F5 Networks Enables IPv6 and Ensures Availability and Performance for Interop Las Vegas 2011 Network Operations Center

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced that it is providing comprehensive services for Interop’s mission-critical NOC (Network Operations Center) during Interop Las Vegas 2011, happening May 8–12 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. F5 will also be showcasing its Application Delivery solutions at Interop (booth #2027).

“There are enormous demands placed on the Interop NOC in order to support vendors’ product offerings, heavy wireless traffic, and application access by thousands of users with a range of devices”

“F5 Networks is proud to be providing essential services for Interop 2011, which has one of the most complex and demanding application and networking environments,” said Dan Matte, SVP of Marketing and Business Development at F5. “Our performance-leading BIG-IP platforms loaded with our advanced software modules will support well over 10,000 Interop organizers, vendors, and attendees to ensure superior availability and reliability of network services.”

F5’s BIG-IP^® Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) are deployed at the heart of the Interop NOC and at two colocation sites. F5 is supporting the Interop NOC IPv6 environment, providing network and DNS translations and facilitating access and functionality for both IPv4 and IPv6 clients to resources on the Interop network. F5 is also providing an IPv6 gateway to the www.interop.com website.

The F5^® BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager^™ (LTM^®) and Global Traffic Manager^™ (GTM^™) products ensure global availability and functionality of critical system services such as DNS, SMTP, and NTP for Interop vendors and attendees. BIG-IP LTM also provides an access portal for all web traffic from the Interop wireless networks. Other BIG-IP software modules deployed include BIG-IP Access Policy Manager^™ (APM^™), WebAccelerator^™, and WAN Optimization Module^™ (WOM^®). A diagram with more details about how F5 solutions are deployed within the Interop NOC can be found here: www.f5.com/images/news-press-events/f5-interop-high-level-service-offering.png.

“There are enormous demands placed on the Interop NOC in order to support vendors’ product offerings, heavy wireless traffic, and application access by thousands of users with a range of devices,” said Lenny Heymann, Interop General Manager. “We’re excited to have F5’s application delivery solutions working as part of the team to ensure that Interop’s infrastructure can support our show objectives and provide IT decision makers with a positive experience.”

F5’s Interop Show Highlights

During Interop, F5 will showcase the company’s market-leading Application Delivery solutions at booth #2027 in the main exhibition hall. Come see how you can get more from your BIG-IP system, including optimizing applications, delivering more for mobile users, and controlling more in the cloud. Play the BIG claw challenge with a chance to win prizes, including an iPad 2, Xbox 360 with Kinect, gift cards, and much more. In addition, F5 welcomes you to attend these Interop activities:

F5 IT User Reception: Tuesday, May 10; 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. in Mandalay Bay Reef D (beer, wine, and food served)

Interop Booth Crawl: Wednesday, May 11; 3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. at F5’s booth #2027

About Interop^®

Interop^® drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to help IT and corporate decision makers achieve business success. Part of UBM TechWeb’s family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology event series. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet program, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer. For more information about these events, visit www.interop.com.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5^® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to www.f5.com.

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