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#mobile #IPv6 Mobile devices. Plants. Cars. Cows. It’s time to get serious about that move to IPv6. Until recently the motivation for migrating from IPv4 to IPv6 has been, well, less than urgent. If consumerization hasn’t been enough of an impetus to get you seriously thinking about migration, maybe the reality that even cows are now being Internet-enabled might. (Check out the infographic linked below for the story) There has been some contention about the number of connected things and by when. Cisco's prediction of 50 billion devices by 2020 matches Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg's...
#infosec #adcfw #LOIC Did you rush out to check if a site was really taken down? If you did, you may have unintentionally helped The focus on Anonymous’ self-described retributive attacks on a variety of sites last night has been on its use of LOIC – Low Orbit Ion Cannon – as a means to achieve maximum effect with minimal resources. It’s a connection-based attack, pure and simple. A DDoS at the application layer, which makes it nearly impossible to detect, let alone stop. The tool isn’t really anything special in execution. Its ability...
“F5 delivers the performance that citizens want and the security we need.” -- Ivo Tuytens, IT Security Manager, RVP Customer: RVP Vertical: Government F5 Solution: BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager / BIG-IP Application Security Manager Summary: The Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen (RVP) is the government agency that handles pension information for the citizens of Belgium. When RVP it decided to make pension data accessible over the Internet to all employed people and pensioners in the country, it had two key concerns. First, it had...
#mobile For IT and security professionals, Android 4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) is a big deal For most people (who don’t live in the midwest), talking Ice Cream in the middle of the winter may be a bit odd, unless you’re talking about Google’s latest Android release (4.x). “Ice Cream Sandwich” is an important step forward for the mobile operating system platform in that it includes much needed enterprise security features including support for MDMs and a SSL-VPN Framework. This is an important step forward because of the growing demand upon IT by employees to...
Answer: All the time #infosec Despite the fact that web application firewall (WAF) solutions have been around for quite a number of years, there still seems to be confusion around what it is they do. In particular, there’s a troubling trend that tries to compare WAF with IPS (Intrusion Prevention Systems). This is essentially the same as trying to shove a square peg into a round hole. Or, if you prefer, viewing everything as a nail because all you have is a hammer. While it is true that IPS technology is increasingly looking up...
“BIG-IP LTM does exactly what we need it to do…I highly recommend #F5.” -- George Pagaremos, IT Manager, Greek Yellow Pages Customer: Greek Yellow Pages Vertical: eCommerce F5 Solution: BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Summary: Every year, millions of people turn to Greek Yellow Pages to look up information, and they expect to find answers almost instantly. The company consequently has to ensure that its website provides exceptionally fast performance. At the same time, Greek...
Scaling #VDI requires scaling its entire supporting infrastructure as well as operations Something application developers have known for years is that the success of an application deployment depends as much on scaling dependencies as it does on scaling the focal application. Integration with other application services for a variety of functions requires scalability across all interconnected functions. Operations has similar concerns when it comes to deploying the application - authentication, authorization, access management, logging, and more. With the increasing push for flexibility and more rapid response by IT, this means paying careful attention to the ability...
#f5 BIG-IP 11000 with #SSD added makes WAN Replication scream. Whether it is replication times or end-user access times, performance over the Internet is key to business productivity. Both WAN Optimization and Application Acceleration depend upon the infrastructure you’ve put in place to face the Internet. When users click through to your website, the perceived application performance of that website is tantamount. When replicating data over the WAN, performance determines business continuity, replication/backup windows, Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). You can’t settle for anything less than the most you can get out of...
Media Coverage No Jitter Is There Another Wave of Growth on the Horizon for F5? The State Of the Union Seattle Times : Grumbling grows over corporate tax breaks Financial Coverage American Banking News Analysts' Weekly Ratings Changes for F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) Stocks Gapping Up for February, 3rd (CELL, CRT, EL, FFIV, FIG,...
Overview Five editors were briefed on the Jan. 24 news of the channel accreditation program. The coverage included the message of F5 releasing a completely new certification program that “enhances profitability” and demonstrates F5’s focus on channel partners. Outreach resulted in seven pieces of coverage in channel specific publications. Notable Quotes CRN: "We're the Swiss Army Knife of the data center," said Darwin in an interview with CRN. "Historically, we had so many networking partners, but now we're getting storage, and into the Microsoft (NSDQ:...
Notable Quotes John McAdams quotes: CNBC: McAdam said the company is hiring aggressively, especially in sales, and has racked up an increase in multi-million dollar projects. He added that an entirely new “product refresh” will debut in the last half of 2011. Investor Business Daily: “The thing that gives us a lot of confidence is our pipeline of business is very strong,” he said. “Our focus now is to get back to basics and execute.” CNN Money: “We feel good about our business. All the market...
Notable Quotes Processor Magazine: Bursts Of Cloud Capacity: Alan Murphy, senior technical marketing manager with F5 Networks: “A successful cloudbursting deployment hinges on total control of the cloud infrastructure and the ability to control what is provisioned into the cloud, when it is provisioned, and under what conditions and circumstances,” he says. “Monitoring and real-time feedback plays an integral part of managing the cloudbursting infrastructure, as well—something that should be factored in when choosing a cloud solution.” Media Coverage eChannel Line: KEMP...
