F5 Tunes Up Traffic Management
News F5 Networks will reveal its long-touted next-generation Internet traffic management switch on Tuesday, a device it says will help corporate customers get better performance from their networks. The latest version of Big-IP has a new operating...
[September 6, 2004, 9:10]
F5 Networks Files Cookie Patent Suit
News F5 Networks, a maker of networking gear for big Web sites, has patented a way to improve communications between Internet browsers and Web sites and sued three competitors for infringing that patent. The patent, number 6,473,802, covers "cookie...
[March 24, 2003, 10:30]
Configuring Highly Available OracleAS Infrastructure With F5's BIG-IP Load Balancer
White Papers The hardware load balancer is an integral part of the architecture and provides load balancing as well as failover capabilities. Besides this, the SSL accelerator feature of the load balancer can also be used to act as a SSL proxy for HTTPS based...
[September 11, 2004, 0:00]
Salesforce.com Helps F5 Networks Successfully Woo Enterprise Customers
White Papers Founded in 1996, F5 Networks is a pioneer in the expanding field of Internet traffic and content management. After identifying significant new revenue opportunities in the previously untapped enterprise market, F5 Networks realized that it needed...
[July 12, 2006, 0:00]
Configuring Highly Available Oracle Collaboration Suite With F5 BIG-IP Application Traffic Manager
White Papers In all the preceding high availability deployments, a hardware load balancer distributes the incoming Oracle Internet Directory (OID) and Directory Integration & Provisioning (DIP), the Single Sign On (SSO) and Delegated Administrative Service...
[May 30, 2007, 0:00]
Building A Strong Foundation For SIP-Based Networks Using F5 Networks' BIG-IP Traffic Manager
White Papers This white paper focuses primarily on the traffic management/load balancing component (F5 Networks' BIG-IP product) required in building a smart, streamlined, scaleable SIP-based infrastructure - a "future proof" network that could be used to...
[July 26, 2007, 0:00]
Gaitame.com Co. Improves WAN Data Transfer Rates By 20x Using F5's WANJet
White Papers Gaitame.com Co. LTD.is a financial futures transaction firm specializing in on-line services for individual investors. The company deals with eight currencies and provides users with real-time information on the world's exchange markets as well as...
[December 2, 2007, 23:00]
The Combination Of Akamai’s Content Distribution Services And F5 Networks’ Products Provide Speed And Reliability For Internet Sites
White Papers Today, speed and reliability may very well be considered the Alpha and Omega of an effective Internet site. There is now a solid expectation that a site should always be available, instantly and immediately, whenever the user wants it -- and woe to...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
Santa Barbara Charter Uses F5's WANJet To Improve Database Backup Time By 6x And Achieve Consistent Remote Application Access
White Papers Santa Barbara Charter, an exclusive airline charter for high profile executives, is constantly seeking to maintain operational efficiency through the use of technology. The company's challenge was to reduce inefficient and time-consuming backups...
[December 2, 2007, 23:00]
Data Centre Firms Settle Cookie Spat
News F5 Networks and Radware have settled a patent dispute over F5's "cookie persistence" technology. The data centre gear makers announced the confidential settlement in a joint press release on Thursday.
[September 17, 2004, 11:45]
N+I: Web Traffic Company Wants To Make 'the BIOS Of Blades'
News Blade servers may be about to change the data centre by consolidating applications onto multiple small servers loaded in racks. But this cannot happen without software to manage the traffic flowing between those servers, according to F5, a company...
[May 8, 2002, 7:31]
Sporting Index Becomes First UK Customer To Deploy TrafficShield Application Firewall As Extra Security Measure For Its Online Betting Service
White Papers Sporting Index is recognised as the world leader in its field, having captured approximately 70% of the UK's sports spread betting market. In 2005, senior management decided to revaluate its infrastructure, hosting and security procedures at a time...
[May 4, 2006, 0:00]
Betfair's Australian Launch Is A Winner
News When UK-based online trading site Betfair was granted a licence to operate in Australia this January, it built a new data centre and flew the entire setup from the UK to Tasmania on two chartered aeroplanes.
[September 20, 2006, 15:50]
Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook: Forms, Controls, And Other Useful Objects
White Papers If the user is writing a desktop application, he or she is dealing with forms and controls. Since its first release, Visual Basic has made the dream of drag-and-drop programming possible: just add some controls to a form, press F5, and go.
[October 24, 2007, 0:00]
Diff Doc Professional
Downloads Diff Doc is an easy-to-use document comparison utility. Use it to compare Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint, RTF, PDF, and Wordperfect. Regardless of the editor you are using, simply load the original and modified files, press the Refresh button (or...
[April 19, 2008, 4:16]
Knowledge Is Power: Knowledge Technology Solutions Puts Market Data At Users' Fingertips With Dell PowerEdge 2650 Servers
White Papers Knowledge Technology Solutions needed a reliable, secure and high-performance IT infrastructure to support the delivery and growth of a new market data service application, QuoteTerminal, which enables financial professionals to manipulate...
[August 11, 2004, 0:00]
Ericsson Core Bluetooth Baseband Q-E3
White Papers This paper provides information on the Ericsson Core Bluetooth Baseband Q-E3, which is based on the 5th generation Ericsson Core Bluetooth Baseband, an intelligent design built on Ericsson? s long experience of widely proven Bluetooth baseband...
[June 19, 2004, 0:00]
The Platform That Will Launch Millions Of Internet Users To The Red Planet
White Papers The official Mars Polar Lander Mission Web site will provide simultaneous Internet viewing of the NASA mission involved with the study of distribution and behavior of water on Mars and its role in Mars' weather and climate.
[December 28, 2003, 23:00]
The 3-DNS Controller Helps Companies Attain Their Global Internet Business Objectives
White Papers Ensuring optimal reliability and consistent performance for distributed Internet sites - no matter where they are in the world - is an important consideration for today's e-Business. Wide-area, high availability, intelligent load balancing...
[November 17, 2003, 23:00]
Ex-Sun Exec Aims To Redesign The Network
News In the next few years, users will throw out all their specialist network-related boxes, and replace them with a single high powered "packet-cracker", according to John McFarlane, who used to run Sun's service provider business and, before that...
[March 7, 2002, 18:07]

