F5 Inc. (FFV)

Overview

F5, Inc. is a prominent entity, presenting a broad spectrum of multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions across a variety of regions, including the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Renowned for its distributed cloud services, F5, Inc. empowers its clientele to seamlessly deploy, secure, and manage applications across diverse architectures, ranging from on-premises settings to public cloud environments. Ensuring the provision of unified solutions in security, networking, and application management, the company specializes in a multitude of areas such as web application and API protection, multi-cloud networking, and application delivery and deployment. Originally established under the name F5 Networks, Inc., the organization underwent a rebranding in November 2021 to F5, Inc. With its roots stretching back to 1996 and its headquarters nestled in Seattle, Washington, F5, Inc. has solidified its position as a key player in aiding large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers in optimizing their application performance and security posture.

Products and Services

• NGINX Plus

  A comprehensive software delivering high performance, scalability, and security for web applications. It functions as a web server, reverse proxy, and as an email proxy (IMAP/POP3).

• NGINX Management Suite

  A platform designed to manage NGINX instances across an enterprise environment, providing automation, configuration management, monitoring, and analytics.

• NGINX Ingress Controller

  Optimized for Kubernetes environments, this controller enables secure and efficient application traffic management to services in Kubernetes clusters.

• NGINX App Protect

  Integrates powerful application security into the lightweight, highly performant NGINX environment, offering modern app protection against threats.

• BIG-IP Packaged Software

  A suite of application delivery services designed to provide security, performance, and availability for applications across any computing environment.

• BIG-IP Systems

  High-performance hardware appliances offering advanced traffic management, application security, access management, and network infrastructure solutions.

• Web App and API Protection

  Delivers robust security mechanisms to protect web applications and APIs from a myriad of threats and vulnerabilities.

• Multi-cloud Networking

  Enables organizations to connect, secure, and efficiently manage workloads across multiple cloud environments, ensuring seamless application delivery.

• Application Delivery and Deployment

  Facilitates the delivery and deployment of applications with high availability, security, and performance across any infrastructure.

• Domain Name System (DNS)

  Provides scalable and secure DNS infrastructure, ensuring fast and reliable application access.

• Content Delivery Network (CDN)

  A distributed network designed to optimize the delivery of web content and media to end-users, enhancing user experience by reducing latency.

• Application Deployment and Orchestration

  Supports app deployment and management strategies, simplifying operations with orchestration tools and practices for modern application environments.

Additionally, F5, Inc. offers a wide range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services, ensuring customers receive comprehensive support and guidance for their products.