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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Hospital workers caught in China corruption crackdown - Jul. 24, 2013
Chinese authorities have accused 39 hospital workers of taking bribes and illegal kickbacks, the latest development in a corruption crackdown that has ensnared major pharmaceutical companies.
Hospital workers caught in China corruption crackdown - Jul. 24, 2013
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
GaAs will fend off silicon CMOS in handset front-ends
Talk of silicon completely displacing GaAs in the RF front-end of cellular phones is premature and dead wrong, argues TriQuint’s Phil Warder. In his view, the future will instead involve smart RF suppliers collaborating closely with OEMs and chipset partners to offer complete RF solutions that exploit the best technologies for each application.
GaAs will fend off silicon CMOS in handset front-ends
GaAs will fend off silicon CMOS in handset front-ends
Verizon iPhone sales soar 44% - Jul. 18, 2013
Verizon Wireless on Thursday said it activated far more iPhones than expected last quarter, drastically outpacing the number of Apple smartphones it sold in the same timeframe last year.
Verizon iPhone sales soar 44% - Jul. 18, 2013
Windows 8.1 is as good on small tablets as big ones - Jul. 18, 2013
Acer last month released the 8-inch Iconia W3 tablet, which happened to be the first "small tablet" to run Windows 8. Unfortunately, it's a pretty terrible tablet. It's heavy and cumbersome, looks and feels like it was designed for a child, and has a display that will bring tears -- sad tears -- to your eyes.
Windows 8.1 is as good on small tablets as big ones - Jul. 18, 2013
The evolution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and the answer to “Who will be the Red Hat of OpenStack?”
Red Hat Press Release:
The evolution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and the answer to “Who will be the Red Hat of OpenStack?”
July 18, 2013
Tim Burke, vice president, Cloud and Virtualization Development, Red Hat
Editor’s note: In a four-part series, Red Hat’s Tim Burke will explore the evolution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to the recently announced Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, and discuss why the combination of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenStack can help make OpenStack consumable for enterprise deployments.
Throughout its history, Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been been transformative in the information technology infrastructure platform arena. It was founded on the principles of bringing stability and a longer lifecycle required by commercial IT organizations to the rapidly changing, community-developed Linux operating system. This unleashed a wave of commoditized computing as Red Hat Enterprise Linux displaced expensive proprietary UNIX offerings, delivering customers lower costs and freedom from vendor lock-in.
The next wave of Red Hat Enterprise Linux focused on being first in the industry to offer the highest levels of security built into the mainstream product rather than being an obscure offshoot. This focus on security – including collaboration with the U.S. government’s National Security Agency (NSA) on Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) – paved the way for security-conscious governments and businesses around the globe to adopt Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
The third wave of Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s major innovation was virtualization. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, combined with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization management, has achieved industry-leading benchmarks invirtualization performance and security, and enabled cost-effective workload consolidation and administration flexibility. Today, Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a consistent deployment platform for both bare metal and virtualized guest workloads.
In each successive wave, while Red Hat led and was heavily involved in the feature development and ongoing advancement of Linux, the real fuel of Linux's success was the unprecedented levels of cooperative development and testing that spanned a wide, diverse range of hardware and software companies and individual contributors. As we have proven through continued innovation, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is never “done;” it is consistently evolving. In the face of all this advancement, the key tenets and distinguishing factors of Red Hat Enterprise Linux continue to be stability, security, and lifecycle maintenance. These features have enabled customers to deploy with confidence, and also opened the door to widespread adoption for mission-critical operation, including in the financial services sector, where today, 50 percent of the world’s trading volume is powered by Red Hat.
The next evolutionary step for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is integration with OpenStack to enable new cloud-based deployment models that demand extreme agility. In so many ways, OpenStack today is very similar to the early days of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Back in Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s early days, open source was not widely accepted in the datacenter. It tended to be raw, difficult to integrate, and rapidly changing from a development perspective. To those who were not intimately involved with the development, it was extremely difficult – almost impossible – to know which version, or subset of code was stable versus bleeding edge. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat not only advanced the technology, we made it enterprise-consumable.
