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F5 Networks

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7 Virtualization Challenges: Building a Virtualization-Ready Application and Storage Networking Infrastructure by F5 Networks October 2008 - This White Paper describes how F5 technology enables your network to adapt to virtualization needs, ensure high availability (HA), maximize resources, and improve performance so you can get the most out of your investment.

  view 7 Virtualization Challenges: Building a Virtualization-Ready Application and Storage Networking Infrastructure research abstract

A simple and efficient approach to application security by F5 Networks September 2008 - This podcast examines the challenges of application security and presents solutions that your company can employ to protect, optimize, and accelerate its applications.

  view A simple and efficient approach to application security research abstract

A Unified Approach for Successfully Securing Wireless and Remote Devices by F5 Networks September 2008 - For most deployment scenarios, an SSL VPN appliance can provide many of the features and benefits of a special purpose WLAN controller for wireless access, but at a much lower cost and with greater flexibility. This paper describes the key sell...

  view A Unified Approach for Successfully Securing Wireless and Remote Devices research abstract

Achieving a Higher Level of Business and Network Adaptability with Unified Application Infrastructure Services by F5 Networks September 2008 - Although F5's BIG-IP traffic management solutions brings numerous features and benefits to an organization, the goal of this paper is to explore a more fundamental business problem plaguing today's organizations - and how BIG-IP solves it.

  view Achieving a Higher Level of Business and Network Adaptability with Unified Application Infrastructure Services research abstract

Application Delivery Controller Performance Report by F5 Networks September 2008 - This report documents the performance of the top Application Delivery Controllers offered by F5 Networks, Cisco Systems, and Citrix Netscaler. Through the development and implementation of robust and reproducible testing methods, F5 demonst...

  view Application Delivery Controller Performance Report research abstract

Application Ready Network Guide for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by F5 Networks September 2008 - F5 has specifically developed and tested a comprehensive Application Ready infrastructure for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that enhances the overall performance of SharePoint deployments, whether it's over the LAN or across a global WAN.

  view Application Ready Network Guide for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 research abstract

Application Ready Network Guide: Oracle Application Server 10g by F5 Networks September 2008 - F5™ Application Ready Network for Oracle Application Server 10g provides a comprehensive application delivery platform that greatly enhances the productivity and agility of both the Oracle applications and the organizationswho rely on these devices.

  view Application Ready Network Guide: Oracle Application Server 10g research abstract

Application-Ready Network: Powering the New Enterprise by F5 Networks September 2008 - In this 30-minute Webcast, hear Joe Skorupa (Gartner), Joerg Nalik (SAP), and Ken Salchow (F5) discuss the challenges faced by organizations deploying enterprise applications and the value of F5's Application Ready Network. This Web...

  view Application-Ready Network: Powering the New Enterprise research abstract

Bandwidth Management for Peer-to-Peer Applications by F5 Networks September 2008 - This paper explains how more and more users are using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocols to share very large files as the proliferation of broadband increases. This trend has exponentially increased traffic flows across very wide area networks.

  view Bandwidth Management for Peer-to-Peer Applications research abstract

Building the Next Generation Network Bridge: From Today's Network to the Future by F5 Networks September 2008 - The challenges facing SPs today are not so different from the ones enterprise organizations have faced for years when dealing with IP-based application delivery. This paper discusses how they face these challenges.

  view Building the Next Generation Network Bridge: From Today's Network to the Future research abstract

Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Data Center Consolidation by F5 Networks September 2008 - New technologies are changing the way we think about disaster recovery and business continuity. These technologies focus on WAN optimization, traffic redirection, data replication, and secure remote access. This white paper gives the details.

  view Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Data Center Consolidation research abstract

Data Center Virtualization Q&A by F5 Networks September 2008 - In this is a question and answer session, Erik Giesa, VP of Product Management and Marketing, discusses what's driving the need for data center virtualization, the benefits of it, and what companies should consider when virtualizing their data.

  view Data Center Virtualization Q&A research abstract

Delivering Comprehensive Security for your Web Applications by F5 Networks September 2008 - Most organizations are familiar with application security and Web Application Firewalls, realizing that secure application access and delivery are necessities. This white paper discusses the various avenues to attain this.

