F5 Networks, Inc.

F5 Networks, Inc. makes technology that keeps business applications available and protected wherever they run. Its customers include large enterprises, service providers, financial and educational institutions, government bodies and consumer brands.

What F5 Networks, Inc. offers

• Load balancing — spreads application traffic so services stay responsive.
• DNS services — name resolution as part of the application delivery stack.
• Web application firewalls — filter attacks aimed at the application layer.
• Identity and access federation — controls who can reach which applications.
• DDoS mitigation — protection against floods of hostile traffic.
• AI application security — a platform covering applications, APIs and AI workloads.

Who it works with

Large businesses, telecom and hosting providers, banks, schools and universities, public sector bodies and consumer brands. Their applications may sit on-premises, in private or public clouds, or across several clouds at once.

Key facts

• Delivery models: hardware, software, subscription licences or applications as a service
• Environments: on-premises, private cloud, public cloud and multi-cloud