Today, OpenStack is in its early phases and presents the next big wave of collaborative development. Thegrowth rate of the OpenStack project is phenomenal; the initiative is well-organized and strongly poised for success. Development cycles are rapid with significant improvements added with each release. As with the early days of Linux, OpenStack is currently a challenge to deploy, though many large-scale deployments are already demonstrating great success. The promise of OpenStack is the ability to deploy systems in minutes, not days or weeks, and unprecedented levels of scale-out that are primarily made possible by automated deployment. These benefits are the reason the industry is so excited about OpenStack, and providing this level of operational efficiency in an enterprise-consumable manner is the goal of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform.
Red Hat recently produced a t-shirt that asks, “Who will be the Red Hat of OpenStack?”
Of course, we contend that – through the introduction of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform – Red Hat is the answer. In subsequent posts, I will detail why.
The OpenStack™ Word Mark and OpenStack Logo are either registered trademarks / service marks or trademarks / service marks of the OpenStack Foundation, in the United States and other countries and are used with the OpenStack Foundation's permission. We are not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by the OpenStack Foundation or the OpenStack community.
Throughout its history, Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been been transformative in the information technology infrastructure platform arena. It was founded on the principles of bringing stability and a longer lifecycle required by commercial IT organizations to the rapidly changing, community-developed Linux operating system. This unleashed a wave of commoditized computing as Red Hat Enterprise Linux displaced expensive proprietary UNIX offerings, delivering customers lower costs and freedom from vendor lock-in.
The next wave of Red Hat Enterprise Linux focused on being first in the industry to offer the highest levels of security built into the mainstream product rather than being an obscure offshoot. This focus on security – including collaboration with the U.S. government’s National Security Agency (NSA) on Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) – paved the way for security-conscious governments and businesses around the globe to adopt Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
The third wave of Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s major innovation was virtualization. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, combined with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization management, has achieved industry-leading benchmarks invirtualization performance and security, and enabled cost-effective workload consolidation and administration flexibility. Today, Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a consistent deployment platform for both bare metal and virtualized guest workloads.
In each successive wave, while Red Hat led and was heavily involved in the feature development and ongoing advancement of Linux, the real fuel of Linux's success was the unprecedented levels of cooperative development and testing that spanned a wide, diverse range of hardware and software companies and individual contributors. As we have proven through continued innovation, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is never “done;” it is consistently evolving. In the face of all this advancement, the key tenets and distinguishing factors of Red Hat Enterprise Linux continue to be stability, security, and lifecycle maintenance. These features have enabled customers to deploy with confidence, and also opened the door to widespread adoption for mission-critical operation, including in the financial services sector, where today, 50 percent of the world’s trading volume is powered by Red Hat.
The next evolutionary step for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is integration with OpenStack to enable new cloud-based deployment models that demand extreme agility. In so many ways, OpenStack today is very similar to the early days of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Back in Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s early days, open source was not widely accepted in the datacenter. It tended to be raw, difficult to integrate, and rapidly changing from a development perspective. To those who were not intimately involved with the development, it was extremely difficult – almost impossible – to know which version, or subset of code was stable versus bleeding edge. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat not only advanced the technology, we made it enterprise-consumable.
Today, OpenStack is in its early phases and presents the next big wave of collaborative development. Thegrowth rate of the OpenStack project is phenomenal; the initiative is well-organized and strongly poised for success. Development cycles are rapid with significant improvements added with each release. As with the early days of Linux, OpenStack is currently a challenge to deploy, though many large-scale deployments are already demonstrating great success. The promise of OpenStack is the ability to deploy systems in minutes, not days or weeks, and unprecedented levels of scale-out that are primarily made possible by automated deployment. These benefits are the reason the industry is so excited about OpenStack, and providing this level of operational efficiency in an enterprise-consumable manner is the goal of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform.
Red Hat recently produced a t-shirt that asks, “Who will be the Red Hat of OpenStack?”
Of course, we contend that – through the introduction of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform – Red Hat is the answer. In subsequent posts, I will detail why.
The OpenStack™ Word Mark and OpenStack Logo are either registered trademarks / service marks or trademarks / service marks of the OpenStack Foundation, in the United States and other countries and are used with the OpenStack Foundation's permission. We are not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by the OpenStack Foundation or the OpenStack community.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Greece May Need Billions More in Emergency EU Aid - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Greek parliament on Wednesday is considering yet more public sector cuts. But even that might not be enough, according to a German newspaper report. With German elections pending, though, any immediate additional relief is unlikely.