  view Delivering Comprehensive Security for your Web Applications research abstract

Deploying F5 Networks BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager with WebAccelerator for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by F5 Networks September 2008 - One approach to improving overall system performance is the use of a class of Traffic Management Device commonly referred to as a WAN Accelerator. This paper details the results of using one such solution.

  view Deploying F5 Networks BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager with WebAccelerator for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 research abstract

Disaster Recovery Guide: Universal Secure Remote Access by F5 Networks September 2008 - Access to corporate applications and data is vital to help keep your business running as usual, yet, a wide range of concerns can quickly disrupt business processes. This white paper explains the pitfalls and solutions.

  view Disaster Recovery Guide: Universal Secure Remote Access research abstract

Effective Disaster Recovery Planning by F5 Networks September 2008 - This paper addresses the increased performance needs of a disaster recovery plan, and the common barriers to achieving success. It also addresses the performance gains that can be achieved by using an F5 WANJet application acceleration solution.

  view Effective Disaster Recovery Planning research abstract

Effective Disaster Recovery Planning Using F5 Application Acceleration and EMC SRDF by F5 Networks September 2008 - This paper addresses the performance needs of a disaster recovery plan, and the common barriers to achieving success. It also addresses the performance gains that can be achieved by using the F5 WANJet application acceleration solution.

  view Effective Disaster Recovery Planning Using F5 Application Acceleration and EMC SRDF research abstract

Effectively Securing your Networks with Unified Access Control by F5 Networks September 2008 - In this paper, we will define the depth & breadth of Unified Access Control (UAC) and Network Admission Control (NAC), two subjects being talked about a great deal within the information security & network architecture industries.

  view Effectively Securing your Networks with Unified Access Control research abstract

Enterprise Remote Access by F5 Networks September 2008 - Historically, organizations have used IPSec VPN solutions to provide employees with remote access to network resources; an expensive, complicated deployment for a handful of users. This paper details how this process has modernized.

  view Enterprise Remote Access research abstract

Fighting email threats: Security tips to fight spam and other attacks by F5 Networks September 2008 - In this white paper, you'll learn the types of email threats; why the exponential growth in email volume poses significant challenges for the corporate network infrastructure & and how to address these challenges.

  view Fighting email threats: Security tips to fight spam and other attacks research abstract

IMS Ready and Raring to Go: A New World of Voice, Video, and Data by F5 Networks September 2008 - The beliefs that IMS architecture is nearly identical to SOA within the enterprise application development market are not without merit. Read this paper to learn the key differences.

  view IMS Ready and Raring to Go: A New World of Voice, Video, and Data research abstract

Keeping Your Head above the Cloud: 7 Data Center Challenges before Going Virtual by F5 Networks October 2008 - This White Paper details seven data center challenges before deploying a virtual data center.

  view Keeping Your Head above the Cloud: 7 Data Center Challenges before Going Virtual research abstract

Key Tips to Secure Remote Email Systems by F5 Networks September 2008 - Organizations today depend heavily on applications like email to increase productivity & reduce the cost of doing business. These applications must be fast, available & secure in order to accommodate a geographically dispersed world of empl...

  view Key Tips to Secure Remote Email Systems research abstract

Know your Endpoints: Protect your resources with device identification by F5 Networks September 2008 - Endpoint security is an increasing concern. It is no longer enough to protect your assets from an unknown malicious intruder. Organizations need to protect against trusted employees connecting from outside of the office. Learn more in this white paper.

  view Know your Endpoints: Protect your resources with device identification research abstract

Load Balancing 101: Nuts and Bolts for Application Delivery Controllers by F5 Networks September 2008 - Load balancing technology is the basis from which today's Application Delivery Controllers operate. But the pervasiveness of load balancing technology does not mean it is understood or discussed other than from a basic, network-centric vi...

  view Load Balancing 101: Nuts and Bolts for Application Delivery Controllers research abstract

Load Balancing 101: The Evolution to Application Delivery Controllers by F5 Networks September 2008 - This white paper discusses ADCs, the natural evolution to the critical network real estate that load balancers of the past held.

  view Load Balancing 101: The Evolution to Application Delivery Controllers research abstract

