F5 Delivers Application Services for a Multi-Cloud World
May 23 2017 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
New F5 solutions enable companies to
consistently apply rich application services across private,
public, and interconnected clouds
Today at its annual EMEA Agility partner and customer
conference, F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) announced the availability
of offerings designed to provide consistent application services in
multi-cloud environments—giving companies greater deployment
flexibility, more effective security, and faster time to
market.
F5’s 2017 State of Application Delivery report shows that while
more customers than ever are shifting to cloud infrastructures,
many are consciously choosing to invest in multiple cloud
technologies. Eighty percent of survey respondents report that they
are committed to multi-cloud architectures, and 20 percent state
that they will have over half their applications running in the
public and/or private clouds this year. With this move to leverage
multi-cloud environments, unexpected hurdles often present
themselves: application deployments across multiple cloud platforms
create challenges in managing application services; inconsistent
security policies create compliance risks; and multiple cloud
architectures put more pressure on IT skills gaps, and diminish the
return on the cloud’s value.
“Customers are increasingly choosing to deploy applications in
multiple clouds—public and private, in colocation facilities, and
in their own data centers—but are struggling with the management of
different development environments, tool sets, and orchestration
technologies,” said Sangeeta Anand, SVP of Product Management and
Product Marketing at F5. “Where these clouds provide services for
applications, they often do so in ways that are not portable
enough, are use-case specific, or provide inadequate protection.
F5’s portfolio of multi-cloud application services and solutions
gives customers the freedom to deploy any application—anywhere—with
consistent application services and enterprise-grade security.”
Extending the Reach of Applications and the Cloud
In November, F5 shared its vision to power intelligent
application services in the cloud with the stability, security, and
performance customers expect. Today, we build on that foundation
with the broad availability of solutions for multi-platform,
multi-cloud services that make applications go faster, smarter, and
safer.
New public cloud solutions help deploy applications faster in
any cloud
- F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition in the
Google Cloud means that organizations can now deploy F5
services in all major public clouds. F5 gives customers greater
choices of cloud platforms, with new ‘bring your own license’
offers for instances ranging from 25 Mbps to 5 Gbps. Available now
from Google Cloud Launcher in Good, Better, and Best versions.
- Cloud solution templates for Amazon
Web Services, Azure, and Google reduce the complexity of
deploying F5 services for applications in the public cloud. These
new solution-specific templates simplify and automate common public
cloud use cases. Cloud solution templates are also available for
OpenStack private cloud environments. Available now on GitHub.
- Integrated marketplace solutions
provide easily accessible, pre-packaged F5 services such as WAF
and Office 365 federated access that are deployable directly from
public cloud marketplaces, meaning companies can leverage their
trusted F5 services easily for applications in the cloud. Available
now in the Azure Marketplace.
New private cloud solutions enable organizations to move to
the cloud faster and with more confidence
- A private cloud solution package gets
customers up and running quickly with pre-tested, certified, and
bundled F5 solutions that simplify and automate OpenStack private
cloud deployments. Available now through F5 sales.
Broad line of additional solutions deliver application
services in new environments
- Lightweight Application Services Proxy
gives customers flexibility in developing, testing, and scaling
applications in container environments. Available now at Docker
Store.
- Container Connector provides the easy
deployment of app services in containerized environments, and
simple integration of capabilities into management/orchestration
systems including Kubernetes and Mesos/Marathon. Available now at
GitHub and Docker Hub.
- Application Connector inserts
application services from the edge of the public cloud and securely
connects any public cloud provider to the customer’s
interconnection or data center. In the case of AWS, Application
Connector can automatically discover workloads for application
services insertion. Available now through F5 sales.
All F5 multi-cloud products are available today, with individual
details above. Please contact a local F5 sales office for
additional information on products and service availability within
your region.
“Business executives are beginning to rely heavily on cloud
solutions in support of their digital transformation efforts, but
in many cases, single cloud deployments are insufficient to enable
true business agility,” said Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst at
ZK Research. “Unfortunately, multi-cloud frameworks are complex and
IT must take the steps needed to mitigate the challenges of
operating in these mixed worlds. With F5’s multi-cloud portfolio of
products, IT can deliver consistent and secure application services
in any environment needed for business velocity.”
Additional Resources
- F5 Multi-Cloud Solution Page
- New Solutions Enable the Multi-Cloud
World – F5 Blog
- A Multi-Cloud Strategy Needs
Multi-Cloud Solutions – F5 Blog
- F5 Application Connector: Connecting
and Controlling Cloud Apps – F5 Blog
- Speed, Scale, and Security: F5 now
Connecting Containers in Kubernetes – F5 Blog
- Bringing Security and Application
Delivery to Kubernetes and the Google Cloud – F5 Blog
About F5
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) makes apps go faster, smarter, and safer for
the world’s largest businesses, service providers, governments, and
consumer brands. F5 delivers cloud and security solutions that
enable organizations to embrace the application infrastructure they
choose without sacrificing speed and control. For more information,
go to f5.com. You can also follow @f5networks on
Twitter or visit us
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about F5, its partners, and technologies.
F5, Application Services Proxy, Container Connector, and
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