F5 aligns with technology and industry leaders in enabling customers to simplify the deployment of flexible, cost-effective software defined application services
F5 Synthesis features elements that have been specifically designed to resonate within F5’s partner ecosystem and help customers take advantage of:
The Synthesis framework for SDAS provides an open architecture based on standard APIs that allows partners to leverage a high-performance fabric to deliver a rich set of application services that complement their go-to-market solutions. This approach enhances partners’ ability to collaborate with F5 around specific industry focus areas and technologies, including:
SUPPORTING QUOTES
“Application
Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is about velocity and speed of
application deployment in the data center through the network that works
as an adaptive system for real-time application delivery through an
innovative policy-driven architecture that automates and unifies:
physical and virtual networks, security, and real-time visibility and
troubleshooting, with unprecedented performance and scale. Cisco and F5
look forward to working to integrate our platforms and deliver simple,
secure, scalable, and agile infrastructure that responds to the dynamic
needs of the business.”
Soni Jiandani, SVP, Marketing, Cisco
“Leading companies today are virtualizing their networks to increase
business velocity. VMware is teaming with leaders such as F5 to support
customers’ transition to network virtualization. In making VMware NSX™
an extensible platform that can use next-generation offerings such as
F5’s Synthesis, we are empowering customers to speed the rate of
innovation through faster network provisioning, flexible workload
placement and mobility, and reduced complexity—all enabling better,
faster, and more cost-effective IT services. Our partnership with F5
demonstrates our commitment to providing customers with choice and
flexibility in the solutions that help them to optimize their virtual
networks.”
“Customers require agile networks and services that deliver speed and
effectively support business applications. HP’s software defined network
solutions and ecosystem work in concert with the F5 Synthesis
architecture to deliver simplified solutions with automated policies and
orchestration for the network as well as the services running on top of
it.”
“At Dell, we are looking to extend SDN to higher layers of the stack for
customers looking for service flexibility across physical, virtual, and
cloud environments. F5’s Synthesis vision is a natural fit for us. We
see the programmable aspects of F5 technologies providing compelling
advantages for customers looking to program their networks and extend
the capabilities of applications and network services.”
“Automation, orchestration, and interoperability across network,
application, and virtualization elements are critical to
high-performance cloud and data center deployments. The combination of
Arista data center switches and Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS)
APIs with the F5 Synthesis model effectively combines our two companies’
technologies and neatly addresses the challenge of increasing network
service velocity for layer 4-7 services.”
“We enjoy active technology collaboration with F5. NSN’s Technology
Vision 2020 shares many of the same goals as Synthesis in supporting
intelligent, programmable networks, evolving the industry toward
software defined networks. As part of our outside-in innovation
approach, we look forward to exploring new avenues of collaboration with
F5 in this domain to bring additional benefits to our customers.”
“With SDAS and the Synthesis ecosystem, F5 is intelligently combining
applications, access, and security to quickly tailor services and
bolster defenses. F5’s emphasis on orchestrating security solutions
within the IT infrastructure, combined with our leading TRITON®
security solutions, will provide proactive defenses against advanced
attacks and data theft.”
“We see the scope and scale of security vulnerabilities continuing to
grow in conjunction with advancements in web services and mobility. F5
technologies provide a valuable platform to more holistically layer
defenses and enhance application performance. With strategic positions
in data centers and perimeter networks, F5 solutions together with
WhiteHat provide leading web application security integration and risk
management capabilities.”
“Our customers rely on
“Historically, organizations have struggled to efficiently combine
hardware, software, and services without opening up new attack vectors.
With Synthesis and F5’s fabric-based approach, we’ll have a powerful new
toolset to help customers elegantly orchestrate security services,
provide enhanced protection from multilayer threats, and capably
safeguard applications, users, and networks.”
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
F5 executive videos, white papers, datasheets, diagrams, and additional information on Synthesis and specific reference architectures are available through http://synthesis.f5.com/.
Additional commentary on F5’s efforts with Cisco is available in this DevCentral™ blog entry: https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/f5-and-cisco-application-centric-from-top-to-bottom-and-end-to-end
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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