F5 Networks delivers unified application delivery through its application delivery network. Its core product, BIG-IP, is a modularized application delivery controller offering load balancing, high-availability, application acceleration, application and network security, WAN optimization, and remote access solutions for enterprises and service providers.

Unique to F5 is its extensible application delivery platform, iRules, which allows application and security architects the ability to offload and implement commodity features and proactively deploy security and application related functionality that improves application deployments without requiring changes to those applications.

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F5 Networks — F5 said that RelayHealth has selected the firm's BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager and Global Traffic Manager products, to optimize performance and availability of its web-based, retail pharmacy applications (11/11/09)

Posted 11/12/09 at 9:55pm
F5 Networks added Kirby Wadsworth as Vice President, Global Marketing. (9/07)

Posted 11/10/09 at 10:13am
F5 Networks acquired Acopia Networks for $210M. (8/6/07)

Posted 1/27/09 at 1:11pm