Insights that drive actions—yours
Curated research and analysis for senior executives across relevant and timely topics.
What's shaping the executive agenda
AI application journey
Scale AI while maintaining control.
SPOTLIGHT
VIDEO | The State of Application Strategy 2026: What senior leaders should know
Short-form perspective from Michael Montoya, Chief Technology Operations Officer at F5, on what the State of Application Strategy 2026 means for senior technology leaders.
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Three moves CISOs can't afford to delay — Michael Montoya, Chief
Technology Operations Officer at F5, on three priorities every CISO must rethink as AI transforms infrastructure.
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Securing our code with frontier AI — It can find vulnerabilities
Telling signal from noise is the hard part. Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer at F5, on what verification really takes.
PLAYBOOK
Architecting an AI-enabled enterprise
Insights from executive roundtables on how leading organizations are designing AI into the fabric of the enterprise.
Threat landscape
Cyber resilience for what’s coming next.
SPOTLIGHT
BLOG | The patch window has closed
AI has closed the patch window for good. Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer at F5, on why runtime defense is the new frontline.
INFOARTICLE
3 reasons to start your post-quantum cryptography journey
Why PQC preparation can't wait: harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks are already underway, and vendor roadmaps and third-party dependencies will shape your timeline.
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PQC readiness eBook: Prepare your organization for Q-day
A practical guide to assessing post-quantum cryptography readiness and building protection strategies before harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks compromise sensitive data.
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Cyber resilience in action
Key steps to building and sustaining an enterprise cyber program, drawn from roundtable discussions.
Hybrid multicloud
Resilience and sovereignty across complex multicloud environments.
SPOTLIGHT
BLOG | Your infrastructure is like a city. Here's why that matters.
François Locoh-Donou, F5's Chairman, President, and CEO, on why distributed enterprise infrastructure has become more like a city than an IT environment—and what visibility and governance look like at that scale.
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Operational sovereignty: Building resilience in an unpredictable world
What happens when conditions suddenly change? Bart Salaets, Field Chief Technology Officer at F5, on staying adaptive through whatever comes next.
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Gartner® Digital Sovereignty Is Needed for Future Technological Resilience and Business Continuity
Why most enterprises have addressed only one of the three pillars of digital sovereignty—and the action plan to close the gap.
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State of Application Strategy 2026
A visual summary of the key findings on AI deployment, inference, and the infrastructure shifts reshaping enterprise IT.
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Hybrid is not a transitional phase. It is the operating reality
Telling signal from noise is the hard part. Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer at F5, on what verification really takes.
Real-world insights
Rich peer insights from closed-door roundtables, distilled into executive playbooks you can draw on.
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