Maximizing IT Investments: Recession-proofing Your Network by F5 Networks July 2008 - This whitepaper outlines a plan that enables network teams to implement a plan that optimizes application performance. It also identifies recession-proof networking technologies and their challenges.

  view Maximizing IT Investments: Recession-proofing Your Network research abstract

Maximizing the Performance of Web Pages, Applications, & Portals with F5 Accelerator - A Technical Overview by F5 Networks September 2008 - This paper introduces a new method for maximizing the performance of web pages, applications, and portals delivered to intranets, the Internet and extranet users, aptly named the F5 WebAccelerator.

  view Maximizing the Performance of Web Pages, Applications, & Portals with F5 Accelerator - A Technical Overview research abstract

Meeting the Challenges Affecting Data Replication Performance and Reliability by F5 Networks September 2008 - Data replication has become a common process within most enterprise IT departments. The need to protect critical data and ensure continuity of operations drives many to deploy sophisticated replication solutions. This paper gives more details.

  view Meeting the Challenges Affecting Data Replication Performance and Reliability research abstract

New Technologies for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity by F5 Networks September 2008 - With the frequent threat of virus attacks, hackers, and the uncontrollable forces that can lead to a loss of data, a data protection plan is serious business. Read this white paper for information on such a plan.

  view New Technologies for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity research abstract

Offloading Remote Authentication for Servers by F5 Networks September 2008 - This paper describes how F5's Advanced Client Authentication module works to protect your application infrastructure while increasing your server capacity by offloading authentication processing.

  view Offloading Remote Authentication for Servers research abstract

Optimize WAN and LAN Application Performance with TCP Express by F5 Networks September 2008 - F5's BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager provides a state-of-the-art TCP/IP stack that delivers dramatic WAN and LAN application performance improvements for real-world networks.

  view Optimize WAN and LAN Application Performance with TCP Express research abstract

Oracle and F5 Reference Architechture for SOA by F5 Networks September 2008 - This document details a solution blueprint developed by F5 and Oracle. It's purpose is to show how F5 and Oracle components work together to deliver a highly reliable and scalable platform for deploying Oracle Service Oriented Applications.

  view Oracle and F5 Reference Architechture for SOA research abstract

Overcoming the Challenges of Securing your Web Applications by F5 Networks September 2008 - As businesses place more applications on the web, they expose more of their sensitive customer data to hackers. This white paper explains the benefits of application firewalls.

  view Overcoming the Challenges of Securing your Web Applications research abstract

Performance Solution for Document Distribution by F5 Networks September 2008 - When it comes to project collaboration, modern enterprises are caught off guard by the demands placed on their infrastructures by the Internet & advanced intranets/extranets. Learn how F5 WebAccelerator solution resolves this.

  view Performance Solution for Document Distribution research abstract

Podcast: Delivering Secure Content to Remote Mobile Users: How to Build a CDN by F5 Networks September 2008 - This podcast examines how an enterprise content delivery network (eCDN) can help your company distribute content closer to remote users while maintaining high availability, DOS protection, and compliance requirements.

  view Podcast: Delivering Secure Content to Remote Mobile Users: How to Build a CDN research abstract

Podcast: Virtualization Demystified: Breaking Out Virtualization Technologies by F5 Networks September 2008 - This podcast explores the different types of virtualization available for deployment and how each independent category should be addressed before your company migrates to a fully virtual environment.

  view Podcast: Virtualization Demystified: Breaking Out Virtualization Technologies research abstract

SAP Replaces Previous VPN Technology with F5's FirePass SSL VPN Solution, Ensuring Secure Remote Access for Nearly 7,000 Users Daily by F5 Networks September 2008 - This white paper examines how to provide a consistent and secure connection to your company's applications for remote users through SSL VPN technology.

  view SAP Replaces Previous VPN Technology with F5's FirePass SSL VPN Solution, Ensuring Secure Remote Access for Nearly 7,000 Users Daily research abstract

Security Implications of the Virtualized DataCenter by F5 Networks September 2008 - The concept that virtual operating environments are just as secure as their physical counterparts can be a very expensive and destructive fallacy. Read why Today's system and security administrators need to begin focusing on virtual security.

