F5 International Technology Center Video Tour

I visited F5's International Technology Center in the heart of London and want to share an amazing tour with Shareef Qureshi, F5 Product Management Engineer. The facility includes a state of the art lab facility, executive briefing center, workroom facilities and an immersive TelePresence room.  See the equipment, how it's managed and cooled, the meeting facilities and more. Only a month old, the F5 ITC showcases some of the latest data center technology.  F5’s new London ITC will be the first Application Delivery & Data Solutions competency center in all of EMEA.  Special thanks to Ross Draper for following us...

London IPEXPO 2011

I meet with F5 Sr. Systems Engineer Rob Haynes at the London IPExpo to show a little about what F5 is sharing at one of England's largest IT Infrastructure Conferences. </p> <p><font size="2">ps</font></p> <p><font size="2">Related:</font></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/10/19/f5-emea.aspx" _fcksavedurl="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/10/19/f5-emea.aspx"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">F5 EMEA Video</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/f5networksinc" _fcksavedurl="http://www.youtube.com/user/f5networksinc"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">F5 Youtube Channel</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.f5networks.co.uk/" _fcksavedurl="http://www.f5networks.co.uk/"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">F5 UK Web Site</font></a></li> </ul> <p><font size="2">Technorati Tags: </font><a href="http://technorati.com/tags/F5" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/F5"><font size="2">F5</font></a><font size="2">, </font><a href="http://technorati.com/tags/ipexpo" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/ipexpo"><font size="2">ipexpo</font></a><font size="2">, </font><a href="http://technorati.com/tags/integration" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/integration"><font size="2">integration</font></a><font size="2">, </font><a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Pete+Silva" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/Pete+Silva"><font size="2">Pete Silva</font></a><font size="2">, </font><a href="http://technorati.com/tags/security" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/security"><font size="2">security</font></a><font size="2">, </font><a...

Cloud Computing Making Waves

Every once in a while, I’ll do a news search for ‘cloud computing.’  Yesterday was one of those days and while there are always a few stories about ‘the cloud,’ I was somewhat amazed by the number and range of topics that appeared.  Also, the most recent issue (Oct 2011) of Consumer Reports had an article about ‘what’s the cloud.’  It was fairly elementary but for some reason when something is covered in Consumer Reports, I tend to think it’s finally reaching the masses.  I’m glad they included, ‘Use caution when signing up for any cloud service. Make sure your...

VMworld 2011: Multi-Site Application Deployment with vSphere & vCloud Director

I get F5's Sr. Solution Architect, Charlie Cano, to whiteboard the solution for Multi-Site Application Deployment with vSphere & vCloud Director.  See how applications can be packaged once and delivered from any data center and how Route Domains can solve static mapping challenges. </p> <p><font size="2">ps </font></p> <p><font size="2">Related:</font></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/psilva/psilva/archive/2011/08/29/vmworld-2011-find-f5-networks.aspx" _fcksavedurl="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/psilva/psilva/archive/2011/08/29/vmworld-2011-find-f5-networks.aspx"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">VMworld 2011: Find F5 Networks</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/psilva/psilva/archive/2011/08/29/vmworld-2011-sign-up-for-f5s-devcentral.aspx" _fcksavedurl="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/psilva/psilva/archive/2011/08/29/vmworld-2011-sign-up-for-f5s-devcentral.aspx"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">VMworld 2011: Sign Up for F5's DevCentral</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/psilva/archive/2011/08/30/vmworld-2011-interview-with-vmwarersquos-sanjay-aiyagari.aspx" _fcksavedurl="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/psilva/archive/2011/08/30/vmworld-2011-interview-with-vmwarersquos-sanjay-aiyagari.aspx"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">VMworld 2011: Interview with VMware’s Sanjay Aiyagari</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/08/30/vmworld-2011-vdi-single-namespace.aspx" _fcksavedurl="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/08/30/vmworld-2011-vdi-single-namespace.aspx"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">VMworld 2011:...

