Verizon Cloud deploys F5 Networks' BIG-IP® product suite to enable network traffic and security management services to keep business-critical applications fast, secure, and available for its enterprise customers. This enhancement together with network functions virtualization (NFV) capabilities provide enterprises using Verizon Cloud the ability to maintain consolidated security credentials to access business applications and networks globally. Verizon embedded F5’s comprehensive suite of application services into Verizon Cloud Compute, its new infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform. As part of this solution, F5’s BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager™ connects isolated environments and intelligently directs users to the best-performing data center to maintain high application performance.
“Verizon Cloud provides the availability, performance, and security enterprises demand from cloud services, and F5 is core to delivering those,” said John Considine, CTO at Verizon Terremark. “F5 was able to provision the components to support the dynamic scale and software-deployed management Verizon Cloud required to meet the needs of businesses adopting cloud today.”
“Helping customers effectively, securely, and efficiently combine application services and cloud environments—regardless of the specific makeup of their infrastructures—is a top priority for us,” said Karl Triebes, EVP of Product Development and CTO at F5. “Verizon Cloud demonstrates how organizations can use flexible, enterprise-class technologies to seamlessly and safely extend their applications to the cloud. With F5’s Software Defined Application Services™, customers like Verizon can easily configure how optimization, security, and availability services are employed, tailoring environments to meet the needs of their business and cloud initiatives.” Read More ''F5 Networks Provides Enterprise-Grade Application Delivery Solution for Verizon Cloud'
