New BIG-IP® 11.6 software
gives customers unmatched capabilities to protect against
sophisticated threats, future-proof application delivery, and
accelerate cloud migration
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- BIG-IP Product Portfolio Details
- F5 Synthesis: Hybrid to the Core –
DevCentral Blog Post
- Accelerating the Transition to Cloud –
DevCentral Blog Post
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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technologies.
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