Greece May Need Billions More in Emergency EU Aid - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Greece May Need Billions More in Emergency EU Aid - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Red Hat's Harish Pillay Honored with SPRING Singapore's Distinguished Partner Award
Red Hat Press Release:
Red Hat's Harish Pillay Honored with SPRING Singapore's Distinguished Partner Award
July 17, 2013
Award highlights significant contributions to the national standards and conformance initiativesRed Hat Corporate Communications Team
Congratulations to Harish Pillay, the global head of Community Architecture and Leadership at Red Hat in APAC, for being named a SPRING Singapore’s Distinguished Partner Award (SSDPA) recipient. Recognized at their annual SPRING ceremony July 10, SPRING Singapore is the city state’s governmental agency dedicated to the promotion of Singapore’s economic growth and productivity.
The SSDPA is presented to individuals who have contributed significantly to the national Standards and Conformance (S&C) program and recognizes the recipient's exemplary leadership and effort in raising Singapore's S&C profile regionally or internationally. Jointly organized by SPRING Singapore and the Singapore Standards Council, the annual Standards Partner Awards provides a platform for SPRING Singapore to thank partners and partner organizations that have dedicated their time and expertise to the Singapore Standardization Program.
Harish was recognized as a strong advocate for standards with his significant contributions to raise the profile of the Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC) under the Singapore Standards Council. He was also recognized for his passion in promoting the value of standardization and playing an instrumental role in the conceptualization and execution of the annual code “XtremeApps” competition. In addition, he was commended for his significant efforts to create greater awareness of information and communication technology standards to the IT industry as chief editor of ITSC's Synthesis Journal.
Red Hat congratulates Harish Pillay on this outstanding recognition!
The SSDPA is presented to individuals who have contributed significantly to the national Standards and Conformance (S&C) program and recognizes the recipient's exemplary leadership and effort in raising Singapore's S&C profile regionally or internationally. Jointly organized by SPRING Singapore and the Singapore Standards Council, the annual Standards Partner Awards provides a platform for SPRING Singapore to thank partners and partner organizations that have dedicated their time and expertise to the Singapore Standardization Program.
Harish was recognized as a strong advocate for standards with his significant contributions to raise the profile of the Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC) under the Singapore Standards Council. He was also recognized for his passion in promoting the value of standardization and playing an instrumental role in the conceptualization and execution of the annual code “XtremeApps” competition. In addition, he was commended for his significant efforts to create greater awareness of information and communication technology standards to the IT industry as chief editor of ITSC's Synthesis Journal.
Red Hat congratulates Harish Pillay on this outstanding recognition!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Senate confirms consumer financial chief - Jul. 16, 2013
Five years after the Wall Street meltdown, the agency that protects consumers finally has a confirmed chief.
Senate confirms consumer financial chief - Jul. 16, 2013
Most Recent Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta Now Available
Red Hat News Release:
Enhanced Security
Access to MySQL 5.5
Enhanced Subscription Management Tools
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 continues to be supported through security updates and important bug fixes, carrying through on Red Hat's commitment to a 10-year product lifecycle for Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 Beta is available now on Red Hat Network to all customers with an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription. To access and download the Beta, please visithttps://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/channels/Beta.do. For more information about Red Hat Enterprise Linux, please visit http://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux.
Most Recent Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta Now Available
July 16, 2013
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team
Today we are pleased to announce availability of the Beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10. This release provides system administrators with a secure, stable and reliable platform for their organization's enterprise applications.
Key enhancements in this release include:
Better Troubleshooting Capabilities Through New Red Hat Access Service
Key enhancements in this release include:
Better Troubleshooting Capabilities Through New Red Hat Access Service
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 features a new Red Hat Support Services offering called Red Hat Access, making it easier for customers to manage, diagnose and engage with Red Hat directly through Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Access includes the Red Hat Support Tool, which offers all subscribers instant access and insight into Red Hat exclusive knowledge, resources, and diagnostic information, while giving Premium subscribers the ability to directly and immediately log and submit cases.
Enhanced Security
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 includes an updated version of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) configuration scanner, OpenSCAP. The new version provides an authentication scanner that meets the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) SCAP 1.2 standard, which United States government agencies must follow.
