F5 intros IP solutions for AWS

F5 Networks has unveiled BIG-IP virtual solutions for Amazon Web Services (AWS). It addresses organizations' escalating demand to extend their data center and applications to AWS, maintaining enterprise-class reliability, scale, security, and performance.

Enterprise customers have come to rely on BIG-IP's strategic awareness that provides important information on how applications, resources, and users interact in order to successfully deliver applications, said Siva Mandalam, Director of Product Management and Product Marketing, Cloud and Virtualization Solutions at F5.

The BIG-IP solution for AWS includes options for traffic management, global server load balancing, application firewall, web application acceleration, and other advanced application delivery functions.

As enterprises consider which applications to move to the cloud, many customers have asked for the same advanced application control they have in their local data centers,” said Terry Wise, Head of Worldwide Partner Ecosystem at Amazon Web Services. He added, The BIG-IP solution for AWS enables enterprises to quickly move complex applications to AWS while maintaining high levels of service at a lower overall cost.