WHITE PAPER - This White Paper describes how F5 technology enables your network to adapt to virtualization needs, ensure high availability (HA), maximize resources, and improve performance so you can get the most out of your investment.
Posted: October 7, 2008 | Published: October 7, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Networking | SSL | VLAN | VMware | WAN

PODCAST - This podcast examines the challenges of application security and presents solutions that your company can employ to protect, optimize, and accelerate its applications.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Premiered: April 28, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Intelligence | Firewall Appliances | Security | Security Software | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - For most deployment scenarios, an SSL VPN appliance can provide many of the features and benefits of a special purpose WLAN controller for wireless access, but at a much lower cost and with greater flexibility. This paper describes the key sell...
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2006


Topics:  802.11g | Access Control | LAN | Mobile Workers | Policy-Based Network Management | Remote Access Security | Wireless Security

WHITE PAPER - Although F5's BIG-IP traffic management solutions brings numerous features and benefits to an organization, the goal of this paper is to explore a more fundamental business problem plaguing today's organizations - and how BIG-IP solves it.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: December 1, 2004


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Intelligence | Data Security | Internet Traffic Management | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a remote file access protocol that forms the basis for Windows file sharing. Each WANJet appliance has a deep understanding of the CIFS protocol and can therefore act on behalf of a CIFS client and server to make t...
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2006


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Intelligence | File Sharing Protocols | File Transfer Protocols | Remote Access Protocols | Remote Procedure Calls | Windows

WHITE PAPER - A successful SOA implementation relies as much on the flexibility of your network as it does the services which will be delivered on it. This white paper explores the unique challenges when implementing a service oriented architecture.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Infrastructure | Business Intelligence | ERP | Risk Management | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This report documents the performance of the top Application Delivery Controllers offered by F5 Networks, Cisco Systems, and Citrix Netscaler. Through the development and implementation of robust and reproducible testing methods, F5 demonst...
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Security | Business Intelligence | HTTP | Network Security | SSL | TCP/IP | Web Application Security

WHITE PAPER - F5 has specifically developed and tested a comprehensive Application Ready infrastructure for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that enhances the overall performance of SharePoint deployments, whether it's over the LAN or across a global WAN.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Security | Applications Management | LAN | Network Security | ROI | Security Management | WAN

PRODUCT LITERATURE - F5�s Application Ready Network for Oracle Application Server 10g provides a comprehensive application delivery platform that greatly enhances the productivity and agility of both the Oracle applications and the organizationswho rely on these devices.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Business Intelligence | Content Delivery | Content Management | Information Management | LAN | Oracle (Product) | WAN

WEBCAST - In this 30-minute Webcast, hear Joe Skorupa (Gartner), Joerg Nalik (SAP), and Ken Salchow (F5) discuss the challenges faced by organizations deploying enterprise applications and the value of F5's Application Ready Network. This Web...
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Premiered: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Security | Applications Management | LAN | Network Security | ROI | Security Management | WAN

HARDWARE LISTING - Acopia ARX devices introduce intelligent file virtualization into the file storage infrastructure, eliminating the disruption and automating many storage management tasks. The result is a dramatic improvement in efficiency.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Storage | File Management Programs | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how more and more users are using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocols to share very large files as the proliferation of broadband increases. This trend has exponentially increased traffic flows across very wide area networks.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Access Control Software | Bandwidth Management | Network Management Protocols | Network Security | Peer-to-Peer Networking | Security Policies | WAN

HARDWARE LISTING - The BIG-IP Application Security Manager delivers the industry's most comprehensive application delivery security solution with the option to deliver both applications together. Read this white paper to learn how this can benefit your company.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Security | Business Intelligence | Data Security | Intellectual Property | Security Management | Web Application Security | Web Applications Architectures | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - The challenges facing SPs today are not so different from the ones enterprise organizations have faced for years when dealing with IP-based application delivery. This paper discusses how they face these challenges.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Network Performance | Network Security | Networking | Networking Hardware | Service Process Optimization Software | TCP/IP

WHITE PAPER - New technologies are changing the way we think about disaster recovery and business continuity. These technologies focus on WAN optimization, traffic redirection, data replication, and secure remote access. This white paper gives the details.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: April 28, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Data Center Consolidation | Data Replication | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | Remote Access Security | WAN

WHITE PAPER - In this is a question and answer session, Erik Giesa, VP of Product Management and Marketing, discusses what's driving the need for data center virtualization, the benefits of it, and what companies should consider when virtualizing their data.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Database Replication Software | Network Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Most organizations are familiar with application security and Web Application Firewalls, realizing that secure application access and delivery are necessities. This white paper discusses the various avenues to attain this.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Security | Firewall Appliances | OSI Protocols | Web Application Security | Web Switches

WHITE PAPER - One approach to improving overall system performance is the use of a class of Traffic Management Device commonly referred to as a WAN Accelerator. This paper details the results of using one such solution.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Document Management Software | LAN | Server Management | SSL VPN | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Access to corporate applications and data is vital to help keep your business running as usual, yet, a wide range of concerns can quickly disrupt business processes. This white paper explains the pitfalls and solutions.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: April 28, 2008


Topics:  Access Rights | Business Intelligence | Disaster Planning | Remote Access Security | Security Management | SSL VPN

WHITE PAPER - This paper addresses the increased performance needs of a disaster recovery plan, and the common barriers to achieving success. It also addresses the performance gains that can be achieved by using an F5 WANJet application acceleration solution.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2007


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery

WHITE PAPER - This paper addresses the performance needs of a disaster recovery plan, and the common barriers to achieving success. It also addresses the performance gains that can be achieved by using the F5 WANJet application acceleration solution.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Replication | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery

WHITE PAPER - In this paper, we will define the depth & breadth of Unified Access Control (UAC) and Network Admission Control (NAC), two subjects being talked about a great deal within the information security & network architecture industries.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2006


Topics:  Access Control | Application Deployment | Business Intelligence | Information Security | Network Security | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Historically, organizations have used IPSec VPN solutions to provide employees with remote access to network resources; an expensive, complicated deployment for a handful of users. This paper details how this process has modernized.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2005


Topics:  Access Rights | IPSec VPN | Remote Access Security | Remote Access Server Hardware | SSL VPN | Web Application Security

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, you'll learn the types of email threats; why the exponential growth in email volume poses significant challenges for the corporate network infrastructure & and how to address these challenges.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Email Security | Email Security Software | Email Threats | Network Infrastructure | Network Security | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems

WHITE PAPER - Today's businesses must operate in a drastically changing environment. Forrester found most companies are not well equipped to reorient IT as a critical driver of top line success. This report showcases the results of an April 2007 Forrester survey.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2007


Topics:  Applications Management | Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | HIPAA | HIPAA Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance