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To: Conan who wrote (1258)	9/18/2000 4:52:04 PM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 1801

F5 Networks and ServerVault Join Forces to Secure IrishAbroad.com SEATTLE and SPRINGFIELD, Va., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: FFIV - news) 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.''