News details

Annual event offers hands-on technical labs, insights from company executives, and perspectives from F5 technology partners, including VMware and Cisco

SEATTLE – F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) will host the F5 Agility 2014 – Americas event August 4–6 at the Marriott Marquis in New York, N.Y. At the Agility conference, more than 1000 customers and partners will gain critical insights into how F5® technologies and services can help deliver applications that are fast, secure, and highly available.

Agility 2014 – Americas is designed around the theme of “Solutions for an application world.” Attendees will hear firsthand from F5 executives and partners about the F5 Synthesis™ vision and how it contributes to business innovation by orchestrating services that efficiently support applications.

F5 executives presenting at the conference include:

• John McAdam, CEO
• Manny Rivelo, EVP of Strategic Solutions
• Karl Triebes, CTO, EVP of Product Development
• Julian Eames, EVP of Business Operations

The event will also feature special guest speakers, including former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann and mountaineering legend Ed Viesturs, who will discuss what they have learned about leadership and decision-making in the midst of challenging circumstances.

In addition, the event will offer 47 hands-on technology labs—triple last year’s number due to high demand. Each lab provides attendees with instruction from F5 engineers, all with deep application expertise.

Agility 2014 Sponsors

Platinum-level sponsors of this year’s event include:

• Carahsoft
• Cisco
• VMware

Gold-level sponsors include:

• Avnet
• HOB
• HP
• Ingram Micro
• Payoda-AppViewX
• Websense
• Westcon Group 

About F5

F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) makes apps go faster, smarter, and safer for the world’s largest businesses, service providers, governments, and consumer brands. F5 delivers cloud and security solutions that enable organizations to embrace the application infrastructure they choose without sacrificing speed and control. For more information, go to f5.com. You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on LinkedIn and Facebook for more information about F5, its partners, and technologies.

F5 is a trademark or service mark 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.

# # #

This press release may contain forward looking statements relating to future events or future financial performance that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue," or the negative of such terms or comparable terms. These statements are only predictions and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these statements based upon a number of factors including those identified in the company's filings with the SEC.