Sales Guide straight to the point Availability Acceleration Access Virtualization - Consolidation
F5 Battlecard Aligning business strategy and the IT infrastructure F5 provides strategic points of control throughout the IT infrastructure, enabling organizations to scale, adapt, and align with changing business demands and drive business forward on a solid foundation of IT agility. What F5 does? Initiatives F5 benefits Metrics/ROI Availability Access / Security Acceleration Business Continuity Disaster recovery Application Deployment / migration Multi ISP project Remote Access (VPN SSL) Authentication (reverse proxy) Application Firewall Compliance User Experience Data replication (Multi Data centers) Dynamic & granular user redirection / geolocalization Scalability, High availability 99,9% uptime for critical Apps / 30% less servers required / 20% deployment time reduction Control your ISP cost / Optimize ISP utilization Secure app delivery for remote users / Mitigate intrusion risks Application integrity / Provide centralized authentication Secure Web apps & critical data / Reach compliance criterias Accelerate Web applications / Avoid application rejection Reduce latency between Multi Datacenter 99,9% global High availability : local server load balancing GTM : multi datacenter load balancing 3* Cost reduction on non production traffic Reduce support calls by 40% (vs IPSec) with predefined application templates (SAP, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft ) Link controller Multi Internet links load balancing FirePass: VPN SSL platform / Edge : VPN SSL + Application Acceleration Access consolidation & acceleration APM: authentication module (SSO) on Opex reduction by 3* (avoid rewriting application) Acceleration for pretested web apps : SAP, Exchange, WebSphere... between 10* & 50* faster time replication APM: Application firewall module on or standalone platform Web Accelerator: module on or standalone platform WOM: WAN optimization module on or standalone platform Server Virtualization Increase VM density / Dynamic provisioning Reduce CPU usage by 30% / Restart 5 times faster new VMs : local virtualized server load balancing Virtualization/ Consolidation Virtual desktop Cloud services Encrypt & Balance traffic with no performance impact High availability features on existing ESX server / Adaptative infrastructure & cost model Reduce Connexion servers by 30% / 99,9% HA Reach SLA engagement + APM: Local server load balancing + authentication module Virtual edition: Virtualized Local server load balancing on ESX server DC Consolidation Consolidate all functions in one single applicance Capex/Opex: 2 or 3 platforms moved to one BIG-IP Series
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Datacenter l Virtualisation Maximize your infrastructure Projects Type Business Continuity Plan Consolidation Datacenter virtualization WAN Optimization Private Cloud Global Load Balancing: directs end-users to the closest or best-performing datacenter available Reduction of hardware acquisition costs - Ability to bring down an entire datacenter for maintenance Increase VMs density on servers / Dynamic provisioning / VDI Security Compression / ISPs Load Balancing / Enabling traffic between datacenters to be optimized, encrypted, and highly available With a centrally controlled method of delivering applications and data, you move resources anywhere at a moment s notice without worrying about the host capabilities BIG-IP related products GTM WOM VE Local Traffic Manager Application delivery networking system that provides intelligent load balancing, traffic management, advanced application security & acceleration Local Traffic Manager Virtual Edition Available on VMware ESX Global Traffic Manager Automatically direct users to the closest or best-performing data center WAN Optimisation Manager Accelerate data replication and applications between data centers Managing Application Traffic 59% of surveyed F5 customers value the ability to use F5 BIG-IP solutions to manage application traffic and move VMs among multiple datacenters. Source : Survey of 210 F5 BIG-IP users - TechValidate. Link Controller Link Controller Prevent Internet Service Disruptions
Application Delivery Prevent downtime & increase productivity by keeping your applications available Projects Type Application Delivery Application Migration / Deployment Prevent downtime and increase productivity by keeping your applications consistently available Centralization / pre-configured templates per application High Availability for Application services Web Application 99,9% global High availability (multi-sites) Response time optimization (Thin Client) / caching / compression / SSL Mobility / Remote Access SSL Portal / Access Control BIG-IP related products APM VE Local Traffic Manager Application delivery networking system that provides intelligent load balancing, traffic management, advanced application security & acceleration Local Traffic Manager Virtual Edition Available on VMware ESX Access Policy Manager Simplify and scale access control for web applications BIG-IP improves Virtual Machine density BIG-IP improves Virtual Machine density 56% surveyed users are able to run between 10% to 50% more virtual machines because of their F5 BIG-IP. Source : Survey of 263 F5 BIG-IP users - TechValidate WebAccelerator WebAccelerator Speed up Web applications - Thin Client
Access Keep your complex environment secure and accessible with unified security Projects Type SSL Acceleration Protection for web applications SSO, Access Control Security for the Virtual desktop Compliance Consolidation of Certificates / Centralized Management/ Selective Content Encryption and Encrypted Cookies Application Firewall, reverse proxy, protection against DoS, Bruteforce, SQL injection attacks Streamline the web authentication process RDP and PCoIP Encryption / context-aware user access to web applications Support for a wide variety of compliance standards BIG-IP related products ASM APM Local Traffic Manager An application delivery networking system that provides intelligent load balancing, traffic management, advanced application security & acceleration Application Security Manager Web Application Firewall Access Policy Manager Simplify and scale access control for web applications: SSO, VDI, AAA F5 BIG-IP Testimonial: PCI Compliance F5 BIG-IP has made a major contribution to our PCI compliance and ability to process credit card data in the most secure manner. Source : IT Manager Medium Enterprise Consumer Products Company - TechValidate Edge Gateway Edge Gateway Fast and secure remote access
Storage Simplify data management and reduce costs with intelligent file virtualization Projects Type Data Replication Storage Tiering Non-disruptive data migration Cloud Data Storage Acceleration / WAN compression to reduce time for replication Automates the placement and movement of data between different tiers of storage Reduced business disruption and Enhanced data mobility Automated file storage in the public or private cloud BIG-IP related products WOM ARX WAN Optimization Module Accelerate data replication and applications between data centers ARX Series Intelligent File Virtualization to simplify Data Management Return on Investment ARX has enabled us to eliminate additional investment in Tier 1 NAS capacity and focus all investment exclusively on Tier 2 NAS throughout the last 18 months. ARX VE ARX Series Virtual Edition Storage in a Cloud / Virtualized environment Source : Global 500 Banking Company - TechValidate
Westcon Security Sales Guide Memo Westcon Security your F5 Value Added Distributor * a dedicated sales team * Virtual Lab - dedicated to VMware environments and F5 solutions. Access remotely our F5 Virtual Lab and demonstrate the synergy between F5 solutions and Vmware environment. * Demo Units * Westcon Academy: F5 Authorized Training Center F5, a strategic partner Source : Gartner Inc. Q4 2010, «Advanced Platform ADC» market share Citrix 17,1% Radware 10,1% A10 3,2% Virtual Lab Others 60,6% f5 Networks 59,6% Ressources Lead Generator Program * Lead Generation Campaign * Marketing Campaign www.f5.com http://uk.security.westcon.com/content/vendors/f5 Westcon Security Contacts Neil Thomson neil.thomson@westconsecurity.co.uk 01753 797978 Sub Bhambra sub.bhambra@westconsecurity.co.uk 01753 797982 James Cutler james.cutler@westconsecurity.co.uk 07584 393066