F5
Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV)
today introduced new Software
Defined Application Services™ (SDAS™) for its
physical and virtual BIG-IP®
solutions, extending the company’s access, security, and acceleration
technologies for the highest levels of scale and performance.
Aligned with the F5
Synthesis™ architectural vision to provide customers with
a comprehensive application delivery fabric to orchestrate IT
capabilities, BIG-IP® version 11.6 software enables adaptable
services that assure resources are deployed efficiently.
Solution Highlights
This announcement extends the reach of F5’s Application Delivery
Controller (ADC) portfolio and SDAS, augmenting capabilities across BIG-IP®
product modules and providing further enhancement opportunities via
F5’s growing technology
partner ecosystem. With F5’s flexible application delivery platform,
customers are empowered to advance their deployments in a number of
compelling new ways, including:
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Bolstering Defenses Against Sophisticated Threats
Today’s organizations face a variety of attacks targeting multiple areas
of the OSI
stack (e.g., DDoS, zero-day, application-level attacks). Due in part
to the vast number of applications in production environments, the range
of specific deployment scenarios, and the vital role apps play for
enterprises and services providers, application-related vulnerabilities
continue to be a popular target for hackers.
F5 delivers the industry’s strongest zero-day threat protection and the
most complete bot defense capabilities, providing organizations with a
programmable platform that can be tailored to specific infrastructure
and business priorities. F5’s WebSafe™
module is now available, offering advanced, real-time protection against
online fraud for every user, every device, and every browser—preventing
attackers from spoofing, disabling, or otherwise bypassing security
checks.
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Future-Proofing Application Delivery
To capitalize on the increasing performance, productivity, and
efficiency advantages of next-generation applications, organizations
must scale their infrastructures while identifying cost-effective ways
to support new protocols. With the latest version of BIG-IP®,
customers achieve simpler, faster, and more secure application
performance—while delivering “hyperscale” DNS capabilities (up to 200x
the scalability of competitive offerings) to extend and secure
infrastructures by mitigating outages and keeping DNS services available.
F5 is the only ADC vendor to support HTTP 2.0, providing up to 50%
faster page load times than competitive solutions. F5 also offers 10x
the scalability of other access solutions, empowering businesses with
access capabilities to meet the IT challenges associated with the
exponential growth of Internet-connected devices.
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Accelerating Cloud Migration
F5 is committed to helping customers take advantage of the efficiency
and agility afforded by cloud solutions. With F5 solutions offered in
both physical and virtual form-factors, SSL processing duties can be
offloaded from F5’s virtual editions to hardware products. BIG-IP®
now provides maximum SSL performance for hybrid deployments with the
first and only hybrid crypto offload solution, removing a potential
roadblock for organizations migrating to the cloud.
Improved protection for multi-tenant ADC environments is also provided
with highly secure Virtual
Clustered Multiprocessing™ (vCMP®) instances
through enhanced resource isolation methods, guarding against
tenant-to-host and tenant-to-tenant threats. In addition, F5 promotes
accelerated, secure cloud migration with industry-leading REST API
capabilities for web
application firewall solutions.
Supporting Quotes
“The move to F5 Synthesis architecture has meant we are able to offer
our customers a higher quality of experience,” said Barry Kezik, General
Manager Network Planning and Engineering, Vodafone Australia. “The DNS
services in the BIG-IP platform allowed us to offer an improved service
with a reduction in latency, due to F5 DNS’s caching capabilities.”
“Enterprises are feeling the need to adapt quickly to new protocols,
applications, and cloud technologies in the aim of streamlining
operations, adding efficiencies, and gaining competitive advantage,”
said Karl Triebes, CTO and EVP of Product Development at F5.
“Simultaneously, they’re being asked to scale infrastructures to support
mobile devices and all types of content delivery—even in the face of
more sophisticated security threats. These demands combined illustrate
the need for a holistic approach to application delivery. With BIG-IP
v11.6 supporting a comprehensive suite of services across data center,
cloud, and hybrid environments, customers maintain maximum flexibility
without sacrificing performance or security.”
Availability
BIG-IP® version 11.6 is available now, with features that
enhance performance and security across F5’s product
module portfolio. F5’s fraud
protection solutions are currently available in the Americas and
EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) regions, with availability in APJ
(Asia Pacific and Japan) to follow. Please contact a local
F5 sales office for additional product availability information
pertaining to specific countries.
Additional Resources
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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