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F5 Insite - Listopad 2008

F5 InSite (Nov): A Virtualization-Ready Infrastructure, New Products




ISSUE 25 - NOV 08
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In This Issue

Think your infrastructure is virtualization-ready? Think again. Think F5. This month's InSite will show you how F5 can design the Virtual Data Center for tomorrow, including new platforms and trusted solutions to get you virtualized.

Also in this issue: F5's new Application Ready Network (ARN) Deployment Guide for Oracle's Siebel CRM 8.0 and a schedule of noteworthy events F5 will participate in during the remainder of the calendar year. Stop by and see us if you're there!

Best regards,
F5



With F5, our technology handles the added stresses of a virtual server infrastructure

We've provide technology to make sure your network and storage can handle the added stresses of a virtual server infrastructure. "Going virtual" is all about maximizing resources. Don't let your network or storage let you down. To learn more, take a look at how F5's partnerships with virtualization leaders VMware and Microsoft help you realize the benefits of virtualization by reading our latest F5 World issue dedicated to virtualization.

If you just want to learn how the F5 BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager (LTM) works with VMware ESX and Microsoft Virtualization Technology, check out these F5 flash demos:

F5 BIG-IP LTM with Microsoft Virtualization Technology Demo
F5 BIG-IP LTM with VMware ESX Demo



F5 Expands Portfolio: ARX® 4000 & Data Manager

ARX4000 is the latest addition to F5's award-winning intelligent file virtualization platforms which is also the industry's first to support 10 gigabit Ethernet. F5 Data Manager gives you granular visibility into your file storage environments, including usage patterns and trends to identify areas of potential optimization and cost savings as well as storage planning.

Go to www.f5.com/products/arx-series for more information on the F5 Data Solutions portfolio.



Simplify Secure Access Management

With the new version of FirePass, you can now manage groups of employees and external access to business applications, keep mobile users connected, and enforce compliance with strict HIPAA, PCI, and GLBA requirements. You'll get increased productivity for your remote and mobile employee, automated business processes, lower deployment and support costs, increased security and lower business risks and have the ability for continuous business operations in face of a disaster. Lorraine: the last sentence is too long - was trying to avoid bullets - could you break up?)

Go to www.f5.com/solutions/security/ssl-vpn for more information on the F5 Security Solutions portfolio.

Offering superior performance and flexibility

The recently announced BIG-IP 6900 expands the F5® BIG-IP product family with advanced, integrated application delivery capabilities. With two dual-core processors that leverage F5's Clustered Multiprocessing (CMP) technology to achieve superior performance and advanced ADC functionality, the new platform helps you:

    • Deploy an integrated application delivery network. The 6900 supports advanced security and acceleration modules to build an integrated solution. Additionally, Fast CacheTM, IPv6 GatewayTM, Rate Shaping, SSL Offload, and Compression features are included to provide a full-featured ADC solution right out of the box.
    • Consolidate your IT infrastructures to cut costs. Offload application servers and reduce the number of devices and servers required to support your application delivery environments.
    • Leverage next-generation business applications and social media tools. Manage unprecedented growth in Internet traffic and data, rich multimedia content, and interactive business applications.
For more information, go to the press release for the announcement and product overview for product details.



F5 Events through December

Come see us at one or more of these events this year.


November 10-13
Connections 08
Las Vegas, NV
Booth #625 		November 15-21
CSI Security Expo
Washington, DC
Booth #205
November 17
Network IT Roadmap
San Francisco, CA
Booth #605
November 17-19
Gartner Enterprising Networking Summit
Orlando, FL
Booth #L
December 2-5
Gartner Annual Data Center
Las Vegas, NV
Booth #D2 		December 11
VMware Virtualization Forum
Boston, MA
Booth #TBD
Siebel CRM 8.0 ARN

F5 developed and released a new ARN Deployment Guide for Oracle's Siebel CRM 8.0. You can see 3-7 times performance gains, reduces up to 70% server-side connections and infrastructures and eases deployment pain when deploying Oracle Siebel CRM with F5 solutions . This latest and more tightly integrated solution was Oracle Validated as an Application Integration Architecture and further documents web acceleration, SSL offload for web and application tiers, and support for many automated policies and configurations to simplify deployments.

New Solution Sections on f5.com

Check out our new Solution Overview and drill down into one of our solutions which include:

• Technology Solutions

• Application Solutions

• Business Challenges

• Industry Solutions

Press Releases

• F5 Networks and Data Domain Deliver Automated Storage Tiering Solution

• F5 Offers Superior Performance and Flexibility with New BIG-IP Hardware Platform

• F5 Networks Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2008 Results

• F5 Expands Data Solutions Portfolio with Powerful New Hardware and Software Products

• F5's FirePass Solution Simplifies Secure Access Management for Enterprises and Enhances User Experience

• F5 Helps Customers Enhance the Value of Oracle's Siebel CRM Application Deployments

• F5 Networks and VMware Help BlueLock Launch Unique Virtual Cloud Computing Platform

Customer Stories

• BlueLock - BIG-_IP & Virtualization

• Lulu.com - ARX

• Global Financial Institution - ARX

• Cvent - BIG-IP

• PacificSource - ARX

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Until Next Time

We hope you enjoyed this issue of InSite. At F5, customer feedback drives our product development efforts. We welcome your input at feedback@f5.com.


Jakub Šumpich, 13. listopadu 2008