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Suzuki Manufacturing Builds a Storage Environment for Agility and Growth

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:45:00 EDT

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 Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) strategy that slashed backup times and storage costs.

Disk May Be Cheap but Storage is Not

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:44:00 EDT

Remember at trade shows oh, a few years back now, the “hot” vendor swag was 256MB USB keys. I’m sure many of you spent time trying to collect them as fervently as kids collect Pokeman cards (or whatever the CCG du jour may be). Just a few years later you’d have laughed if someone offered such a small key up as swag because disk had become so cheap they were probably dumping what was left in stock in those “claw-grab” games that promise big prizes for only 50 cents a try that are the bane of every parent I know.

First American Improves Application Performance and Mobility with F5 and VMware

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT

The First American Corporation 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), and disaster recovery guarantees for all business units. Now centralized using F5 Application Delivery Networking solutions and a highly virtualized server infrastructure with VMware, IT is far more nimble, efficient, and cost-effective in meeting business needs than it was previously. Looking forward, they are also planning to implement F5’s FirePass SSL VPN solution.

SaaS Application Performance with F5 Solutions

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:45:00 EDT

Transplace redesigned its IT infrastructure for higher efficiency and to provide a better customer experience. The redesign included virtualization technology from VMware. To realize the full benefits of its virtualized environment, the company used BIG-IP Application Delivery Networking devices from F5. As a result, Transplace has boosted the performance and availability of its enterprise applications, including its signature, revenue-generating SaaS platform.

F5 Study Shows Cloud Computing Gaining Critical Mass

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:45:00 EDT

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in 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.

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

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:00:00 EDT

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™, which helps customers planning an upgrade from previous versions of BIG-IP to the most recent 10.0.1 release.

Nexum Delivers ROI to Energy Company

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:30:49 EDT

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.

F5 BIG-IP Solutions Integrated with VMware vCenter Server

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

F5 Networks, Inc., a provider Application Delivery Networking (ADN), has announced integration between its BIG-IP solutions and VMware vSphere 4 and VMware vCenter Server, together creating a scalable and extensible platform that allows IT administrators to improve organizations' control over virtual environments. Working in concert, VMware vCenter Server and F5 BIG-IP solutions enable customers to dynamically provision application resources, reduce costs, and maximize the automation and agility of their IT infrastructures.