5 joins Docker Partner Program to Secure, Scale, and Speed up Containerized Apps
To say that Docker’s container technology is experiencing explosive growth and adoption is not mere hyperbole or wishful thinking on the part of its highly vocal advocates. Nary a day goes by that doe...
By Lori Mac Vittie
IP Transparency and Direct Server Return with NGINX and NGINX Plus as Transparent Proxy
Improve TCP and UDP performance by configuring NGINX and NGINX Plus as a transparent proxy for IP Transparency and Direct Server Return.
By Owen GarrettThe Answer to IT’s Kobayashi Maru: Private Cloud
The answer to IT's Kobayashi Maru: Private Cloud. Read the F5 blog to discover how on-premises agility solves the impossible balance of security and speed.
By Lori Mac VittieFinancial Malware and its Tricks: Mobile Malware
Mobile devices are rapidly becoming the instrument of choice for digital users, impacting the financial sector as well. The new generation needs banking to be mobile-friendly, while also overcoming se...
By Shahnawaz BackerFor Lift and Shift to the Cloud Success Focus on Architecture
There has emerged two distinct models of “going cloud.” The first, most obvious, is the native approach. Native meaning new, either greenfield or rewritten. The native approach encourages a narrow foc...
By Lori Mac Vittie3 Things the Network Must Provide for IoT
"The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to be a topic of interest. And while consumer oriented gadgets and gizmos tend to make headlines, it’s the behind the scenes, in the data center prep work being...
By Lori Mac VittieAre you defending apps, or protecting them?
Technology tends to use a lot of words interchangeably, but in some cases, the difference is actually pretty profound.
By Lori Mac VittieThe New AAA: APIs, Authentication, and Availability
You might have figured out that yes, I’m one of those people playing Pokémon Go. Or, as is often the case of late, not playing Pokémon Go. That’s bad, because it also means our youngest is not playing...
By Lori Mac Vittie