Notable Quotes Investor’s Business Daily—F5 CEO: Busy Helping Clients ‘Re-Archetect’ IBD: Does the market growth imply that the company needs to invest more in technology? John McAdam: “There's no question. Every year we look at what are the key things we need to do for the oncoming year, and technology leadership in one form or another is always there. When you compete with quality companies like Cisco, you really need to have superior technology, so we are aggressively hiring right now in sales and service, and in...
Overview Once again, a great deal of the F5 news relates to the performance of F5 stock, but there were also several pieces of coverage that comment on the release of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for ADC’s—specifically on how some notable stalwart competitors of F5 continue to slide from the leaders position. Lastly there continued to be some pick up of the F5 Service Delivery Networking architecture announcement for Service Providers and several reprints of F5 blogs on various topics. Notable Quotes Vendors Team Up On Video...
Overview This week brought a fair amount of coverage of F5’s announcements in conjunction with Microsoft Lync Server 2010, a great write-up on John McAdam in Seattle Magazine and continued coverage of F5’s earnings announcement and continued growth. Notable Quotes F5 was 64th on Fortune’s 2010 list of the world’s 100 fastest-growing companies. Forbes has ranked F5 among its top 25 technology stocks, and this year cited its aggressive hiring—the company added more than 300 employees since last October, bringing worldwide employment to 1,900. – Leslie...
Overview There was a significant amount of financial coverage after F5 posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal fourth quarter and gave an upbeat outlook for the current period. Also, Frank Ohlhorst published a favorable review in eWeek on F5’s application ready solution for VMware View 4.5. Notable Quotes F5 networks brings added oomph to VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure deployments with its Application Ready Solution for VMware View 4.5, an add-on capability for F5’s BIG-IP Edge Gateway that consists of a set of best practices, guidelines and...
Overview This weeks media is, once again, centered mostly around F5 stock price (FFIV) and the various opinions of analysts and other market watchers. With the quarterly and FY10 earnings announcement only days away, there seems to be little else on the minds of most people. Notable Quotes But guys like me? The Mid Caps? C’mon already! We ARE the market – we are the heartbeat of the tape and the future of American big business. Bring our stories into the fold and you will...
Overview This week’s coverage was highlighted by a number of F5 spokespeople demonstrating thought leadership in core areas such as Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Application Delivery. As part of the CTO blog series, Karl Triebes’ blog on “Integrating Virtual Network Appliances into the Infrastructure” appeared in Virtualization Review. Don MacVittie was featured in Network World’s Tech Debate on the topic of application acceleration. Alan Murphy was also featured heavily in a Network World article on cloud technology. Also, F5 customer, Schalk Theron of Spring CM, was quoted touting the benefits of F5 solutions. ...
Overview This week’s coverage was dominated by the wild week in the stock market and concerns over the true impact of cloud computing to the revenue streams of various high-tech companies; although there still seems to be a significant disagreement on what the impact is. One component that seems to prevail is that F5 is dominating its current enterprise market against stalwarts like Cisco, and that their role in cloud computing is all upside, incremental potential; something that the industry blogs make clear even if the financial reporting hasn’t caught up. Notable...
In this week’s news, telecommuting makes a splash Notable Quotes F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) is on the cutting edge of an emerging trend in business: telecommuting. The company’s application delivery controllers and software programs help make networks run faster and more efficiently. This allows companies to conduct business over great distances. F5 also develops file virtualization, WAN optimization and remote access products that further help customers “decentralize” their businesses. I travel a lot so I...
Overview Oracle OpenWorld was highlighted by healthy attendance, significant product announcements, and continued momentum for enterprise movement to the cloud. F5’s Ron Carovano supported the Application Ready Solution for Oracle DB technologies announcement through three media briefings with IT Business Edge, Network Computing and SearchEnterpriseWAN.com. Ron also participated in a short video from the trade show floor with Wikibon-SiliconAngle TV. Below are several highlights from the resulting coverage. Another highlight from this week’s news included Seattle Business Magazine’s report that Seattle-based F5 Networks made Forbes’ list of midsize companies hiring the most right now....
Overview The highlight of this week’s news was the joint customer story on F5 and Ooba that appeared in Oracle’s Profit Magazine. The article, in which Ron Carovano was prominently quoted, detailed Ooba’s successful implementation of Oracle Application Server with F5’s BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager. Also, Karl Triebes’ latest blog posting on “On-Demand Cloud Bursting” appeared in Virtualization Review. Additionally, there was significant coverage around HP or IBM’s possible Radware acquisition with F5 included in the coverage as a major contender in the ADC market. Notable Quotes ...