  view Security Implications of the Virtualized DataCenter research abstract

SSL VPN for Secure Wireless LAN Access by F5 Networks September 2008 - For most deployment scenarios, an SSL VPN appliance can provide many of the features and benefits of a special purpose WLAN controller for wireless access, but at a much lower cost and with greater flexibility. This paper describes the key sell...

  view SSL VPN for Secure Wireless LAN Access research abstract

Taneja Report: F5's Acquisition of Acopia Networks & the Vision of the Next Generation Data Center by F5 Networks September 2008 - Server virtualization is being added to IT shops at a booming rate because IT has seen the benefits: improved utilization rates, reduced CapEx and improvements in flexibility. In this report, The Taneja Group explains it in detail.

  view Taneja Report: F5's Acquisition of Acopia Networks & the Vision of the Next Generation Data Center research abstract

The F5 Acceleration Portfolio by F5 Networks October 2008 - F5 is the leader in Application Delivery Networking, ensuring applications are secure, fast, and available. This white paper provides an overview of specific F5 acceleration features across three F5 product lines.

  view The F5 Acceleration Portfolio research abstract

The VDC Maturity Model - Moving up the Virtual Data Center Stack by F5 Networks October 2008 - The goal of virtualization in the data center is to help the enterprise achieve a business goal, whether that goal is consolidation, reduced management and head count costs, disaster recovery, or even “going green.”

  view The VDC Maturity Model - Moving up the Virtual Data Center Stack research abstract

TMOS - Secure Development and Implementation for Application Delivery Networks by F5 Networks September 2008 - In this white paper, read how TMOS--the foundation and architecture for F5's application delivery controllers running on the BIG-IP platform--brings a wealth of security to existing application delivery networks.

  view TMOS - Secure Development and Implementation for Application Delivery Networks research abstract

Top Windows Storage Improvements for Cutting Costs in 2009 by F5 Networks December 2008 - This white paper discusses the top five improvements to windows storage for cutting costs in 2009.

  view Top Windows Storage Improvements for Cutting Costs in 2009 research abstract

Transparent Data Reduction - Addressing Bandwidth Limitations by F5 Networks September 2008 - F5 WANJet Transparent Data Reduction is a solution that delivers LAN-like application performance over the WAN, accelerating file transfer, email, client server applications, data replication, and others while delivering fast performance for all WAN users

  view Transparent Data Reduction - Addressing Bandwidth Limitations research abstract

Using F5 WANJet to Accelerate EMC SRDF®: Optimizing Data Replication for Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery by F5 Networks September 2008 - This white paper addresses the performance needs of data replication for disaster recovery. It also explains how the F5 WANJet is specifically designed to optimize Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) traffic while lowering IT costs.

  view Using F5 WANJet to Accelerate EMC SRDF®: Optimizing Data Replication for Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery research abstract

Virtualization Defined - Eight Different Ways by F5 Networks September 2008 - Virtualization is not a new concept. Today it appears that virtualization is everywhere, which because of its ambiguity can be applied to any and all parts of an IT infrastructure. This whitepaper focuses on virtualization in the data center.

  view Virtualization Defined - Eight Different Ways research abstract

VMware DRS: Why You Still Need Assured Application Delivery and Application Delivery Networking by F5 Networks October 2008 - This White Paper details how the F5 BIG-IP LTM works with VMware to provide truly virtualized Application Delivery Networking.

  view VMware DRS: Why You Still Need Assured Application Delivery and Application Delivery Networking research abstract

WANJet in Data Replication Environments by F5 Networks September 2008 - The F5 WANJet is an easy to-install appliance that can vastly improve application throughput and save bandwidth costs. In this paper learn how your Enterprise WAN can carry up to ten times more traffic, on average, and move data up to ten times faster.

  view WANJet in Data Replication Environments research abstract

Web Acceleration 2.0: Now No One Has to Wait by F5 Networks September 2008 - If you are worried about the performance of your web applications, you are not alone. Learn how F5's approach to Application Delivery Networking eliminates the bottlenecks inherent in browsers, in the network, and in the data center.

  view Web Acceleration 2.0: Now No One Has to Wait research abstract



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