Load balancers used to be fairly simple, distributing user requests from the Internet to a group of servers instead of just one. Between the drive to differentiate themselves and the increasing ...

This morning, F5 Networks is introducing a new load balancer, LineRate Point, and a volume licensing plan. Both are aimed at extending the F5 Synthesis framework to let all applications receive ...

Expanded partnership delivers tighter integration between Cisco ACI tools and F5 BIG-IP DNS software to improve application availability and performance for mutual customers. Cisco and F5 have ...

F5 is integrating its SSL VPN gear with its load-balancing, traffic management hardware to turn the SSL device into a central policy and access enforcement point. With a new release of software for ...

The network load-balancing (NLB) vendor landscape has consolidated down to five major players and some niche alternative vendors. META Trend: Wide-area network services will transition toward IP VPNs ...

Application performance specialist F5 Networks unveiled a brand new SaaS-based application visibility tool, F5 Beacon, and updated two of its existing offerings, Big-IQ and NGINX Controller, which ...

The situation is we use F5 Big-IP 1500 load balancers, however the one in our lab is an older model that only has 786MB of memory. The 1500's we use in production are the newer model's with 2GB of ...

F5 was ‘always the cruise ship -- it had a lot of bells and whistles, but it turned slowly,’ but NGINX technology is helping the company create a more agile portfolio, said one channel partner about ...

The company's legacy hardware business is poised to perform better than anticipated. Over the last many years, F5 Networks has been selling application delivery controllers (load balancers). Those ...