F5 helps enterprises and hosting service providers automate
deployments, boost performance, and consolidate management of a
Microsoft private cloud
F5
Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV),
the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), is
demonstrating its F5® BIG-IP® solutions for
Microsoft private cloud deployments at the Microsoft Management Summit
2012, held this week in Las Vegas. During the event, F5 is emphasizing
BIG-IP compatibility with System Center 2012 to help organizations
maximize cloud benefits and productivity.
“F5 cloud computing solutions provide customers with a flexible
foundation to dynamically provision services and tap the full value of
cloud deployments,” says Calvin Rowland, VP, Technology and ISV
Alliances at F5. “We’re excited to connect with customers at this event
and share our cloud vision and products, which are key building blocks
for private cloud environments. For over a decade, F5 and Microsoft have
worked together to bring superior IT solutions to our customers. And
with our close collaboration on Microsoft private cloud solutions, we’ve
extended the value of this relationship.”
Using the BIG-IP system, customers can build dynamic
data centers that eliminate deployment barriers and lay the
framework for long-term, sustained efficiencies. For the Microsoft
private cloud, F5 solutions help organizations unify their network
architectures and consolidate their management environments. Together,
BIG-IP products and System Center 2012 provide a clear view into how
applications are performing over the network. This gives customers the
ability to update and optimize configurations to increase performance,
scale, automation, flexibility, and security.
Further, the updated F5® Monitoring Pack for System Center
helps customers optimize resource utilization by discovering available
BIG-IP devices and surfacing health statistics within System Center
2012. As administrators shift the allocation of resources, the BIG-IP
system is automatically updated to ensure that the network is in sync
with changes to computing and storage resources.
“System Center 2012 enables the private cloud, and the F5 Monitoring
Pack for System Center gives customers the added strengths of F5’s
BIG-IP solutions,” said Mike Schutz, General Manager, Product Marketing,
Windows Server and Management at Microsoft.