Overview One of the highlights of this week’s news was John McAdam’s exclusive interview with CNBC due to F5’s leadership in the ADC market and financial performance; the interview covered core areas such as cloud computing and highlighted F5’s aggressive hiring efforts in the U.S. This week’s additional coverage highlights include Processor Magazine’s customer profile on Human Kinetics and its deployment of F5 BIG-IP LTM and BIG-IP ASM to help with web site security and load balancing. Additionally F5 and Human Kinetics were featured in an article on Web App Firewalls (WAF) that appeared in Network...
Overview This week’s coverage was dominated by F5’s presence at VMworld. F5's VMworld announcements were well received and continued the company's momentum as a virtualization and cloud innovator. Network World pointed out that VMware's relationships with companies like F5 need further definition - a compliment to the strength of F5's portfolio. Coverage from the show indicates that the industry has bought into F5's cloud strategy and understands the value that F5 offers. Coverage included three slide shows, three videos and seven unique articles. We saw additional coverage in Dark Reading for which Nathan Myers provided...
Overview This week’s coverage was highlighted by the news of F5 being named to FORTUNE’s list of “Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies” which was picked up by eWeek. Additionally Kathleen Ferraro was prominently quoted in a feature article on Storage Virtualization that appeared in Processor Magazine. Also, F5 Networks was included in the list of “Top 250 Players in Cloud Computing” by Cloud Computing Journal. Notable Quotes Managing data growth is a challenge faced by companies of all sizes, but it is particularly acute for small to midsized...
Overview This week was a significant coverage week for F5, with numerous bloggers highlighting F5’s technology and accomplishments as a result of Gastalt Tech Field Day; and the financial press is continuing to take notice of F5’s leadership in the ADC market and financial performance, with FFIV appearing in the Seattle Times, Business Week and CNBC to name a few. Our first piece of Baatar coverage also appeared this week; the article includes a photo of the Baatar Hero car and highlights that F5 will be demonstrating the more adventurous side of remote working later in...
Overview In this week’s news, F5 was included in several blog posts from Day 1 of the Gestalt IT Tech Field Day; F5 hosted bloggers that were interested in learning more about F5’s solutions. Also, this was another strong week for F5’s evangelists with two contributed pieces appearing in Virtualization Review and Dr. Dobbs Journal. Notable Quotes We’re on to our 3rd and final presentation here at Gestalt IT Tech Field Day. After a short road trip into beautiful downtown Seattle, we’ve arrived at F5. At 1,800 employees strong,...
Overview This week’s coverage was highlighted by F5 spokespeople demonstrating thought leadership in core areas such as Cloud Computing and Virtualization. Storage Magazine featured a contributed piece by Renny Shen on the impact virtualization is having on storage. It was strong opinion piece in a reputable forum. Also, both Pete Silva and Lori MacVittie had articles appear in Cloud Computing Journal and My Interop. Media Coverage Virtual Strategy Magazine: Storage in a Virtualized Environment Financial Coverage Benzinga: Top Performing Industries for...
Overview The highlight of this week’s coverage was some contributed content featured in Dell Power Solutions on F5’s BIG-IP and WAN Optimization Module technology. The financial press is continuing to take notice of F5’s leadership in the Application Delivery Controller market and financial performance, with FFIV appearing as a featured tech stock in Investor’s Business Daily this week. This week’s full coverage appears below: Notable Quotes FirePass version 7.0 offers many enhancements over older versions. Firstly, it includes enhanced endpoint security features, such as firewall, anti-malware software, and antivirus...
Overview This week’s coverage highlights stem from the release of the Infonetics Research 1Q10 Data Center Network Equipment Market Share and Forecast Report. According to Infonetics Research, the ADC market experienced a 28% worldwide increase in sales in Q1 over the same period a year ago. The report notes that F5 has grow its lead in the ADC market to almost 20-points over Cisco. Notable Quotes Though worldwide sales of ADCs are up 28% in Q1 over the same period a year ago, F5 continued to grow its...
Overview This week’s coverage gives further evidence that F5’s message around cloud computing and the infrastructure needs of the cloud are gaining traction. This week featured four articles that specifically quoted Lori MacVittie about the infrastructure needs of the cloud. Also, we saw some additional local coverage around F5 Bike to Work Day. Notable Quotes Lori MacVittie seems to think not. In a recent column, the technical marketing manager and blogger at F5 Networks argues that PaaS is proprietary by nature, and so any portability and choice are likely only...
Overview This week’s coverage highlights focus largely on the Interop announcements. PR worked to secure 13 briefings with the trade press around the the BIG-IP 10.2 announcement, which generated quite a bit of coverage. The ExtraHop and F5 alliance news was also picked up by local press. Notable Quotes By declaring open war on HP, IBM, and Dell, Cisco has made networking relevant again for the major OEMs who need a networking story — and subsequently turned them into potential startup acquirers. The market capitalizations of Juniper, F5 and...
A complete guide to news and media coverage for F5 Networks for the week of March 8th, 2010. Notable Quotes: Nathan Meyer, product manager at F5, said the benefits in upgrading systems during the deployment will be new systems that provide policy automation and key management. For example, Meyer said F5; a mid-level enterprise has over 100 different zones making the process of managing them a fairly daunting task. "The task of managing each zone individually with individual keys and maintaining all the roll over periods would be...
