2025 blog posts

The influence of inference: APIs, DPUs, and context chaos

F5 NGINX Gateway Fabric is a certified solution for Red Hat OpenShift

F5 collaborates with Red Hat to deliver a solution that combines the high-performance app delivery of F5 NGINX with Red Hat OpenShift’s enterprise Kubernetes capabilities.

Secure and optimize your AI journey with F5 and Google Cloud

Discover how F5 can help optimize your Google Cloud performance, enhance security, and increase cost-efficiency for AI initiatives.

AI-aware traffic management with F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes

Learn how BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes 2.1 on NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs delivers intelligent load balancing and programmability for fast, reliable, optimized AI.

F5 acquires MantisNet to enhance cloud-native observability in the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform

F5 has acquired MantisNet, a recognized innovator in cloud-native, eBPF-powered observability and real-time network intelligence.

Streamlining and scaling F5 BIG-IP administration

Explore approaches to evolve F5 BIG-IP administration workflows, solve manual ops bottlenecks, deploy solutions at scale, and see the outcomes you can achieve.

Local data storage: A necessity for regulated industries

The Data Localization Suite from F5 lets you choose where to store logs, ensuring compliance and data protection by keeping logs within specified regions.

Dipping the toe into agentic AI is better than chasing the wave

Discover five key reasons enterprises should pace agentic AI adoption, from evolving standards and TCO unknowns to critical data quality and observability needs.

Apps, networks, and legacy systems in the quantum crosshairs: A CISO’s POV

What impact will PQC have on applications, infrastructure, and legacy systems? And what aspects of PQC readiness should CISOs, CTOs, and CIOs prepare for as they begin their PQC journey?

F5 and Equinix unite to simplify secure multicloud application delivery

F5 and Equinix enable organizations to securely and reliably connect with their partners around the globe.

When smart isn’t safe: What my reef tank taught me about AI, automation, and circuit breakers

Discover how AI, automation, and resilience intertwine, and why fallback strategies, circuit breakers, and infrastructure limits are critical to prevent failure.

Safeguarding AI systems: Why security must catch up to innovation

From accelerating breakthroughs in medicine and education to reshaping everyday life, AI is transforming how we live and work. But it also presents big opportunities for cybercriminals.

EMA Recognizes F5 as a Market Leader for PQC Readiness

EMA cited F5 for its “futureproof protection against quantum-era risks.” Find out why the leading industry analyst named F5 one of eight “must see” vendors at Black Hat 2025.

The Promise and Peril of Multi-Agent Systems

Multi-agent systems amplify accuracy as well as vulnerabilities. Learn about the new paradigm and how to prepare your security stack for this upcoming shift.

Securing the New AI Attack Surface: How F5 WAF Solutions Protect MCP Servers

MCP is making a rapid rise as a foundational protocol for AI agent integration, yet it’s also expanding the attack service. F5 is one of the first to offer MCP protection.

When Complexity Becomes the Enemy: How Operational Workflow Sprawl Threatens Performance and Delivery

Explore how operational workflow complexity threatens uptime, resilience, and delivery, and why simplifying processes is key to modern app infrastructure.

Reduce TCO with F5 BIG-IP and F5 Distributed Cloud Services

F5 BIG-IP customers can lower TCO by augmenting deployments with F5 Distributed Cloud Services, enhancing security and simplifying hybrid multicloud management.

Open Finance Is the Gateway to Global Financial Innovation

To explore how different regions are approaching open finance transitions look at our report in collaboration with Twimbit.

Agentic AI Memory Systems Are a Bellwether for Network Traffic Growth

Agentic AI accelerates network impact with more traffic, dense pathways, and telemetry needs. Discover how enterprises can prepare for this operational shift.

Meet Our New STEM Education and AI Grant Partners

Annual F5 STEM and AI grant recipients announced, this year with a new focus on organizations from around the world training women and girls in AI.

Understanding PQC Standards and Timelines

Early deployment of quantum-safe algorithms is possible today, helping organizations prepare for the uncertain arrival of powerful quantum computers.

Context Is the New Perimeter: Governing AI Agents with Programmable Application Delivery

AI agents carry context with every request—but drift, bloat, and stale policies threaten reliability. Learn how programmable delivery can enforce cognitive hygiene.

Developers in Vogue: Training Talent, Changing Futures

See how F5 2024 F5 STEM Education Grant partner Developers in Vogue is providing career pathways in technology to women and girls across Ghana.

API Security Risks and Challenges

Discover why APIs are critical for modern app development and learn how to secure them against top vulnerabilities. Get expert tips and actionable strategies.

Five Key Takeaways from F5 Accelerate AI

F5 prepares customers for an AI-powered future by discussing the hurdles they face and showcasing its industry-leading innovation.

AI Infrastructure Explained

AI infrastructure refers to the hardware and software designed to support artificial intelligence. Learn how AI infrastructure differs from IT infrastructure.

Excellence at Scale: Transforming AI Infrastructure with F5 and MinIO’s Secure Data Delivery

Discover how F5 and MinIO are revolutionizing data storage with innovative solutions that enhance performance, scalability, and security.

The Next Phase of Enterprise Agility Demands Seamless AI Multicloud Networking

Discover how unified AI multicloud networking can streamline operations, enhance security, and drive enterprise agility across distributed AI workloads.

Machine Learning in Cybersecurity

Machine learning’s ability to detect hidden structures and patterns in data flows makes it a valuable cybersecurity tool.

F5 AI Gateway Introduces Data Leakage Detection and Prevention

F5 AI Gateway now delivers real-time data leak detection and prevention, securing sensitive info during AI inferencing without disrupting workflows.