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F5 speeds up Siebel CRM apps
Oct. 07, 2008
When vendors do some upfront integration legwork, customers can benefit from smoother deployments and more optimal acceleration results. F5 Networks' latest focus is on improving the performance of Oracle's Siebel CRM ...
F5 adds support for iPhones over its SSL VPN tunnels
Oct. 07, 2008
F5 Networks has issued a new version of its FirePass software so it can apply group access policies to mobile devices as the log-in to SSL VPNs.
WAN vendors fight for revenue
Aug. 26, 2008
How are WAN optimization and application acceleration vendors faring in today's economic environment? Three players announced quarterly results in recent weeks, indicating varying degrees of success battling competitive ...
Five levels of a virtual data center
Aug. 18, 2008
F5 Networks' Alan Murphy describes the five levels of the virtual data center maturity model.
Cruise lines try one- and two-ended WAN acceleration
Feb. 12, 2008
Two luxury cruise lines faced the same satellite-delay challenges for shipboard Internet access and came up with different ways to address the unavoidable latency on those ship-to-shore connections and keep passengers ...
F5 pushing new Big-IP gear
Jul. 24, 2008
F5 Networks is beefing up its two low-end Big-IP Web-application optimization boxes so they have more throughput, and is upgrading the software that runs on Big IP devices to boost security.
F5 enjoying momentum, research firm says
Jul. 24, 2008
There's a payoff for consistency and commonality. In the construction industry, buildings can be completed faster when standard or prefabricated building materials are used. In the IT industry, having standard elements ...
F5 Networks: Deal sizes remain consistent at near $200k | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jul. 29, 2008
According to RBC Capital Markets, the deal sizes of application delivery networking vendor F5 Networks remained consistent at near $200k during its 2008 3rd Quarter.
RBC Capital Markets Managing Director - Mark Sue ...
Juniper tells load-balancer customers to shop elsewhere
Jun. 05, 2008
Customers looking to replace Juniper DX load balancers/application accelerators after they are discontinued later this year will have to look to other qualified vendors, Juniper says.
Tolly Group puts A10 Networks to the test
Mar. 20, 2008
It can be hard for newcomers in the application acceleration arena to distinguish themselves from the incumbents who enjoy the lion's share of the market. When it comes to front-end devices that provide services such as ...
Silver Peak eyes manageability, Ipanema bulks up
Mar. 18, 2008
As WAN optimization projects become more strategic to enterprise IT, the issue of manageability grows in importance as well. With that in mind, Silver Peak Systems just joined a group committed to simplifying the ...
A look inside F5's Acopia buy
Feb. 14, 2008
Sometimes it's not immediately obvious why two companies might want to combine forces, such as in the case of F5 Networks buying Acopia Networks. At first glance, some might wonder why F5 would be interested in a ...
F5's Acopia unwraps file virtualization upgrades
Feb. 12, 2008
F5 Networks last week announced new file virtualization products and features designed to help enterprises more easily manage their data storage assets in an automated fashion.
Juniper offering no migration path for DX customers
Feb. 07, 2008
Anyone interested in buying a Juniper DX application-acceleration box better do it soon, because the very last day to buy one is Sept. 15, after which all models will be dropped from the product line.
F5 Networks: Viprion high end modular switches continue to see robust demand | NetworkWorld ...
Aug. 07, 2008
According to RBC Capital Markets, the high end modular switch - F5 Viprion continues to see robust demand.
RBC Capital Markets Managing Director - Mark Sue commented to yours truly:
"There's still a nagging issue ...
F5 upgrades application firewall
Nov. 05, 2007
F5 has fully integrated its Web application firewall with the operating system for its Big-IP layer 4-7 switch, boosting the performance of the firewall and adding security for XML traffic.
Planning for crisis
Oct. 04, 2007
Early last week a pair of finance industry organizations kicked off a pandemic flu exercise that runs though Oct. 12. The purpose of the exercise is threefold: to help financial firms understand the potential risks a ...
RE: F5's Acopia unwraps file virtualization upgrades | NetworkWorld.com Community
Feb. 12, 2008
Community: LANs & WANs
RE: F5's Acopia unwraps file virtualization upgrades
Very fascinating but...i REALLY WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE.
Cisco ACE vs. F5 LTM | NetworkWorld.com Community
Feb. 12, 2008
Application delivery networking vendor F5 has published:
Application Delivery Controller Performance Report
A comprehensive performance evaluation of the:
Cisco ACE (Application Control Engine Module) 8-Gbps
...
Juniper drops DX load balancing line - what does this mean for Cisco's ACE? | NetworkWorld. ...
Jan. 22, 2008
So Juniper is throwing in the load balancing application acceleration towel saying that its DX line is "insufficiently distinguishable from competitors' devices," reports Tim Greene of Network World. The story cites ...
F5 profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 106
2004 NW200 rank: 131
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
310 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
59% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
30% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
57 |
| Change from '04 |
|
46 |
| As percentage of revenue 18 |
|
18 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
- |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
792 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
29
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
390783 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
2840 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
1996 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
Sept |
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