International. F5 Networks unveiled a number of solutions and innovations designed for customers who require rich application services and consistent with private, public and hybrid cloud application deployments. In addition, F5 announced combined solutions with Equinix Cloud Exchange and Performance Hub that enable enterprises to deploy business-critical applications across multiple public cloud infrastructures with superior security, availability and performance.
As companies transform into organizations primarily geared toward digital technology, the associated applications and services are vital to achieving competitive differentiation. F5 brings these solutions to market because IT must enable established and emerging environments to better integrate practices of devOps, agile programming, and cloud resources. F5 is uniquely positioned to converge services for cloud applications and data centers, enabling customers to adopt modern infrastructures without sacrificing security and control.
"A digital economy means applications and services need to be easy to deploy, have little friction and be quick to scale to help organizations move toward taking advantage of new market opportunities," said Ryan Kearny, executive vice president of product development and chief technology officer at F5. "Only F5 provides feature-rich, programmable software and hardware to unify application delivery across data center and cloud environments, including container and microservices use cases. Our solutions further reduce deployment time through valuable integrations, native orchestration capabilities, and compelling business partner solutions, such as our shared location solutions with Equinix."
Migrating IT workflows to the cloud promises significant advantages, but it can unintentionally complicate parallel handling, security, and operations functions. As their business models evolve, organizations face the challenge of providing service enhancements to keep pace with the changing requirements of user accounts, applications, and ever-increasing traffic volumes. As enterprises follow different routes to the cloud, F5 introduces technologies that serve as a bridge between established IT and more cloud-like infrastructure models.
