F5 Networks Selects StreetConnect for Investor Relations
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 1999--StreetConnect, Inc. announced today that it will provide investor relations and financial communications services for F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV - news), a leading provider of integrated Internet traffic management solutions.
''We want to do a first-class job of communicating our vision and progress to the investment community,'' said Bob Chamberlain, Chief Financial Officer of F5. ''StreetConnect offers the depth of experience and infrastructure to be responsive to investor inquiries and help us reach a wider audience of analysts and institutions.''
''We are delighted to begin our work with F5's outstanding management team,'' said Michael Newman, President of StreetConnect. ''F5's revolutionary new way to manage Web traffic represents a key component in the long-term infrastructure of the Internet. We believe that it's a compelling story for investors.''
StreetConnect, based in Seattle, Washington, provides investor relations and financial communications services that increase the investment community's awareness of an emerging public company, as well as help companies prepare for public offerings. Its clients include Harmonic Inc., ARIS Corporation, F5 Networks, Mosaix, Coinstar, SeaMED Corporation, Extended Systems, Key Tronic Corporation, Pacific Aerospace & Electronics and more.
F5 is a leading provider of integrated Internet traffic management solutions designed to improve the availability and performance of mission-critical Internet-based servers and applications. These products monitor and manage local and geographically dispersed servers and intelligently direct traffic to the server best able to handle a user's request. F5's solutions help prevent system failure, provide timely responses to user requests and data flow, and cost-effectively manage an organization's Internet infrastructure. F5's customers are organizations that rely on the Internet as a fundamental component of their business, including Exodus Communications, PSINet, MCI WorldCom, Alaska Airlines, Microsoft, Bank of America, Fidelity, Bell South, Compaq, Motorola, Oracle, Excite@Home, RealNetworks, USA Today, NASA, the IRS, the US Navy and over 400 other customers. |
