InternetWeek Selects F5 Networks' E-Commerce
Controller as Its Top Pick for SSL Product Review
InternetWeek lab's rigorous testing reveals that F5 Networks'
product handles the most demanding levels of SSL (Secure
Sockets Layer) traffic at the best price-performance
¶ SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2000--F5 Networks, Inc.
(Nasdaq:FFIV), the leading provider of Internet traffic and content
management (iTCM) products, today announced that InternetWeek has
selected F5 Networks' E-Commerce Controller as the winner of its SSL
Appliance Lab Test.
¶ Out of twelve invitees, including companies like Alteon and
Phobos, only F5 Networks, Intel, and CyberIQ participated in the test.
¶ According to the InternetWeek review, "The E-Commerce Controller
from F5 Networks came out on top of our Lab Test and is therefore
awarded Best of Breed. We really like the browser-based configuration
and management, and the flexibility of interface types makes it an
easy fit into any network. The E-Commerce Controller showed it could
handle the most demanding levels of traffic while doing it all at the
lowest price of all the appliances."
¶ Why SSL acceleration?
¶ InternetWeek's test focused on the performance of the products
under heavy client traffic loads. Forty percent of the product's grade
hinged on its overall performance. According to InternetWeek, "We saw
firsthand the vast improvement in SSL processing by using an
accelerator in front of our Web server. Without acceleration, our Web
server topped out at about 60 clients with 100 percent CPU utilization
before sessions and transactions started being dropped at a high rate.
With the appliances in place, server CPU utilization never rose above
15 percent, even at full load."
¶ "We are very pleased to see the results of InternetWeek's SSL
product testing, which demonstrates F5's leadership in delivering the
most high performance and cost effective traffic and content
management solutions on the market. It's interesting to note that we
were one of the few vendors who were willing to have our solutions
publicly reviewed through this rigorous test," said Erik Giesa,
Director of Product Management for Internet Traffic Management at F5
Networks. "InternetWeek's independent test results reflect F5's
ability to understand any organization's SSL needs and meet them like
no other vendor."
¶ About the E-Commerce Controller
¶ F5 Networks' E-Commerce Controller is a special purpose product
built to provide high speed SSL encryption/decryption and centralize
SSL certificate management. With its ability to handle up to 16,000
concurrent connections, and 17 million transactions a day, the
E-Commerce Controller has unequalled power to process long SSL
sessions that otherwise would severely impede network performance and
limit the number of e-commerce transactions that can be completed. The
E-Commerce Controller, which leverages F5's BIG-IP(R) 'best practices'
load balancing approach, brings SSL scalability and performance to new
heights and maximizes web server investments.
¶ About F5 Networks
¶ F5 Networks is the leader in Internet Traffic and Content
Management (iTCM). Our award winning integrated suite of
high-performance best of breed products provides 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 throughout North
America, Europe and Asia Pacific. F5 Networks is located on the web at
www.f5.com.
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CONTACT: Robert J. Chamberlain, Chief Financial Officer
F5 Networks
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