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To: SirRealist who wrote (24215)	1/15/2001 1:55:56 PM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 24256

FFIV news........-Winning SSL Acceleration Products Enable Unlimited Processing Power for Secure Web Applications F5 Networks' BIG-IP® e-Commerce Controller and BIG-IP® SSL Accelerator Deliver Unmatched Scalability and Performance and Lands F5 as the Clear Market Leader to Support the Fast-growing SSL Market SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2001-- F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV - news), the leading provider of Internet Traffic and Content Management (iTCM) products, today made two significant announcements that heighten its leadership position in the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) acceleration market. F5 Networks introduces (1) the BIG-IP® e-Commerce Controller, a special purpose product designed to linearly scale SSL performance; and (2) support for multiple BIG-IP® SSL Accelerator cards within the BIG-IP Controller for increased performance of F5's integrated SSL and load balancing solution. SSL is the industry standard for securing web applications and continues to be a top priority for most e-Businesses. ``Xdrive Technologies provides infrastructure software and services that enable access and management to business-critical data though any web browser, Palm VII, or WAP-enabled device,'' said Daryl Dunbar, vice president, strategic development, Xdrive Technologies. ``We chose F5's award-winning BIG-IP SSL Accelerator due to its speed and scalability, both invaluable in meeting the large-scale demands of service providers and their customers. The implementation also allowed us to simplify SSL certificate execution by creating one central management location.'' F5 Networks' SSL products are designed to meet the needs of any browser-based application requiring security, including the most demanding enterprise applications. This comprehensive set of SSL products efficiently offloads server-draining SSL encryption/decryption from web servers to increase web server performance by up to 50 times(1). F5 Networks' SSL products now support four times the throughput over the previous products, process up to 750 new SSL Transactions Per Second (TPS), handle 16,000 concurrent SSL sessions, and process up to 60 million transactions per day. ``Efficiently serving and scaling SSL is a key factor for many types of enterprise applications -- far beyond just e-commerce transactions,'' said Cindy Borovick, Program Manager, Data Center Networks at IDC Research. ``F5 Networks offers two `best practices' approaches to address enterprises' SSL needs by providing an integrated SSL acceleration and load balancing product as well as a stand alone, special purpose SSL acceleration product. These products offer customers flexible options to handle SSL acceleration and, today, only F5 is delivering it.'' The award winning BIG-IP e-Commerce Controller is a standalone, high-performance SSL acceleration product built to deliver unlimited scalability for SSL processing. Compatible with any load balancer, the BIG-IP e-Commerce Controller is an open solution that allows customers to add security to applications, such as financial services, extranet and intranet applications, stock trading, B-2-B exchanges, streaming media, and e-mail. For virtually unlimited SSL processing power, customers can add multiple BIG-IP e-Commerce Controllers behind any load balancer. Platforms that process up to 200 and 600 TPS are available. For an integrated all-in-one approach, customers can use the BIG-IP SSL Accelerator cards installed in BIG-IP load balancing products. Today's announcement enables a BIG-IP Controller to support multiple SSL cards. This approach allows a BIG-IP load balancer to make intelligent traffic management decisions on SSL traffic and information that is otherwise encrypted. The BIG-IP SSL Accelerator cards are available in 200 and 600 rated SSL TPS options. Pricing and Availability The BIG-IP e-Commerce Controller is available immediately with prices ranging from $9,990 to $17,990. Pricing includes 90 day 5x12 phone support and 90 day AskF5 support. Additional upgrades of service levels are available. The BIG-IP SSL Accelerator cards are available today and are priced at $2,490 and $7,500 for the 200 TPS and the 600 TPS cards, respectively. The BIG-IP SSL Accelerator cards can be used in the following BIG-IP hardware models (version 3.3.1 software is required): BIG-IP HA (D25), BIG-IP HA+ (D30), BIG-IP Enterprise (F35) Controller. These models of the BIG-IP Controller are priced separately from the BIG-IP SSL Accelerator and range from $21,250 to $47,250.