F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV):
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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F5 continues to invest in the channel, enabling partners to provide
superior solution guidance and high-value application services.
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New accreditation programs extend the F5 Synthesis™ vision
and companion solutions through the worldwide F5® UNITY®
partner network.
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F5 responds to customer and partner needs by raising awareness around
intelligent, programmable application delivery solutions.
F5
Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV)
announced today new Sales and Technical Sales Accreditation programs.
This introduction is the latest in an ongoing series of projects to
provide F5 partners with the tools and skills needed to offer
differentiated application delivery solutions and services to customers.
With the launch
of F5’s Synthesis architectural vision—and as F5’s relevance across
security, cloud, and mobility topics rapidly grows—partner enablement
becomes even more crucial. The new programs help partners effectively
articulate the unique value that F5 solutions deliver to enable
transformative application services in data center and cloud
environments.
Dedicated F5 Sales Accreditation and F5 Technical Sales Accreditation
materials are available online to partners at F5
University and accessible via the company’s Partner
Resource Center (PRC).
KEY BENEFITS
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Clear differentiation with F5 solutions – Channel partners can
deliver the full benefits of the F5 platform to joint customers, with
F5 technologies providing strategic points of control throughout the
application delivery infrastructure.
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Unified F5 Synthesis architectural approach – Updated materials
focus on organizations’ current IT initiatives and emerging business
challenges in the context of F5’s comprehensive Synthesis
framework.
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Full understanding of Software Defined Application Services (SDAS)
– Partners will be able to better articulate how F5 technologies
(including the latest enhancements) and SDAS™
help future-proof customers’ networks with flexible, automated, and
programmable solutions.
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F5’s growing technology partner ecosystem – New offerings
reinforce the critical role channel partners play in integrating F5
solutions with major customer IT initiatives, such as Microsoft,
Cisco, VMware, and Oracle deployments, to achieve faster performance,
improved security, and better availability.
SUPPORTING QUOTES
“The IT industry is experiencing an incredibly fast-moving period of
change, with F5, its partners, and customers poised to take advantage of
the evolving technology landscape. Having established ourselves as the
clear market leader in application delivery, the scope of our offerings
has broadened to include security, mobility, cloud, and acceleration
services. This evolution has shaped the skills needed to maximize the
value of IT systems, and the F5 accreditation curriculum is the latest
step in a series of related projects aimed at making sure our customers
and partners benefit from the best possible consultative guidance.”
Jim Ritchings, SVP, Worldwide Channels, F5
“As IT professionals, it’s essential that we stay abreast of the
technologies and advances being made in delivering security,
availability, mobility, and performance solutions. F5 is one of those
top technologies and their new Sales Accreditation course allows us to
quickly bring our teams up to speed and gain essential knowledge that
can benefit our customer base immediately.”
Tim Kazsuk, Practice Manager, Data Center, Nexus – a Dimension Data
company
“The ability to connect on a technical level with customers and
prospects is absolutely essential if we are to meet their high
expectations. Being a trusted consultant is the way we engage and do
business, and that means matching vendor technology to top-of-mind
business initiatives. F5’s Technical Sales Accreditation training has
been a valuable and effective method of meeting these needs.”
Manish Gutt, Sales Consultant, Galaxy Automation, India
AVAILABILITY
The F5 solutions and programs referenced in this announcement are
available today. Partners should visit F5’s Partner
Resource Center (PRC) to access F5 Sales Accreditation and F5
Technical Sales Accreditation programs via F5
University, as well as other training materials (login required).
ABOUT F5
F5 (NASDAQ:
FFIV) provides solutions for an application world. F5 helps
organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center, and software defined
networking (SDN) deployments to successfully deliver applications to
anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5 solutions broaden the reach of IT
through an open, extensible framework and a rich partner ecosystem of
leading technology and data center orchestration vendors. This approach
lets customers pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their
needs over time. The world’s largest businesses, service providers,
government entities, and consumer brands rely on F5 to stay ahead of
cloud, security, and mobility trends. For more information, go to f5.com.
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