New solutions promote private, public, and
hybrid cloud application deployments; Equinix partnership enhances
services flexibility and performance via direct, private access to
cloud infrastructure
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today unveiled a series of solutions
and innovations designed for customers requiring rich, consistent
application services across private, public, and hybrid cloud
application deployments. In addition, F5 announced combined
solutions with Equinix Cloud Exchange and Performance Hub that
empower enterprises to deploy business-critical applications in
multiple public cloud infrastructures with leading security,
availability, and performance.
As businesses transform to digital-first organizations,
applications and associated services are vital for competitive
differentiation. F5 is bringing these solutions to market as IT
must enable both established and emerging environments to better
integrate DevOps practices, agile development, and cloud resources.
F5 sits in a unique position at the convergence of cloud and data
center application services, enabling customers to embrace modern
infrastructures without sacrificing security and control.
“A digital economy means that applications and services must be
easy to deploy, low-friction, and quick to scale to help
organizations pivot toward new market opportunities,” said Ryan
Kearny, EVP of Product Development and CTO, F5. “Only F5 provides
programmable, feature-rich software and hardware to unify the
delivery of apps across data center and cloud environments,
including container and microservices use cases. Our solutions
further reduce deployment time through valuable integrations,
native orchestration capabilities, and compelling partnership
solutions, such as our colocation offerings with Equinix.”
Migrating IT workflows to the cloud promises significant
advantages, but can place unintended stress on parallel management,
security, and operations functions. While evolving their business
models, organizations are challenged to deliver service
enhancements to keep up with the changing requirements of growing
user counts, applications, and traffic volumes. As enterprises
travel different paths to the cloud, F5 is introducing technologies
that bridge between established IT and more cloud-fluent
infrastructure models.
- The BIG-IP®
iSeries™ line of ‘software-defined hardware’
Application Delivery Controllers
F5 is expanding its BIG-IP offerings with the iSeries. The new
hardware platforms incorporate industry-leading programmability
with support for node.js via iRules LX™, enabling customers to
tailor their systems for evolving infrastructure needs. Unique to
the iSeries, F5’s TurboFlex™ technology enables selectable
performance profiles to maximize investment protection and deliver
dedicated cloud, security, and app delivery optimizations.
Similarly, iSeries platforms can be specifically configured to
support enhanced DDoS protection, as well as private cloud and SDN
technologies from organizations such as OpenStack, Cisco, and
VMware. Additional detail about F5’s iSeries platforms is available
in this companion blog post.
- Partner solutions with Equinix for
application delivery services in colocation environments
F5’s comprehensive partnership with Equinix, leveraging both the
Equinix Cloud Exchange and Performance Hub, enables enhanced global
access to application delivery and security services. Through the
Equinix Cloud Exchange—available in 21 markets—F5 provides direct,
seamless access to its cloud services, bypassing the public
Internet and thus increasing performance and security. And, by
combining the F5 cloud gateway with Equinix Performance Hub,
customers can take advantage of a hybrid interconnection model,
providing high-speed and low-latency connectivity between multiple
cloud providers and enterprise networks. The net result of F5 and
Equinix efforts is an optimized, secure application delivery model
that delivers the utmost in application performance and user
experience possible. For more about F5’s collaboration with
Equinix and cloud interconnect colocation, please see this Equinix
blog post.
- Lightweight proxy and connector
technologies to encourage cloud and hybrid deployments
F5 will expand its agile software portfolio with solutions that
are simple to use and integrate with management and orchestration
tools. These technologies grant customers a more flexible approach
to application deployment and better take advantage of the
operations gains and efficiency of the cloud. Specifically, F5 is
introducing the following:
- Application Services Proxy
provides basic load balancing and application traffic visibility in
a small, lightweight form factor that can quickly be deployed. This
gives customers ultimate flexibility in developing, testing, and
scaling applications and associated services in concert with cloud
and container environments.
- Container Connector offerings
enable the provisioning of services for containerized applications,
and make it easy to integrate capabilities from
management/orchestration systems such as Kubernetes and
Mesos/Marathon. For simple load balancing, Application Services
Proxy can be used in highly portable environments; for more
substantial application delivery services, the connector automates
provisioning to a BIG-IP solution.
- Application Connector
dramatically simplifies access for enterprise applications hosted
in the public cloud, providing the security and availability
services those applications require. To accomplish this, it
delivers application services from the edge of the cloud by
automatically discovering cloud-hosted instances and connecting
them to the customer’s data center or hosted location.
Supporting Quotes
“F5 has defined goals of easing customers’ transition to the
cloud and supporting their application-driven digital initiatives,”
said Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst, ZK Research. “Organizations
can use the company’s hardware and virtual editions to migrate
services to a cloud, hosted, or hybrid environment, with F5
technology effectively serving as an advantageous gateway. In the
F5 framework, customers and (their app developers) can select cloud
providers without limiting services to individual applications,
confining themselves to restrictive use cases, or depending on
shadow IT to support apps.”
“Today’s organizations are continually asking how they can
provide crucial application services—such as identity federation
and SSO—in both on-premises and cloud environments,” said Greg
Adgate, VP, Global Partnerships & Alliances, Equinix. “By
offering connectivity to critical applications via the Equinix
Cloud Exchange and integrating them with our Performance Hub
solution, we are enabling customers to heighten productivity and
enhance security to a globally distributed user base, and with
lower costs.”
Availability
BIG-IP iSeries platforms are available now. Offerings from F5
and Equinix, along with related partnership details, are available
now. Please contact a local F5 sales office for additional product
and service availability information pertaining to specific
countries. Formal availability for F5’s Application Services Proxy,
Container Connector, and Application Connector technologies will be
announced at a later date.
Additional Resources
- Applications are Powering the Next
Business Transformation – F5 Blog Post
- The Innovation Bus: IT in the Driver’s
Seat – F5 & Industry Panel Discussion
- F5 BIG-IP Platform – Product
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.
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