F5 to Integrate with VMware Infrastructure
2012-08-27F5 Networks Inc. has announced its intent to integrate its BIG-IP products using the new VMware Ready for Networking and Security Program. A jointly developed solution will help organizations seamlessly integrate services and efficiently support software defined data centers. Through the new VMware program and tight integration between F5 and VMware, customers will be able to continue utilizing their existing investments in networking and security products while realizing the efficiency and agility benefits of VMware cloud infrastructure with a validated joint solution.
Anil Pochiraju, MD, F5 Networks India & SAARC said, “F5’s approach to managing application delivery in the enterprise extends well beyond its own management solutions. Through dedicated integration efforts, F5 technologies can augment the capabilities of VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud Director, enabling IT professionals to efficiently deploy and optimize application delivery services across virtualized and cloud environments.”
Parag Patel, VP, Global Strategic Alliances, Vmware said, “Collaboration with F5 on the new VMware Ready program is a natural extension of the companies’ ongoing technology partnership. F5 provides powerful application services that our customers can use to optimally build, deliver, and monitor their applications. This future integration will ensure that customers can leverage the full complement of F5’s services for their applications. Using VMware and F5 solutions together helps organizations simplify and automate service provisioning so that systems can be easily maintained in a rapid, repeatable, and consistent manner.”
Zeus Kerravala, Founder & Principal Analyst, ZK Research said, “Getting the performance you want from your applications in a virtualized environment often comes with the tradeoff of added complexity. Technology partnerships like the one between F5 and VMware help customers overcome these complexities, and help organizations manage applications in a virtual environment within a simple, efficient, and secure framework.”
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