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Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington in USA, F5 Networks is a leading provider of innovative solutions that help global organizations meet business demands and respond quickly to changes. Over a span of 19 years, the company has served clients from various segments such as finance, telecommunications, technology, manufacturing and retail, with solutions that help enterprises deliver secure, fast and reliable applications anywhere, on any device and at any time.
Enterprise applications need to be highly available, secure and reliable while meeting operational expectations. F5 understands the behavior of applications at the deepest levels and uses that very knowledge to optimize its clients’ networks to help clients accelerate application performance. Mohan Veloo, Vice President, Technology, Asia Pacific adds, “With so much momentum behind cloud, security has now inevitably become a top priority. Of all the application services, security was by far the most popular in our State of the Application survey, outranking even availability.”
The movement of applications to the cloud, while offering flexibility, agility and on-demand scalability, also brings along security issues, which can pose serious threat to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of any organization’s information. With a growing shift towards cloud deployments and mobile apps, cyber attacks have increasingly grown complex in nature and are targeting organizations with greater impunity than ever before. Organizations cannot afford to adopt a reactionary approach to security, and a balanced security posture is crucial to managing modern-day sophisticated cyber threats.
Strong and Unique – The F5 Unified Platform
Moving applications to the cloud also calls for compliance with regulatory requirements which differ widely from country to country. F5’s unified platform is the only platform that helps in moving apps to the cloud irrespective of geography, and facilitates replicated services, minimizes risk and saves time and money while transitioning to cloud. F5 hardware and software also provides the advantage of application fluency. The company’s systems work with apps from the leading application developers such as Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco. F5 provides a unified platform that standardizes network services so that the policies that govern an application service stay with it. Mohan adds, “Your apps will work consistently across any environment. That means you can simplify your network, saving time and money while meeting the requirements your business depends on.”
The Core Areas of Security Operations
Secure applications: F5 helps organizations minimize risk and safeguard their networks, applications, intellectual property, and users from security threats on all fronts. The company protects enterprises from malicious attackers outside of the network, unwitting users on the inside, and mobile workers using unsecured public networks.
One of the security challenges that arise from the movement of apps to the cloud is the issue of identity and access management.
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F5 helps organizations minimize risk and safeguard their networks, applications, intellectual property, and users from security threats on all fronts