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F5 InSite - Červenec 2008

F5 InSite (July): Maximizing IT Investments, New Customer Story






  

In This Issue


Our lean economic times are forcing companies to get even more creative to meet CIO's business and technology goals for 2008. Ashton, Metzler & Associates has released a study identifying how cost-saving networking technologies can help recession-proof IT marketing budgets while supporting CIO initiatives.

Doing more with less is also the theme of a new webinar with Gartner Research's VP, Joe Skorupa. And in this InSite, you can learn how Mustang Engineering boosted application performance by 60% using F5 technologies and find out more about the "Best of Show" award for F5 VIPRIONTM at Interop Tokyo 2008.

Best regards,
F5



 

Turbocharging Your IT Dollars: Recession-Proofing Your Network

We all know times are tough. And when budgets are under even tighter scrutiny than usual, network teams must prove their business value. To that end, F5 has sponsored an important new white paper, "Maximizing IT Investments: Recession-Proofing Your Network."

Prepared by the independent consulting group Ashton, Metzler & Associates, this deep report explores the many cost-saving networking technologies your IT team can use to ensure it is meeting CIO requirements while also staying within budget. It also points out how these technologies can reduce overhead and also enable network teams to support key business initiatives.

"Maximizing IT Investments: Recession-Proofing Your Network" focuses on the opportunities and cost reductions possible when IT deploys the following effective technologies:

    • Accelerate web applications
    • Maximize server investments
    • Capitalize on storage investments
    • Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery
    • Implement Application Delivery Controllers with intelligent scripting capabilities
    • Reduce implementation time and management overhead
Read this new white paper from F5 and learn how your team can be proactive by maximizing the value of the technology services it provides.

Download the white paper.

  

Mustang  Engineering Boosts App Performance by 60%

When Mustang Engineering replaced its aging collaboration software with Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server 2007, the company boosted application performance by 60 percent—thanks to F5 Networks
BIG-IP Local Traffic ManagerTM 6400 deployed with WebAcceleratorTM. Moreover, Mustang was able to reduce the number of servers for SharePoint Server 2007 by two-thirds. With as many as 4,000 users from national and international remote locations accessing the SharePoint at any one time, Mustang knew it had to ensure top application performance from the outset. Learn how they did it.

Download the case study.



Maximizing the Value of Your Network


How can you improve application performance and security while also enabling growth, especially in a challenging economic environment? Gartner Research Vice President Joe Skorupa explains how in this webinar, focusing on the value of the network. Skorupa describes how Application Delivery Networking (ADN) helps enterprises to do more with less, citing the ROI that ADN solutions provide. He also underscores the importance of enabling application developers, security teams, and network architects to collaborate for the good of applications, users, and the business overall.

See the webcast.

 





White Papers

- Management Networks—Living Outside of Production
Management networks segregate non-production traffic off production networks.

- Getting Green 
This paper discusses decreasing the impact of hardware on the environment and IT's bottom line through more efficient and better performing application delivery platforms.  

Press Releases

-  F5 Solution Accelerates SAP Applications at World-Class Research University

-   F5 Professional Services and Support Organization Raises the Bar for Global Service Quality

Customer Stories

-  Shopzilla Rings Up Big Data Management and Operational Efficiencies with Intelligent File Virtualization

-  BAT Creates a Stable Network for SAP Applications with BIG-IP® WebAcceleratorTM

-  Internet Services Wholesaler Relieson BIG-IP LTM 3400 to Provide "Five Nines" of Availability

-  Casero Creates Customized Services for Telecom Clients Using F5 BIG-IP LTM and iRules



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VIPRION "Best of Show" at Tokyo Interop

We're excited to announce that the F5 VIPRIONTM solution was honored with a silver "Best of Show" award in the "Network Infrastructure for Large Companies" category at Interop Tokyo 2008, beating out more than 300 products and services vying for five top spots.

As the industry's first on-demand Application Delivery Controller, VIPRION is gaining worldwide attention and major momentum. Released last March, VIPRION has been impressing show judges, analysts, and enterprises alike with its power, simplicity, and innovation.

"We're extremely proud to have VIPRION recognized at such a high-profile industry event," said Jason Needham, Sr. Director of Product Management at F5. "VIPRION provides a powerful and scalable platform with best-in-class security, optimization, and availability, enabling enterprises and service providers to implement a sustainable Application Delivery Networking growth strategy."

What makes VIPRION such a sharp standout? Essentially, it's a unified, bladed system that consolidates networking and security functionality, processing power, load balancing, and application delivery service virtualization into a shared, highly scalable chassis. Unlike other Application Delivery Controller (ADC) platforms, performance blades can be added on-demand as network environments and applications require increased processing power. This flexibility enables businesses to extend performance to meet business needs without adding management complexity. And individual blades can be installed or removed without network disruption, as VIPRION automatically reroutes traffic to the other blades.

Read the press release.
Check out the VIPRION demo.
Learn more about VIPRION.


Jakub Šumpich, 9. září 2008