F5 Highlights Cloud Solutions at VMware Partner Exchange

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:

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.

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

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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Contacts:

F5 Networks
Nathan Misner, 206-272-7494
n.misner@f5.com
or
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Ashley Paula, 415-547-7024
apaula@waggeneredstrom.com

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