F5 Networks and ServerVault Join Forces to Secure IrishAbroad.com
SEATTLE and SPRINGFIELD, Va., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- F5 Networks, Inc.
(Nasdaq: FFIV) a leading provider of Internet traffic and content management,
and ServerVault, the world leader in secure hosting, today announced the
companies have teamed up to provide a secure and reliable solution for
internet portal IrishAbroad.com. In doing so ServerVault and F5 have entered
into a joint marketing and reseller agreement.
The reseller agreement allows F5 to incorporate security solutions into
its current and future customers technology solutions with hosting and data
storage security needs. Through the agreement, ServerVault will offer F5's
Internet traffic and content management (iTCM) solutions to dramatically boost
the performance and availability of its customers' web enterprises.
"ServerVault is providing innovative technology to the Internet and
network hosting marketplace with its market-leading DoD-compliant security
solutions," said Tom Pettigrew, Vice President of Corporate Development at F5
Networks. "We're pleased that ServerVault is capitalizing on F5's load
balancing and high availability iTCM products as they move forward in the
secure hosting environment."
F5's iTCM solutions provide comprehensive security, management,
availability and performance for sites with mission-critical data. ITCM
products will enable ServerVault customers to cost-effectively distribute
content to multiple sites worldwide, balance traffic loads for optimal site
performance and manage geographically disperse servers and network devices.
"We are excited about strengthening our product suite with the addition of
F5's industry-leading load balancing and content management tools. The Big IP
is a key component to a very sophisticated multi-server solution that allows
IrishAbroad to serve its vast global audience," said Patrick Sweeney, the
President and CEO of ServerVault.
IrishAbroad.com, an Irish community portal, is using the combined
technology suite of ServerVault's secure hosting and F5's load balancing.
Together the two solutions create a secure, scalable e-commerce platform for
supporting IrishAbroad.com's more complex transactions like online shopping
and travel arrangement services.
"The combination of these technologies provides us with a superior
solution for increase in traffic tolerance and secure transactions," said Bill
Hanafin, President and CEO of IrishAbroad.com. "We are growing rapidly and
F5's technology makes it easier for us to
manage the increase in traffic by making it simple to add additional hardware
when we need it."
About ServerVault
ServerVault, is the first commercial data center to meet the Department of
Defense (DoD) Internet security standards. ServerVault provides security-
savvy, Internet dependent companies with a suite of hosting services including
ASP, VPN, firewall and patent-pending dynamic intrusion detection, data
storage and network architecture. For more information ServerVault's Web site
can be accessed via any browser at www.servervault.com.
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks is the leader in Internet Traffic and Content Management
(iTCM). The award winning integrated suite of high-performance best of breed
products provide an end-to-end solution for automatically and intelligently
managing Internet content and traffic -- globally. Our products remove
bandwidth congestion and optimize the availability and speed of mission-
critical Internet servers and applications, including web publishing, content
delivery, e-commerce, caching, firewalls and more. F5 Networks helps companies
avoid the risk of being burdened with ill-performing networks that do not meet
end user expectations, while enabling network administrators to better control
and predict the performance of their e-Business infrastructure. Our products
are widely deployed in large enterprises, the top service providers, financial
institutions, government agencies, healthcare, and portals throughout the
world. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and has offices in
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Diego,
San Francisco, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan,
Korea, Germany, Singapore, Sweden and the United Kingdom. F5 Networks is
located on the web at www.f5.com.
SOURCE ServerVault
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/CONTACT: Rebecca Mettler of Direct @ccess PR, Inc., 703-212-7075, or
rebecca@servervault.com, for ServerVault/
/Web site: servervault.com
f5.com
(FFIV)
CO: F5 Networks, Inc.; ServerVault
ST: Washington, Virginia
IN: CPR MLM
SU: JVN
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