Access to MySQL 5.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 provides access to MySQL 5.5, the most recent, stable version of that open source database. MySQL 5.5 includes a number of improvements in terms of speed, scalability, and user friendliness. For customers' convenience, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 also includes MySQL 5.1, which is required for upgrading to MySQL 5.5.
Enhanced Subscription Management Tools
- Subscription Asset Manager now provides more insight into how customers can optimize and benefit from their Red Hat subscriptions. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10, customers are now able to better match subscriptions to their unique system needs, better report on and manage a large inventory of systems, and add custom, searchable key value pairs to systems. Subscription Asset Manager also now allows customers to update their manifests without having to go through their Customer Portal.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 continues to be supported through security updates and important bug fixes, carrying through on Red Hat's commitment to a 10-year product lifecycle for Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 Beta is available now on Red Hat Network to all customers with an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription. To access and download the Beta, please visithttps://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/channels/Beta.do. For more information about Red Hat Enterprise Linux, please visit http://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux.
SAP Simplifies Mobile Analytics With One App for All Analytic Experiences
SAP News Release:
For more information, visit the SAP Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews.
SAP Simplifies Mobile Analytics With One App for All Analytic Experiences
SAP NEWSBYTE - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the latest release of the SAP® BusinessObjects™ Mobile mobile app. Now available on the iTunes store, the mobile app brings together multiple business intelligence (BI) and analytic applications from SAP into a single app, offering customers the flexibility and freedom to do business better on-the-go. The new 5.0 release puts the power of mobile analytics from SAP in one place, enabling users to easily interact with reports and dashboards and enjoy self-service discovery and exploration.
As organizations shift from a predominantly PC-based workforce to mobile, they cannot afford to have employees disconnected from the enterprise when critical decisions need to be made. When information is difficult to access outside the office or not available in real time, organizations are forced to answer business questions with old data or none at all. The new release of SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, built on SAP® Mobile Platform, now enables users to collaborate using the SAP® Jam social software platform, do voice command as a form of annotation and ask any question and get answers with "Exploration Views" on their iOS device.
"SAP BusinessObjects Mobile has enabled Kimberly-Clark to build a portfolio of mobile BI applications that provide key decision-makers with access to analytics and powerful insights anywhere, anytime," said Brian Marier, BI architect, Kimberly-Clark Corporation. "Over the past several months SAP has delivered rapid innovation in mobile BI enablement, consistently introducing new BI content types, features and user experience improvements to the product. The latest version of SAP BusinessObjects Mobile is another major milestone in that journey."
Key updates to the 5.0 release of SAP BusinessObjects Mobile include:
As organizations shift from a predominantly PC-based workforce to mobile, they cannot afford to have employees disconnected from the enterprise when critical decisions need to be made. When information is difficult to access outside the office or not available in real time, organizations are forced to answer business questions with old data or none at all. The new release of SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, built on SAP® Mobile Platform, now enables users to collaborate using the SAP® Jam social software platform, do voice command as a form of annotation and ask any question and get answers with "Exploration Views" on their iOS device.
"SAP BusinessObjects Mobile has enabled Kimberly-Clark to build a portfolio of mobile BI applications that provide key decision-makers with access to analytics and powerful insights anywhere, anytime," said Brian Marier, BI architect, Kimberly-Clark Corporation. "Over the past several months SAP has delivered rapid innovation in mobile BI enablement, consistently introducing new BI content types, features and user experience improvements to the product. The latest version of SAP BusinessObjects Mobile is another major milestone in that journey."
Key updates to the 5.0 release of SAP BusinessObjects Mobile include:
- Access to multiple sources of analytic content with one application that includes SAP® BusinessObjects™ Web Intelligence® software, SAP BusinesObjects Explorer® software, SAP® BusinessObjects™ Design Studio, SAP® Crystal Reports® software, SAP® BusinessObjects™ Dashboards software, the SAP® EPM Unwired mobile app and the SAP Lumira™ Cloud platform
- Social integration with SAP Jam as the default collaboration tool as well as support for the SAP® StreamWork™ application
- Simplified experience through a new home screen and toolbar, improved navigation, the ability to do voice commands for annotation and native functionality for iPhone and iPad
- Customized appearance and function of SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, including the ability to integrate with third-party security and SAP Mobile Platform
For more information, visit the SAP Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews.
