Canadian workforce management leader unites firewall, traffic management, and advanced security features with one BIG-IP® solution
BOWEN provides a range of workforce management solutions, among them web-based applications (such as timecard management) that workers can access remotely from smartphones and tablets.
To provide mobile access to its web-based applications along with the level of security needed to host them in house, BOWEN replaced its aging firewall solution with F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager™ (AFM™) and F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager™ (ASM™). These solutions, together with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM™), are part of a unified platform, so BOWEN can easily manage the entire solution through a single management interface. As a result, BOWEN has also been able to create efficiencies by consolidating multiple vendors and thereby cutting IT costs.
“We have thousands of people counting on these systems,” said
Handling sensitive employee data requires the highest levels of security, and BIG-IP ASM gives BOWEN another line of defense for its web-based applications and data beyond that provided by the network firewall. BIG-IP ASM protects BOWEN from malicious web-based attacks and ensures that client information and back-end databases are kept secure.
Availability is another crucial priority for BOWEN and its clients. BIG-IP LTM provides essential services such as intelligent traffic management, acceleration, optimization, compression, and SSL offloading to ensure that BOWEN can consistently deliver applications, wherever and whenever they’re needed, including on mobile devices.
“BOWEN wanted a solution that delivered strong and robust security and
management features and that could also scale dramatically to keep pace
with its business,” said
About BOWEN
Founded in 1974, BOWEN is a trusted leader in contingent workforce
strategies offering a wide spectrum of recruitment services including
placement, contract management, payroll, compliance management, and
recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). Consistently ranked among
Canada’s fastest growing companies on the annual Profit500, BOWEN
manages approximately 3,000 contingent workers annually. BOWEN’s focus
is on bringing out the best in people by tailoring solutions to help
organizations and individuals achieve their goals, providing exceptional
experiences and giving back to our community. BOWEN is the only staffing
agency in
About F5
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides solutions for an application world. F5 helps organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center, and software defined networking (SDN) deployments to successfully deliver applications to anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5 solutions broaden the reach of IT through an open, extensible framework and a rich partner ecosystem of leading technology and data center orchestration vendors. This approach lets customers pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their needs over time. The world’s largest businesses, service providers, government entities, and consumer brands rely on F5 to stay ahead of cloud, security, and mobility trends. For more information, go to f5.com.
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