F5 Networks
O2 Networks is a F5 Gold Advantage Partner, the highest level of partner certification. F5 is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking and we have implemented F5’s BIG-IP platform into many of the largest online networks in Australia.
F5 is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. They provide solutions that make applications secure, fast and available for everyone, helping organizations get the most out of their investment. By adding intelligence and manageability into the network to offload applications, F5 optimizes applications and allows them to work faster and consume fewer resources.
F5’s extensible architecture intelligently integrates application optimization, protects the application and the network, and delivers application reliability - all on one universal platform.
F5's leadership in the application delivery networking segment can be evidenced through Gartner's report - Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers, 2008.
F5’s technology platform can assist through:
- load balancing critical corporate applications
- enabling best practice virtual network switching in VM ESX environments
- dramatically accelerating web content and offloading secure SSL processing
- managing and balancing multiple Internet links
- securing corporate applications access and ongoing network behaviour
- intelligently switching web and application across your global datacenter footprint
Hardware Platforms
BIG-IP Application Delivery Networking platforms can manage even the heaviest traffic loads at both layer 4 and layer 7. By merging high performance switching fabric, specialized hardware, and advanced software, F5 provides the power to make in-depth application decisions without introducing bottlenecks.
With the high performance you get from BIG-IP platforms, you can consolidate devices—saving management costs, electricity, space, and cooling—while still having room to grow.
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