F5 Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the Application Delivery Controller Magic Quadrant
Premier Industry Analyst Firm Evaluates Key Vendors in the Application Delivery Controller Market, Based on ‘Completeness of Vision’ and ‘Ability to Execute’
Sept. 25, 2009 15:00 UTC
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) announced today its position in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2009 Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers from Gartner, Inc.1
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers evaluates key vendors in the ADC market space based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. According to the report, “A leader has exhibited the ability to shape the market by introducing additional capabilities in its product offerings, and by raising awareness of the importance of these features. Key capabilities for a leader revolve around the Advanced Platform ADC capabilities that focus on enterprise application capabilities. We expect a leader to have strong or growing market share, especially in the AP ADCs, and to have solutions that resonate with an increasing number of enterprises. Expertise in complex data center application deployment also is a necessity to be a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers.”
“We believe that F5 has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant for technology innovation, superior customer support worldwide, and our holistic understanding of customers’ business drivers,” said Dan Matte, SVP of Marketing and Business Development at F5. “Applications are the lifeblood of the business, and customers continually look to F5—and our growing DevCentral community—for effective ways to streamline application delivery in the face of increasing complexity. As they manage change resulting from consolidation, virtualization, regulation, mobility, and the promise of cloud computing, F5 customers benefit from increased agility in their IT infrastructure. F5 solutions provide organizations with the flexibility to lower costs, innovate, scale their business, and deliver an unmatched end-user experience.”
To view the full Gartner ADC Magic Quadrant report, please go to:
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