New F5® software enables
hybrid technologies through dynamic on-premises and off-premises
deployments, adds Microsoft Azure Marketplace availability
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced a major software
release that expands F5’s hybrid platform of services, and greatly
improves the agility, security, and performance of cloud
application deployments. New innovations make it simple for
customers to unify hardware, software, and managed service
resources to realize IT efficiency and cost savings.
Extended Hybrid Application Services for Optimized
Performance in All IT Environments
BIG-IP® version 12.0 takes advantage of F5’s application
delivery services fabric, extending the F5 Synthesis™ model by
combining physical and virtual resources to better support cloud
and hybrid scenarios. This approach allows customers to more easily
transition workloads to cloud environments as needed and
incorporate technologies like HTTP/2, while maintaining the same
visibility, security, and control of traditional
infrastructures.
F5 accelerates cloud migrations, enabling customers to integrate
security, management, and orchestration capabilities for their
evolving on-premises and off-premises deployments. Moreover, F5’s
programmable, extensible architecture and growing ecosystem of
technology partners make its application services an ideal fit for
emerging IT trends such as SDN, NFV, and converged systems
offerings.
Seamless Integration and IT Efficiency with Microsoft Azure
Deployments
F5 supports customers deploying cloud and hybrid IT
architectures, with BIG-IP virtual edition solutions becoming
available in the Azure Marketplace. Initially, all BIG-IP software
modules will be available on Azure through F5’s Good, Better, Best
licensing model in a “bring your own license” (BYOL) configuration,
with 25 M, 200 M, and 1 G options.
F5 and Microsoft customers will have additional choices in how
to optimize their application delivery and cloud technologies in a
unified framework. In addition, F5 offers differentiated
performance in Azure compared to other vendors, including an
extensive set of traffic management and security capabilities that
allow enterprises to deploy applications and services with the same
ease and functionality experienced with on-premises data
centers.
Enhanced Application Security for Superior Protection and
Access Capabilities
F5’s BIG-IP 12.0 release includes many integrated enhancements
to F5’s security and access solutions, with notable examples
below:
- Reliable Access in All Types of IT
Environments with SSO – F5 extends secure authentication,
authorization, and accounting (AAA) capabilities to cloud-based,
web-based, and virtual applications while centrally managing
federated identity functions. F5 provides over 5x the scalability
of other vendors for applications and identity access management.
In addition, F5 is one of the only leading access vendors to extend
single sign-on (via SAML) to client-based applications and other
browser-less environments, such as Microsoft Office 365.
- Superior Protection with the Largest
DDoS Vector Spectrum and Increased Attack Visibility – With BIG-IP
12.0, F5 offers the most comprehensive and effective mitigations to
protect against sophisticated, high-volume DDoS threats on-premises
or in the cloud. F5 also helps companies strengthen their security
postures and agility with simplified threat visibility, providing
thorough drill-down summaries of attack details.
- Improved SSL Capabilities for
Comprehensive Security – Organizations’ use of SSL is rapidly
increasing, with many IT teams moving toward an “encrypt
everything” approach. BIG-IP provides innovative, integrated SSL
encryption and visibility to manage security certificates and keys
across physical, virtual, and cloud deployments—all without the
blind spots or performance loss typical of other vendors’
offerings.
SUPPORTING QUOTES
“Organizations are seeking the same confidence level with
applications and services in cloud/hybrid deployments that they’ve
seen in the data center,” said Karl Triebes, EVP of Product
Development and CTO, F5. “Our BIG-IP software is instrumental in
helping customers take advantage of the benefits of the cloud
without sacrificing security, flexibility, or savings. With these
new technologies, we’re committed to meeting organizations along
whatever path they take in evolving hybrid application delivery
environments and incorporating cloud.”
“Microsoft and F5 share many customers. With the growing
adoption of Azure among this common customer base, organizations
will benefit from the availability of F5’s application services in
our marketplace,” said Garth Fort, General Manager of Enterprise
Partners, Microsoft. “This development helps customers best support
their cloud-based applications directly within Azure
environments.”
AVAILABILITY
BIG-IP version 12.0 software will be available in September
2015, with BIG-IP virtual edition availability in the Azure
Marketplace anticipated in October 2015. Please contact a local F5
sales office for additional product and service availability
information pertaining to specific countries.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- BIG-IP Product Family – Details
- Is Your Cloud Strategy App-Centric? –
F5 Blog Post
- Move to the Cloud with an App-Centric
Strategy – F5 Infographic
- Hybrid Cloud: The Case for an
App-Centric Strategy – F5 White Paper
- F5 and Azure – Introduction Video
- F5 and Microsoft – Technology Alliance
Information
ABOUT F5
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides solutions for an application world.
F5 helps organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center,
telecommunications, and software defined networking (SDN)
deployments to successfully deliver applications and services 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 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
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and technologies.
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