F5
products
F5 is a global leader in application delivery networking. F5 solutions optimise network, server and storage - making them faster, available and more secure.
Product |
Product |
Product |
|---|---|---|
Big-IP |
Underlying "chassis" |
The Big-IP product family is modular so customers can choose the underlying hardware platform and also the product and feature modules to suit |
 |
||
Local Traffic Manager (LTM) |
Load Balancing |
LTM virtualises the network and applications using Layer7 intelligence, removing single points of failure and increasing security features. LTM ensures that all sites are always on, more scalable and easier to manage |
 |
||
| Global Traffic Manager | Data Centre Load Balancing | GTM helps to maximise the full potential of multiple data centres by providing seamless disaster recovery and routing based on quality of service or business criteria. GTM automates the process of tracking and managing dependencies between individual application services, helping to achieve high availability. |
 |
||
| Link Controller | Link Load Balancing | Link Controller intelligently controls the flow of traffic across multiple internet connections, preventing problems and making sure the fastest available connection is always in use. It monitors the health and availability of each connection and in the vent of a failure, directs traffic across other available links. Link Controller can be used to ensure ISP SLA's are upheld. |
 |
||
| Application Security Manager |
Web Application Security |
ASM employs an auto-adaptive approach to security where the security policy is automatically updated based on observed traffic patterns. This approach makes implementation and maintenance easier, reducing management overhead. |
 |
||
Web Accelerator |
Web Application Delivery |
Web Accelerator helps organisations to overcome performance issues where browsers are concerned, where web applications are being used, or where there is latency on the WAN. Web Accelerator offloads servers, decreases bandwidth usage and ensures the productivity of users. |
 |
||
| FirePass | SSL VPN | FirePass allows secure access to applications via the web browser and provides robust, secure SSL VPN remote access to business applications from a wide range of client devices, including Windows Mobile devices and Apple iPhone. Using full-tunnel SSL technology and access policies defined by the administrator, FirePass offloads server based security processes and access controls to free up server cycles. |
|
FirePass Datasheet | |
| WANJet | WAN Optimisation Appliance | WANJet overcomes the limitations of Wide Area Networks, helping with file transfers and data replication between data centres and branch offices. WANJet can help improve throughput and mitigate the latency of existing networks through advanced compression, data reduction, and transport protocol optimisation. WANJet is cost-effective, easy to deploy and increases Quality of Service. |
 |
News from Network Computing
Rolling Review: SOA Appliances Read more »
Making The Move To Multicore Read more »
Amazon EC2 Entices Innovative Uses With Persistent Storage Read more »
