F5 and VMware

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F5 provides a seamless scaling of cloud, data center and software-defined networking deployments to deliver applications to anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5's in-depth knowledge of enterprise applications makes it a great fit when integration with VMware virtualization environments is critical, whether in the data center or the cloud.

 

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Software-Defined Data Center

Existing network and data center architectures can be complex, costly to manage and slow to respond. With shifting traffic patterns and the explosion of users, devices and applications, you need solutions that deliver speed to innovation, reduced time to market and an agile network. Combining the VMware Software-Defined Data Center architectural approach with F5 Software-Defined Application Services gives you increased agility, faster application deployment and better data center economics.

 

F5 for Network Virtualization: VMware NSX

The F5 BIG-IP application services platform helps IT organizations eliminate the obstacles that prevent rapid application and service deployment which limit agility and efficiency. The BIG-IP integration with VMware NSX enables F5’s rich set of application services to be automated in SDDC environments. F5 Software-Defined Application Services (SDAS) with the NSX network virtualization platform provides a repeatable and scalable solution for the delivery of application performance and availability and services.

 

BIG-IP Enables Your VMware Hybrid Cloud

Maintaining application availability, performance and a seamless user experience while moving workloads to the cloud is challenging. With F5 and VMware, you can improve security and control for your hybrid VMware Cloud while delivering streamlined user access – despite changing network conditions and user volume.

BIG-IP augments vCloud Suite’s ability to automatically adjust applications to changing traffic patterns, network conditions and other factors, by responding automatically to your changing application needs. For example, as vCloud Suite application instances are added or removed for elasticity, BIG-IP can be dynamically and automatically modified in response.

 

Integrations with VMware vCloud Networking and Security let you seamlessly provision and configure BIG-IP application delivery networking services as part of the natural application provisioning workflow within vCloud Suite. At the same time, BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) provides an application firewall service that secures and protects administrator and user access to the vCloud Suite.

 

BIG-IP also simplifies configurations with iApps. These pre-configured policy templates encapsulate and abstract an entire application delivery service configuration. iApps facilitate self-service consumption within the vCloud Suite, helping the network provider team control network policies, while giving users immediate access to BIG-IP services.

Migrate to End-User Computing with Ease

Confidently migrate your network infrastructure for end-user computing (EUC) with F5 and VMware. Our proven migration approach—coupled with our application delivery solution—cost-effectively delivers simplicity and efficiency of deployment, maintenance and administration and helps you improve availability, enhance scalability and strengthen security.

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Simple and Secure Access to Legacy Enterprise Applications

For enterprises interested in offering the most seamless single sign-on experience for their users—from cloud and web applications to traditional, on-premises legacy applications—F5 and VMware have the solution. With VMware Workspace ONE and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager, enterprises can take advantage of the highest scalability, security, and performance while end users enjoy all the benefits of a modern, digital workspace.

F5 Access Policy Manager and VMware Horizon

F5 and VMware have worked closely together to make it easy for you to provide secure access control, traffic management and optimized performance for your VMware Horizon deployments with optimized virtual editions of F5 Access Policy Manager. F5 virtual editions are available in a range of throughput and concurrent user options to support any size and scale you need. Our customized iApps make it possible to fully deploy in as little as two hours, and our cost-effective licensing makes it easy to adopt.

AirWatch

F5 and AirWatch can help you successfully implement advanced mobile cybersecurity initiatives, keeping your corporate assets secure and increasing employee productivity. The joint solution consolidates AirWatch EMM application access and management with threat analysis and security through F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager. This can be seamlessly deployed via AirWatch cloud-based, on-premises, and appliance solutions to provide you with more flexibility and granularity in creating and enforcing corporate access policies for mobile devices.