Mercury Interactive and F5 Networks Join Forces to Automate Traffic
Management Decisions for E-business and Enterprise Customers
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MAY 9, 2001--
Combined Solutions Lower Administration Costs
and Ensures Maximum Application Uptime
Mercury Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ:MERQ), the leading
provider of enterprise testing and performance management solutions,
and F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), the leading provider of Internet
Traffic and Content Management (iTCM) products today announced that
they will work together to deliver application performance management
solutions to better detect, diagnose and prevent problems that affect
Quality of Service levels.
Through F5's iControl API (Application Programming Interface), F5
will integrate Mercury Interactive's Topaz(TM) application performance
management solutions with its iTCM products to receive information,
such as alerts and performance data, to affect traffic management
decisions and provide maximum application uptime and performance.
Mercury Interactive will integrate F5's iTCM server appliance to
automatically collect core network information and to drive more
detailed and informative alerts so application errors and downtime can
be minimized or erased.
"In order for enterprises to deliver the highest Quality of
Service through their site, they must be able to effectively identify,
isolate and diagnose problems when they arise," said Zohar Gilad, vice
president and general manager for Mercury Interactive's Application
Performance Management Business Unit. "The combination of Mercury
Interactive's performance monitoring products and F5's iTCM products
delivers a powerful solution that will ultimately help customers
reduce cost by quickly helping them to identify, diagnose, resolve or
avoid performance issues before their customers ever experience a
problem."
"We're pleased to be working with a market leader like Mercury
Interactive and are excited about the mutual integration plans," said
Jeff Pancottine, senior vice-president of marketing and business
development at F5 Networks. "This agreement will enable us to
integrate our e-business and enterprise solution with Mercury
Interactive's leading performance management solutions for rapid
deployment to customers whereby they get the best in e-business
applications and performance monitoring to run their businesses and
increase customer satisfaction."
About Topaz
Mercury Interactive's Topaz was designed to meet organizations'
application performance management (APM) needs. By using Topaz,
organizations can monitor the performance of their applications,
receive alerts when issues arise, identify problems and diagnose their
cause. It is the only solution that measures the end-user experience
24x7 and correlates performance issues to their root cause in the Web
infrastructure-inside and outside the firewall and in the application.
As a result, organizations can ensure users are receiving solid
performance and quickly resolve any infrastructure problems.
Mercury Interactive Corporation
Mercury Interactive is the leading provider of enterprise testing
and performance management solutions. The company's automated software
and managed services help companies deliver and maintain
high-performance applications. Customers worldwide use Mercury
Interactive solutions across their application and technology
infrastructures to minimize hardware and operational expenses, protect
revenue streams and enhance their competitive positions. Mercury
Interactive was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
Calif. The company has over 1400 employees with offices in more than
20 countries. Further information is available at
www.mercuryinteractive.com or by phone at U.S. +1.408.822.5200.
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks is the leader in Internet Traffic and Content
Management (iTCM), and delivers application aware networks through its
open Internet Control Architecture. F5 features the industry's leading
set of integrated products and services that manage, control and
optimize Internet traffic and content. Our solutions automatically and
intelligently deliver the best possible Internet performance,
availability and content distribution for service providers,
enterprises and e-businesses. 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. Our solutions 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.
ActiveTest and, Topaz are registered trademarks of Mercury
Interactive Corporation, Sunnyvale, California. Other product and
company names are used herein for identification purposes only, and
may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: Robert J. Chamberlain, Chief Financial Officer
F5 Networks
206/272-5555 |
