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New BIG-IP 6900 Platform Offers Superior Performance and Flexibility!
F5 recently launched the powerful new BIG-IP 6900 hardware platform. The 6900 expands F5's advanced, integrated
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The new BIG-IP 6900 includes these key benefits:
- Clustered Multi-Processing for superior performance and advanced application delivery functionality
- Comes standard with Fast Cache, IPv6 Gateway, Rate Shaping, SSL Acceleration, and Compression
- Up to 6 Gbps of layer 7 throughput
- Up to 25,000 SSL TPS – 500 TPS included
- Up to 5 Gbps hardware compression - 50 Mbps included
• Read the press release.
• Download the updated BIG-IP hardware platforms data sheet
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| Product Update Webinar for F5 Partners
Get up to speed on the latest solutions from F5!
Join F5 on a webinar on December 10th, 2008 at 4pm UK time (5pm CET) to learn about the new BIG-IP 6900 and the new FirePass v6.0.3 release.
Don't miss this opportunity to get on a call with our Corporate Product Marketing Managers Mike Krasnow and Jonathan George!
Email takefive@f5.com with your contact details to register for the product update webinar.
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Butler Group Recommends that Organisations Consider VIPRION for Large-Scale Application Delivery
The Butler Group, an independent and leading provider of IT research and analysis, has performed a Technology Audit on F5's VIPRION Application Delivery Controller.
The report includes product analysis, use cases, architecture, and what customers need to consider before deploying the product and which customers might benefit from the platform.
Download the full report and leverage this powerful sales tool in your customer engagements!
F5 Partners with Data Domain to Automate Storage Tiering
F5 has announced a new technology alliance with Data Domain that will help drive opportunities and revenue for our Data Solutions partners.
F5 and Data Domain offer a joint solution that automates the movement of static and archive data from expensive primary storage to cost-efficient secondary storage.
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For more information, read the press release.
VIPRION Wins 2008 Internet Telephony Excellence Award
Internet Telephony has honoured VIPRION for delivering unmatched availability and scalability for next-generation networks and applications including VoIP/IP communications..
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| Architectural Shifts Make Money
According to Gartner, these are some key architectural shifts that will drive revenue opportunities for F5 and its partners:
1. Continued migration to browser-based apps
2. Centralising branch servers
3. Increasing use of abstract application development environments
4. Redundant data centres / data backup
5. New application projects based on XML, AJAX, Web Services, RIAs, mash-ups
6. Discussion of moving applications to Cloud Computing or Web 2.0 services
7. No coordination across IT silos
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New November 2008 F5 EMEA Price List
Contact your local Channel Sales Manager to get a copy of the new November 2008 EMEA price list.
New Case Studies
• Learn how PacificSource Health Plans eliminated data migration pain with the F5 ARX file virtualisation solution.
• Find out how China Central Television streamed content during the 2008 Summer Olympics to 25 million online users with F5 BIG-IP solutions. Read more about F5 and the Beijing 2008 Games.
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DevCentral Blogs
• Read Lori MacVittie's virtualisation blog on "VirtSec" and what else happening in the virtualisation realm.
• Ever got confused by proxies? In the Concise Guide to Proxies, Lori walks through different proxy architectures, describes each, the differences, some common uses and more.
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| F5 – Coolest Company!
Did you know? F5 was voted No. 1 in four categories by Nwjobs, earning first place in Favorite Large Seattle-Area Company, Favorite High Tech Company, Most Unusual Perks, and Coolest Office Space.
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November Event
December 1-3
DOAG 2008
Deutsche ORACLE-Anwendergruppe e.V.
CongressCenter (CCN)
Nürnberg, Germany
Booth 312 |
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