F5 Enhances SDN Integration and Cloud Scaling Capabilities
F5 Press Release:
F5® ScaleN technology enables organizations to integrate virtual and physical appliances, consolidate services, add capabilities, and scale application resources regardless of the specific underlying infrastructure pieces (data center, cloud, or otherwise). Only F5 gives customers total flexibility in how Application Delivery Networking (ADN) solutions are deployed. Specifically, today’s announcement adds new mid-range hardware platforms with the BIG-IP® 5000 and 7000 series, more robust 5 Gbps throughput BIG-IP virtual editions, and on-demand licensing across the BIG-IP hardware product line—all of which make it easier for customers to build and scale their infrastructures efficiently over time.
F5’s unified platform can easily support cloudbursting or hybrid infrastructure models where public or private cloud resources are called upon as needed. F5 solutions are scalable enough to plug into—and enhance—SDN technologies as they come to market and mature. Recently, F5 announced support for SDN solutions leveraging VXLAN and NVGRE network virtualization, and the company continues to expand capabilities around SDN. In addition, flexible licensing across BIG-IP products allows customers to purchase only the resources they need at a given time.
F5’s programmable iRules® technology helps organizations customize how they handle application and network events are handled based on policies and user commands. The new iCall technology takes this approach one step further by allowing BIG-IP products to dynamically react based on the real-time status of the entire ADN infrastructure. Changes in the application delivery environment can be effectively responded to automatically, without user intervention. iCall is the market’s only extensible control plane-based solution that can manage application delivery in concert with other orchestration tools. As the network or application environment shifts, iCall modifies traffic delivery policies accordingly, automating changes such as dynamically redirecting application traffic to the cloud based on demand.
F5 Enhances SDN Integration and Cloud Scaling Capabilities
Press Release | July 2013
F5 provides the only unified hardware and software service delivery platform; introduces ScaleN™-enabled physical and virtual solutions
July 16, 2013
SEATTLE—F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) announced new solutions to make it easier for organizations to scale to the cloud, extend software defined networking (SDN) deployments, and add intelligence and programmability to IT environments. With a unified suite of physical and virtual products featuring F5’s innovative ScaleN™ architecture, organizations can seamlessly scale operations to realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT.
With today’s announcement, F5 is introducing:
- BIG-IP® v11.4 software, providing enhanced features including integration capabilities with SDN topologies based on VXLAN and NVGRE environments
- Increased programmability and control-plane extensibility with F5’s new iCall™ technology, providing the dynamic automation of event-driven policy decisions in the network
- Updated platform offerings, including the completion of the BIG-IP hardware refresh, on-demand licensing, and more powerful BIG-IP virtual editions with the industry’s broadest hypervisor support
Unifying Application Delivery Services: The Power of F5’s ScaleN Architecture
ScaleN intelligently allocates resources to scale systems up, down, in, and out as needed across physical and virtual solutions with complete device flexibility and resilience. Unlike other vendors’ offerings that scale capacity unpredictably, ScaleN™ technology enables organizations to manage resources dynamically by dedicating resources to a particular application, service, or instance. IT administrators are free to implement highly flexible systems that scale resources to any cloud or data center location based on what applications require, and then scale those resources back when no longer needed. Customers enjoy intelligent resource usage based on business policies and the ability to combine application delivery services with emerging SDN, cloud, and network virtualization initiatives.
In addition, only ScaleN provides a way to seamlessly consolidate infrastructures and maximize application availability without paying an associated performance penalty for adding new services. When comparing device performance levels and scalability, F5’s approach can scale infrastructures at one-fifth the cost of competitors’ products. The software- and hardware-based ADC products introduced today leverage ScaleN.
Integrating Technologies to Address IT’s Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
Today, enterprises and service providers are challenged with integrating disparate technologies into a comprehensive, efficient system. As organizations seek agility and cost savings, they need solutions that can seamlessly extend application infrastructures alongside new data center topologies like cloud models, network functions virtualization (NFV), and SDN. However, IT teams are wary of products that will add complexity, isolate infrastructure components, or make systems more difficult to manage.
Sitting between end-users and applications, F5 solutions provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users secure and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. As a component of ScaleN, F5’s Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing™ (vCMP®) technology enables flexible resource allocation. Therefore, resources can be redirected to applications as needed, as opposed to remaining idle or segmented merely by device.
