Holly Hagerman

Nexum, Inc., an F5® Expert Partner, is an information technology company providing security and networking solutions. Founded in 2002, Nexum works to ensure the security and availability of the critical business infrastructure of its clients—from the detection and prevention of network threats, intrusions, and disruptions, to ensuring clients get the best advice—in order to address real-world business issues. Business Challenge Nexum’s client, a FORTUNE 1000 multinational leader in the oil and gas industry, has a complex environment with five data centers across the globe, with growing traffic levels. During initial meetings, Nexum asked about their business challenges and learned that the company was experiencing major load balancing problems that its legacy Cisco equipment could not handle. “When we talk with our clients about the problems they are experiencing, we ... (more)

F5’s Landmark BIG-IP v10 Release Delivers Outstanding Value to Customers

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced that its BIG-IP® version 10 software continues to be well-received by customers worldwide. In April, F5 released BIG-IP v10, as part of its vision to unify application and data delivery services. Thousands of enterprises and service providers have downloaded BIG-IP v10 software to help streamline application delivery and reduce CapEx and OpEx costs. F5 continues to enrich the BIG-IP solution with more Application Ready Templates and a new release of Enterprise Manager™, w... (more)

F5 Study Shows Cloud Computing Gaining Critical Mass

F5 Networks, Inc., a provider of Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced the results of a survey that shows how large enterprises are implementing cloud computing. The study reveals that among large enterprises, cloud computing is gaining critical mass, with more than 80 percent of respondents at least in trial stages for public and private cloud computing deployments. Additionally, despite the maturing rate of adoption of cloud computing among enterprises, the study shows that there is considerable confusion and concern around the definition of cloud computing. "... (more)

First American Improves Application Performance and Mobility with F5 and VMware

The First American Corporation, a Fortune 500 company based in Santa Ana, California, supplies businesses and consumers with online information in five primary industry segments, including title insurance and services, specialty insurance, and data and analytics. A $6.2 billion company comprising 200 business units, First American is the country’s largest such information provider. Traditionally, each business unit had its own IT shop. But recently, First American created a cohesive IT operation capable of providing a standard services catalog, service level agreements (SLAs), an... (more)

Suzuki Manufacturing Builds a Storage Environment for Agility and Growth

American Suzuki Motor Corporation prides itself on providing value-packed automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, scooters and marine engines. Its IT organization shares that commitment to customer satisfaction. When rapid data growth began impacting users by dragging down the performance of its Windows storage, the IT team took action. Relying on the powerful data management capabilities of F5® ARX® file virtualization solutions, American Suzuki Motor Company seamlessly transitioned to a higher-performance network-attached storage (NAS) environment and implemented an automated Informa... (more)