New Silverline services delivery platform
enables applications without constraints in all types of cloud and
data center environments
F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV) today announced new hybrid service
capabilities to help organizations scale IT resources across
dynamic cloud and data center deployments. Under the company’s new
Silverline™ banner, F5 will offer extended security, optimization,
and availability services from hosted and managed infrastructure,
marking F5’s entrance into the cloud services delivery space.
The F5 Silverline services delivery platform expands the
company’s F5 Synthesis™ architecture to enable application services
within customers’ deployment model of choice: on-premises and/or
as-a-service. Beginning with DDoS protection and security
intelligence services, the Silverline platform will support
additional application delivery capabilities as-a-service in the
future.
DETAILS
Ongoing migration of applications to the cloud, increased user
and resource mobility, and an ascension of sophisticated threats
have led to the dissolution of the traditional enterprise
perimeter. This requires organizations to pursue a unified services
platform that spans integrated data center and cloud
deployments.
With Silverline, F5 is broadening the reach and utility of its
services fabric to promote nimble IT infrastructures. F5’s
investment in hybrid services delivery and security intelligence
licensing options mirrors the industry’s rising interest in
providing programmable application delivery capabilities across
physical and virtual infrastructures to support Software Defined
Application Services™ and other software-defined initiatives.
F5’s Silverline hybrid application delivery services and
security intelligence offerings include:
Today’s announcement sees the global introduction of the F5
Silverline DDoS Protection offering. This solution builds on F5’s
acquisition of Defense.Net™, combining on-premises DDoS protection
capabilities with a high-capacity cloud service that can take
advantage of programmable technologies like iRules® and APIs for
customized performance. This approach provides a hybrid solution
capable of absorbing and mitigating a complete spectrum of DDoS
attacks.
F5’s open and programmable architecture enables network security
administrators to extend custom rules to mitigate zero-day attacks.
This offering works seamlessly with F5’s Application Delivery
Controller (ADC) solutions to create the most complete DDoS
protection solution. F5 provides tiered protection levels, based on
customers’ unique needs and potential attack profiles:
- Always On™ – First line of defense.
This subscription continuously stops bad traffic from reaching the
network.
- Always Available™ – Primary protection
on demand. This subscription runs on stand-by and can be initiated
as needed when under attack.
- Ready Defense™ – Secondary DDoS
protection. This subscription provides additional capacity to
bolster DDoS mitigation capabilities.
- Secure Web Gateway Services
Secure Web Gateway Services protect organizations from threats
associated with employee (or outbound) Internet use. Through a
partnership with Websense, F5 Secure Web Gateway Services can limit
target activities to encourage productivity and enhance defenses
against malware, corporate malfeasance, and other attacks against
networked environments. Taking advantage of F5’s Silverline
platform, signatures and other context-based information are
provided via the cloud to the BIG-IP® solution. This approach
ensures the most up-to-date Internet context is part of an
organization’s compliance and web security policy.
F5’s IP Intelligence Services make it easy for organizations to
incorporate IP reputation and blocking capabilities into their
overall web security postures. In a convenient subscription model,
F5 IP Intelligence Services enable BIG-IP to recognize and mitigate
malicious activity—such as phishing or botnets—and boost efficiency
by filtering out bad traffic before it impacts precious IT
resources. Similar to F5’s approach to Secure Web Gateway Services,
reputation information is provided via the cloud to detect threats
based on the latest intelligence available, removing the
operational burden of sourcing this information from the data
center.
SUPPORTING QUOTES
“Organizations are looking for the ability to cost-effectively
deliver applications without constraints, with specific IT
components as a secondary concern. F5’s goal with the Synthesis
framework is simply to remove barriers to deploying and scaling
application services. Our Silverline offerings will make core F5
technologies available as-a-service to help customers embrace
hybrid deployments without forsaking the benefits they’ve seen in
the data center.”
Manny Rivelo, EVP of Strategic Solutions, F5
“Efficiently scaling application services such as optimization,
security, and availability is still a priority topic for enterprise
organizations, even as we’ve seen an evolution of how (and where)
these services are applied. F5’s move into hybrid application
delivery services should open up new opportunities with customers
looking to move applications out of their traditional data center
environments and take advantage of the flexibility offered by cloud
providers.”
Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst, ZK Research
“Cloud-based services are of increasing interest to customers,
and we see F5 wisely addressing the industry’s momentum around
hybrid deployment models. Starting with the DDoS protection
offering, we expect the company’s Silverline platform will provide
an effective means to bring additional application services to
market.”
Dan Wilson, Co-Founder and EVP, Partner Solutions, Accuvant
AVAILABILITY
Unless otherwise indicated, the specific F5 technologies
mentioned in this announcement are available now. Please contact a
local F5 sales office for additional product availability
information pertaining to particular countries.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- F5 Synthesis: To Boldly Go Where No ADC
Has Gone Before – DevCentral Blog
- F5 Silverline DDoS Protection –
DevCentral Blog
- Silverline DDoS Protection – Solution
Information
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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