F5’s New Solutions Add Value to Companies’ Infrastructures
F5 offers integrated availability, acceleration, optimization, and security solutions that enhance the value of disparate technologies throughout IT infrastructures to simplify management and reduce the number of products needed to perform related network tasks. The BIG-IP system’s layer 4–7services and ScaleN enable organizations to dynamically grow their application delivery infrastructure as needed, and enhance existing (and future) SDN, NFV, and cloud infrastructure solutions. F5’s new offerings help customers:
- Combine Dynamic Application Services on a Flexible Platform
F5® ScaleN technology enables organizations to integrate virtual and physical appliances, consolidate services, add capabilities, and scale application resources regardless of the specific underlying infrastructure pieces (data center, cloud, or otherwise). Only F5 gives customers total flexibility in how Application Delivery Networking (ADN) solutions are deployed. Specifically, today’s announcement adds new mid-range hardware platforms with the BIG-IP® 5000 and 7000 series, more robust 5 Gbps throughput BIG-IP virtual editions, and on-demand licensing across the BIG-IP hardware product line—all of which make it easier for customers to build and scale their infrastructures efficiently over time.
- Effortlessly Scale Network and Application Resources to Enhance SDN and Cloud Solutions
F5’s unified platform can easily support cloudbursting or hybrid infrastructure models where public or private cloud resources are called upon as needed. F5 solutions are scalable enough to plug into—and enhance—SDN technologies as they come to market and mature. Recently, F5 announced support for SDN solutions leveraging VXLAN and NVGRE network virtualization, and the company continues to expand capabilities around SDN. In addition, flexible licensing across BIG-IP products allows customers to purchase only the resources they need at a given time.
- Add Intelligence to the Network with Programmable and Automated Solutions
F5’s programmable iRules® technology helps organizations customize how they handle application and network events are handled based on policies and user commands. The new iCall technology takes this approach one step further by allowing BIG-IP products to dynamically react based on the real-time status of the entire ADN infrastructure. Changes in the application delivery environment can be effectively responded to automatically, without user intervention. iCall is the market’s only extensible control plane-based solution that can manage application delivery in concert with other orchestration tools. As the network or application environment shifts, iCall modifies traffic delivery policies accordingly, automating changes such as dynamically redirecting application traffic to the cloud based on demand.
Supporting Quotes
“For organizations pursuing emerging technologies like SDN, it’s critical to consider the needs of applications as part of those plans,” said Karl Triebes, EVP of Product Development and CTO at F5. “With the industry’s only integrated platform for application delivery and our unique ScaleN architecture, F5 provides the tools necessary to address growing application delivery requirements without sacrificing network flexibility or user experience. These new solutions empower customers to pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their needs, regardless of how specific data center, cloud, or SDN resources are deployed.”
“New tools in data center infrastructure, such as network virtualization and SDN, have huge potential for changing and optimizing how applications are delivered to our users,” said Jamie Grandfield, Network Architect at Hunt Regional Medical Center. “We’ve deployed VXLAN to help manage network virtualization in our VMware View environment. We chose F5 due to their deep integration with VMware and the ability to integrate with existing VXLAN deployments as well as future SDN solutions we may roll out as part of our long-term infrastructure planning projects. F5 allows us to bring application delivery and network management together through VMware tools, which helps us save OpEx by alleviating redundant network management work by our VMware administrators.”
Availability
BIG-IP v11.4 software and the BIG-IP 5000 and 7000 series hardware platforms are generally available now, with support for iCall, ScaleN, and other F5 technologies mentioned in this announcement. The 5 Gbps throughput version of BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager™ Virtual Edition is expected to be available by the end of this month. Please contact a local F5 sales office for availability in specific countries.
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) makes the connected world run better. F5 helps organizations meet the demands and embrace the opportunities that come with the relentless growth of voice, data, and video traffic, mobile workers, and applications—in the data center, the network, and the cloud. The world’s largest businesses, service providers, government entities, and consumer brands rely on F5’s intelligent services framework to deliver and protect their applications and services while ensuring people stay connected. Learn more at www.f5.com.
You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on Facebook for more information about F5, its partners, and technology. For a complete listing of F5 community sites, please visitwww.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.
F5, ScaleN, BIG-IP, iRules, iCall, Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing, vCMP, and Local Traffic Manager are trademarks or service marks of F5 Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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