Solutions supporting VMware offerings
headline F5’s presence at annual event designed to bring additional
value to partners and customers
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced new solutions that
seamlessly combine with leading technologies from VMware. These
offerings enable customers to extend the reach and capabilities (as
well as enhance the value) of joint deployments. F5 will showcase
these and additional Application Delivery Controller (ADC)
technologies supporting VMware solutions at this week’s VMware
Partner Exchange in San Francisco.
News Highlights
- F5 Enables Application Security for
Hybrid Deployments with VMware vCloud®
Air™
Through collaboration with VMware, F5 has certified three
critical components of its industry-leading application services
portfolio on vCloud Air, VMware’s hybrid cloud. F5 is an
Elite-level partner in VMware’s vCloud Air ISV Partner program. The
company now offers BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager™, Global Traffic
Manager™, and Application Security Manager™ to customers in a
“bring your own license” (BYOL) model via the vCloud Air
Marketplace, VMware’s one-stop-shop to help customers discover,
download, and deploy partner solutions that enhance and extend the
functionality of vCloud implementations. Additionally,
organizations can now take advantage of F5’s simplified Good,
Better, Best licensing practices, bringing customers flexibility,
simplicity, and a better value in choosing the right security
features for their on-premises and cloud networks.
“Working closely with VMware, F5® solutions have been validated
with VMware vCloud® Air™ to enable core application delivery,
disaster recovery, and application security—while maintaining
seamless scalability and performance in the VMware cloud,” said
Ajay Patel, VP of Applications Services, vCloud Air, VMware. “F5
solutions identify highly sophisticated layer 7 attacks and stop
them before reaching servers, giving IT the assurance to accelerate
adoption of enterprise-grade hybrid cloud environments, such as
vCloud Air.”
- F5 Activities at VMware Partner
Exchange 2015
As a frequent contributor at VMware’s industry and partner
events, F5 is a Global Platinum sponsor at this year’s VMware
Partner Exchange conference, exhibiting at booth #209. F5 will also
participate in technology demonstrations, workshops, and speaking
engagements. Specific focus areas and activities include:
- Providing Automated Failover and
Reliable Business Continuity with F5 and VMware vCloud Air
vCloud Air Product Line Manager Yatin Chalke
and F5 Business Development Manager Matt Quill discuss how F5 can
help automate disaster recovery to increase business continuity,
and enable scalable application availability and security for
hybrid application deployments on vCloud Air.
- Boost Your Opportunity by Selling
Integrated Solutions with VMware and F5
Keith McManigal, VP of Americas Channel Sales
at F5 Networks, and Jake Howering, Director – Networking Partners,
VMware Global Strategic Alliances, outline the ways that F5’s
BIG-IP application delivery platform and VMware solutions
complement each other. Real-world examples demonstrate the benefits
of combining F5 with VMware products such as NSX, Horizon,
AirWatch, vRealize, and vCloud Air.
“F5 continues to build out its broad ecosystem of technology
partnerships, making it easier and more impactful for customers to
orchestrate capabilities between multiple vendors’ solutions
without management complexity,” said Calvin Rowland, SVP of
Business Development at F5. “Through deep integration efforts and
participation at partner events, our goal is to empower customers
to pursue the cloud, data center, or hybrid model of their
choosing. With our extensible solution set, F5 offers a flexible
platform for organizations to tailor deployments to meet the
evolving needs of their users and applications, as well as address
changes across the industry’s quick-moving security landscape.”
Availability
The specific F5® technologies and integrations 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 BIG-IP Application Security and
Scalability for VMware vCloud Air
- F5 and VMware Technology Partnership
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.
You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on
Facebook for more information about F5, its partners, and
technologies.
F5, BIG-IP, Local Traffic Manager, Global Traffic Manager, and
Application Security Manager are trademarks or service marks of F5
Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other product
and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
VMware and vCloud Air are registered trademarks or trademarks of
VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. The use
of the word “partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal
partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.
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relating to future events or future financial performance that
involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements can be identified
by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,”
“anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or
“continue,” or the negative of such terms or comparable terms.
These statements are only predictions and actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in these statements based
upon a number of factors including those identified in the
company’s filings with the SEC.
F5 NetworksNathan Misner, 206-272-7494n.misner@f5.comorWaggener
Edstrom WorldwideAshley Paula,
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