F5 Networks' 3-DNS Controller Wins Network
Computing's Prestigious Well-Connected Award
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000--
NetWorld Interop 2000
3-DNS© Tops Electronic Commerce Category and Recognized
as the Best Distributed Load Balancing Product
F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV - news), the leading provider of Internet traffic and content management (iTCM) products,
today announced that CMP Media, Inc. has named the 3-DNS Controller the best distributed load balancing product under
the category of Electronic Commerce solutions.
F5 Networks received the esteemed award during Network Computing's annual Well-Connected Awards ceremony on May
8, during NetWorld Interop in Las Vegas. F5's 3-DNS was chosen, over competing products from Alteon and Radware, for
its ability to enable businesses to dynamically tune their distributed Internet site to render optimal performance and Quality of
Service to end users -- no matter where they are in the world.
``Network Computing's recognition of 3-DNS is particularly noteworthy because of the judges' critical hands-on evaluation
process,'' said Marc Goodman, Senior Director of Marketing at F5 Networks. ``This award points to 3-DNS as a key
component of any global e-Business infrastructure where 24X7 availability and top web site performance is a must. It's also a
testament to F5's commitment to deliver the industry's most innovative and advanced iTCM products.''
About the 3-DNS Controller
3-DNS is the most open and robust product for managing traffic across distributed Internet sites in the market today. 3-DNS
offers powerful functionality important to any business that relies on the Internet to support its geographically distributed Internet
sites. By employing industry-first e-Business rules, 3-DNS can adjust its own operations based on a number of
customer-defined parameters, such as time of day or specific operating conditions. There is no other product of its kind that has
3-DNS' flexibility and level of intelligence; helping businesses maximize their e-Business performance and Quality of Service, on
a global scale.
``The Well-Connected Awards are significantly different from other IT publications' awards,'' said Fritz Nelson, Publisher of
CMP's Network Computing. ``Our editors worked at length to research and test the best offerings in the enterprise arena.''
According to Nelson, the products singled out in the Network Computing Well-Connected Awards are unique because ``they
are not a measure of popularity -- they are quality offerings tested over a networked enterprise firsthand by editors themselves.
So we know that 3-DNS by F5 Networks is truly an innovative solution.''
Network Computing (www.networkcomputing.com) published by CMP Media, Manhasset, N.Y., is the only IT publication
providing in-depth, comprehensive product, technology and service reviews from a real-world perspective to 220,000 IT
Professionals -- The Technology Experts -- biweekly telling them what works, how it works, when to buy and who to buy it
from. In addition, Network Computing consistently has the largest average-issue audience among all networking publications,
according to Simmons and IntelliQuest and was a 1999 Neal Award Finalist. |
