Verizon deploys traffic and access policy management for
world-class application performance, security
SEATTLE & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
F5
Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV)
and Verizon Enterprise Solutions announced today that F5 technologies
provide network traffic and security management services for the new Verizon
Cloud. The F5® BIG-IP®
product suite allows enterprises using Verizon Cloud to keep
business-critical applications fast, secure, and available. As part of
its mission to radically improve the enterprise cloud, Verizon continues
to leverage enterprise-grade technologies to provide clients with the
consistent performance, user control, and flexibility not found in other
generic public clouds.
Verizon embedded F5’s comprehensive suite of application services into Verizon
Cloud Compute, its new infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform.
As part of this solution, F5’s BIG-IP
Global Traffic Manager™ connects isolated environments
and intelligently directs users to the best-performing data center to
maintain high application performance. In addition, Verizon Cloud
utilizes the advanced capabilities of BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager® that allow for consistent
deployment and enforcement of the policies governing security. These
capabilities enable enterprises to confidently take advantage of the
benefits Verizon Cloud has to offer.
With network
functions virtualization (NFV) and BIG-IP solutions, enterprises
using Verizon Cloud can maintain consolidated security credentials to
access business applications and networks globally. This use of NFV
demonstrates the core vision of the Verizon cloud, allowing clients to
deploy best-of-breed, enterprise-ready virtual appliances that provide
high levels of security, configurability, and flexibility to meet their
demanding enterprise workloads.
“Verizon Cloud provides the availability, performance, and security
enterprises demand from cloud services, and F5 is core to delivering
those,” said John Considine, CTO at Verizon Terremark. “F5 was able to
provision the components to support the dynamic scale and
software-deployed management Verizon Cloud required to meet the needs of
businesses adopting cloud today.”
“Helping customers effectively, securely, and efficiently combine
application services and cloud environments—regardless of the specific
makeup of their infrastructures—is a top priority for us,” said Karl
Triebes, EVP of Product Development and CTO at F5. “Verizon Cloud
demonstrates how organizations can use flexible, enterprise-class
technologies to seamlessly and safely extend their applications to the
cloud. With F5’s Software Defined Application Services™,
customers like Verizon can easily configure how optimization, security,
and availability services are employed, tailoring environments to meet
the needs of their business and cloud initiatives.”
Companies interested in Verizon Cloud can sign up to be a beta customer
through the Verizon Enterprise Solutions website.
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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F5, BIG-IP, Access Policy Manager, Global Traffic Manager, and Software
Defined Application Services are trademarks or service marks of F5
Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and
company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
ABOUT VERIZON
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New
York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and
wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and
wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable
wireless network, with more than 100 million retail connections
nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information
and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic
network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more
than 150 countries. A Dow 30 company with nearly $116 billion in 2012
revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 180,900. For more
information, visit about.verizon.com.
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F5 Networks, Inc.
Alane Moran, +1-206-272-6850
a.moran@f5.com
or
Verizon
Kevin
King, +1-410-353-3234
kevin.king@verizon.com
Source: F5 Networks, Inc.