F5 new BIG-IP solution: support low-cost data expansion to AWS and cloud
F5 releases BIG-IP solution that supports AWS
Recently, F5 Networks, the world's leading provider of application delivery networks (ADN), launched a virtual version of BIG-IP for AWS, making full use of the full range of products of the F5 BIG-IP family for the AWS cloud.
The BIG-IP for AWS has the same functions as physical BIG-IP devices, and users can have the same control over applications in AWS. Not only that, the solution meets the higher needs of enterprises to extend data centers and applications to AWS, while maintaining enterprise-class reliability, scalability, security, and performance. With BIG-IP running in enterprise data centers and AWS, users can establish secure channels, transfer data to the cloud, and achieve end-to-end application control.
The main functions of BIG-IP solution for AWS are: traffic management, global server load balancing, application firewall, Web application acceleration and other advanced application delivery functions.
The F5 BIG-IP solution for AWS has been proven to allow enterprises to successfully migrate applications to AWS and cloud usage scenarios at a lower cost.
According to Terry Wise, head of the global partner ecosystem at Amazon Web Services, "as enterprises consider migrating more applications to the cloud, many users want the same advanced application control as in the local data center. AWS-oriented BIG-IP solutions enable enterprises to quickly migrate complex applications to AWS while maintaining high-quality services at a lower overall cost."
According to Rohit Mehra, vice president of network infrastructure at IDC, "enterprises need the flexibility and scale of cloud services, but at the same time worry about the complexity and control of applications. Therefore, the challenge for enterprises is to easily expand the service portfolio of IT departments with cloud and integration capabilities, while at the same time ensuring that applications run quickly, securely, and highly available. The inherent availability of BIG-IP in Amazon Web Services enables enterprises to embed application operation strategies into cloud usage scenarios. "
With the new F5 BIG-IP solution, you can also help enterprises:
F5 ADN service runs seamlessly in the cloud
The virtual version of BIG-IP is being adopted by more and more users who want to use cloud products. The new product for AWS further extends the broad support of F5's virtualized cloud environment based on vSphere, Hyper-V, Xen and KVM.
Enterprises can safely take advantage of cloud resources
AWS users can easily take advantage of F5 market-leading availability, optimization, and security services to support cloud computing and hybrid deployment models.
IT teams can easily extend the application environment
The production and experimental versions of BIG-IP virtual solutions for AWS enable IT teams to easily move from testing and development to production to support important business applications. Users can take advantage of their existing BIG-IP configuration and policies and apply them to the BIG-IP running on AWS.
