F5 Joins VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) Program
Alliance points to continued integration and activities between VMware and F5 to benefit joint customers seeking to deploy virtualization solutions
WhiteHat Security and F5 Team to Battle Attacks Against Enterprise and eCommerce Websites
WhiteHat Sentinel and F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager integrate via F5's iControl API; Customers achieve dynamic vulnerability assessment, detection, and remediation for total website security and PCI compliance
F5 Boasts Industry's First On-Demand Application Delivery Controller, Redefining Performance and Scalability with the Introduction of VIPRION
New F5 bladed chassis enables large enterprises and service providers to easily manage a complete application-fluent infrastructure; VIPRION gives customers control over management, power, space, and operating expenses
Taming Your Flock of NAS Devices
NAS devices are easily deployed but capacity limited, leading to an administratively unmanageable number of NAS devices as mount/share points multiply. This administrative quagmire is further complicated with a multi-vendor NAS data center where cross-vendor functionality is often lacking.
Cutter IT Journal, "Service-Oriented Architecture and Its Implications for Governance"
In this Cutter IT Journal issue with Guest Editor Tom Welsh, we explore the implications of SOA adoption for corporate and IT governance. Find a roadmap for transforming an unstructured legacy application landscape into an enterprise SOA. Discover how managing business assets using Universal Business Identifiers (UBIs) will cause new development and initiatives to concentrate around business assets that deliver real value. SOA has been called "the answer to an enterprise architect's dream" -- join us to learn how to keep it from becoming a nightmare in your organization.
Sold on SOA
A 21 page Computerworld bulletin (sponsored by Fujitsu) addresses pretty much most of the factors facings organisations today in terms of adopting SOA , in particular drawing attention to the fact "A registry is the linchpin for achieving reuse of existing services". A good read for the bigger picture.
SmartFrog - Smart Framework for Object groups
SmartFrog is a technology for describing distributed software systems as collections of cooperating components, and then activating and managing them. It was developed at HP Labs in Bristol, in the UK. The core SmartFrog framework is released under LGPL.
F5 Joins Microsoft's Interop Vendor Alliance
Membership underscores F5's commitment to drive seamless integration with Microsoft solutions.
HP Launches New Offerings to Lead the Service-oriented Enterprise to Successful Adoption of SOA
The company launched new offerings to bring service-oriented architecture (SOA) out of the prototype stage and into successful enterprise deployment.
F5 Commands Worldwide Market Share Lead for Application Delivery Controllers
Leading industry analyst firm places F5 at the market share forefront of ADC vendors