VMworld 2011: Interview with VMware’s Sanjay Aiyagari

I interview Sanjay Aiyagari, Senior Partner Architect with VMware.  We discuss the growth of VMworld, cloud computing, scalability, and Metro vMotion. </p> <p><font size="2">ps </font></p> <p><font size="2">Related:</font></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/08/29/vmworld-2011-find-f5-networks.aspx" _fcksavedurl="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/08/29/vmworld-2011-find-f5-networks.aspx"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">VMworld 2011: Find F5 Networks</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/08/29/vmworld-2011-sign-up-for-f5s-devcentral.aspx" _fcksavedurl="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/08/29/vmworld-2011-sign-up-for-f5s-devcentral.aspx"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">VMworld 2011: Sign Up for F5's DevCentral</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.f5.com/news-press-events/press/2011/20110829.html" _fcksavedurl="http://www.f5.com/news-press-events/press/2011/20110829.html"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">F5 and VMware Solutions Streamline Live Migration and Desktop Virtualization</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.f5.com/pdf/solution-center/vmware-vmotion-emc-overview.pdf" _fcksavedurl="http://www.f5.com/pdf/solution-center/vmware-vmotion-emc-overview.pdf"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Improved Mobility for Live Migration Events Across Metro Distances – Solution Overview</font></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.f5.com/pdf/solution-center/vmware-single-namespace-overview.pdf" _fcksavedurl="http://www.f5.com/pdf/solution-center/vmware-single-namespace-overview.pdf"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Enable Single...

The STAR of Cloud Security

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, recently announced that they are launching (Q4 of 2011) a publicly accessible registry that will document the security controls provided by various cloud computing offerings.  The idea is to encourage transparency of security practices within cloud providers and help users evaluate and determine the security of their current cloud provider or a provider they are considering.  The service will be free. CSA STAR (Security, Trust and Assurance Registry) is open to all cloud providers whether they...

Audio White Paper - The F5 Dynamic Services Model

Today, agility in both business logic and an organization’s underlying IT infrastructure is imperative to success. Yet traditional IT infrastructures and processes simply are not agile. It is no surprise, then, that CIOs routinely express frustration with the time and effort required to align IT functions to changing business needs. F5 believes a new approach to infrastructure design must emerge—one that enables enterprises to add, remove, grow, and shrink IT services on demand, regardless of location. This new infrastructure must dynamically optimize the interaction between users and resources in the face of rapidly...

In 5 Minutes or Less - Enterprise Manager v2.2

Check out some of the new features in Enterprise Manager v2.2 like Predefined Reports, SSL TPS Utilization, Custom Views, Custom Monitors, Alerts and Reports, EM Virtual Edition, Bulk actions and more. Enterprise Manager is a centralized management appliance for F5 BIG-IP® devices that gives you a consolidated, real-time view of your entire F5 application delivery infrastructure, plus the tools you need to quickly optimize performance and scale your infrastructure to meet business needs. </p> <p>ps</p> <p>Resources:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.f5.com/news-press-events/press/2011/20110404.html" _fcksavedurl="http://www.f5.com/news-press-events/press/2011/20110404.html">F5 Broadens Management Solution Portfolio with New Virtual Appliance</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.f5.com/news-press-events/press/2011/20110323.html" _fcksavedurl="http://www.f5.com/news-press-events/press/2011/20110323.html">F5 Launches Application-Focused...

Audio White Paper: Achieving Enterprise Agility in the Cloud

Cloud computing continues to be one of today’s most intriguing IT technologies, yet enterprises are still weighing whether it can help them achieve their business goals. Working together, VMware, F5 Networks, and BlueLock offer integrated solutions that help enterprises develop agility so they can easily and efficiently use cloud resources on demand to meet their changing needs.  Running Time: 24:21  Read full white paper here.  And click here for more F5 Audio.    Download now or listen on posterous AudioWP_Achieving_Enterprise_Agility_in_the_Cloud.mp3 (23140 KB) ...

Audio White Paper: Optimizing Application Delivery in Support of Data Center Consolidation

Data center consolidation means more than simply reducing the number of servers, routers, and switches your company has in outlying offices and data centers. Data center virtualization is more than multiple images mapped to physical devices. Efforts to reduce both capital and operating expenditures by consolidating data centers can fail if the applications and the network are not optimized.  By architecting data center infrastructure to be as nimble and agile as possible, IBM and F5 enable enterprises to better react in real time to customer requirements and to position the...