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F5 Announces Winners of 2012 Agility Customer and Partner Awards

MLB Network, Rackspace Hosting, and Future Com, Ltd. named 2012 Agility award winners

New York, July 24, 2012

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced the winners of the 2012 F5 Agility Awards, celebrating creativity, business value, and innovation with F5^® solutions. This year’s winners include MLB Network, Rackspace Hosting^®, and Future Com, Ltd. The awards were announced during F5’s Agility Summit 2012, taking place July 23–25 in New York.

Additional Resources

• Future Com, Ltd. – Video Case Study
• MLB Network – Video Case Study
• Rackspace – Video Case Study
• F5 Networks Selects Westcon Group as First Global Distributor – Press Release

“We congratulate this year’s winners of the F5 Agility Awards,” said Dave Feringa, EVP of Worldwide Sales at F5. “MLB Network, Rackspace Hosting, and Future Com, Ltd. are clear examples of how enterprises can evolve and enhance their businesses with F5 solutions. We celebrate their innovation during the Agility Summit 2012, where we’ll focus on how application delivery technologies provide the enabling architecture for customers and partners to rethink their approach to delivering applications and services.”

The Agility Summit is F5’s invitation-only customer and partner conference. Held annually, Agility Summit is a venue for customers and partners to discuss ways to be flexible, adaptable, and innovative in order to meet today’s most pressing IT challenges. Nearly 1,000 customers and partners are in attendance at this year’s event.

Agility Summit 2012 platinum sponsors include HP, WhiteHat Security, and Carahsoft. Gold sponsors of the event include Avnet, Cenzic, Ingram Micro, Oracle, Payoda, SecureAuth, Splunk, and Westcon.

2012 F5 Agility Awards: Customers

MLB Network and Rackspace Hosting have been named winners of the 2012 F5 Agility Awards for customers.

• MLB Network

MLB Network is Major League Baseball’s national cable television network, telecasting live games and original studio programming to approximately 70 million homes throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. MLB Network relies on F5 technology to support marquee events, including All-Star Games and the World Series, providing load balancing services and securing connections to MLB Network’s internal environment. With F5 BIG-IP^® Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM^®), MLB Network has been able to achieve flawless implementation and deliver reliable service for over three years.

“F5 is a go-to technology partner for MLB Network,” said Cindy Cortell, Director of IT for MLB Network. “During the initial launch of the network, we relied on F5 products to ensure that our on-air and mission-critical applications were live and working as intended. F5 solutions have been easy to configure, deploy, and implement, and we’ve enjoyed 100 percent uptime with no issues. We’re pleased to accept this award as it recognizes MLB Network’s record-setting launch and our ability to ensure the best possible experience for viewers.”

• Rackspace Hosting

Rackspace Hosting is a service leader in cloud computing. Given that many of Rackspace’s customers have both dedicated managed hosting and cloud hosting environments, Rackspace aimed to create a solution that bridged both environments. With the help of F5’s Application Delivery Networking platform, Rackspace developed a hybrid service called RackConnect™. With RackConnect, customers receive the performance and security of dedicated hosted servers, while allowing customers the flexibility to “jump” to the cloud to scale an application when needed. Using BIG-IP LTM and F5’s iControl^® functionality, Rackspace was able to reduce the development time of RackConnect to only three months.

“RackConnect is more than a new service offering for Rackspace—it has become a differentiator for us in the market,” said Toby Owen, Solution Line Leader for Hybrid Clouds at Rackspace. “Thanks to the flexibility of the F5 platform, we’ve created a unique user experience which has allowed our customers to build new and innovative applications for their customers. We look forward to building on the success of RackConnect with ongoing innovation on the F5 platform.”

2012 F5 Agility Awards: Partner

Future Com, Ltd. has been named winner of the 2012 F5 Agility Award for partners.

• Future Com, Ltd.

Future Com, Ltd., an integrator of top industry partners, provides network infrastructure, performance, and security solutions to enterprise customers. Future Com, Ltd. created an SAP portal solution to replace all standalone systems within food service giant Sysco’s IT infrastructure. Using a number of F5 products, including BIG-IP devices runningBIG-IP Edge Gateway™ and BIG-IP WebAccelerator™, Future Com, Ltd. standardized all ordering, billing, and inventory control systems across Sysco’s 180 locations.

“Our work at Sysco had enterprise-wide impact on their mission-critical applications, impacting nearly every corner of their business,” said Greg Christian, Vice President of Sales at Future Com, Ltd. “Their needs were met with an array of F5 solutions, and we’re honored to receive F5’s Agility Award. We look forward to replicating the success we’ve experienced at Sysco with other enterprise customers, as F5 products have the flexibility, performance, and security required to address challenges and opportunities today and in the future.”

Westcon Group and F5: Global Distribution Partnership

In addition to today’s announcement of the 2012 Agility Awards, F5 also announced a global distribution partnership with Westcon Group.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5^® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to 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 visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.

F5, BIG-IP, Edge Gateway, iControl, Local Traffic Manager, LTM, and WebAccelerator 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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F5 Networks Selects Westcon Group as First Global Distributor

F5 expands current partnership to enhance worldwide channel sales opportunities

New York, July 24, 2012

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today named Westcon Group the company’s first global distribution partner. With this expanded relationship, Westcon and F5 Networks now offer global programs for traditional partners, managed service providers (MSPs), and global cloud providers. The partnership provides for deeper security engagement and competency, enabling the F5 channel to better address worldwide market opportunities.

The announcement was made during F5’s Agility Summit 2012, an invitation-only customer and partner conference, held July 23–25 in New York.

“Organizations are increasingly global in nature, and our channel partners need specialized worldwide programs to satisfy new requirements,” said Dean Darwin, SVP, Worldwide Partner Organization at F5. “Cloud and service providers need a standardized approach to efficiently support all types of users and business efforts around the world. Through the partnership, we’ll be able to leverage Westcon’s network of globally focused resources and better serve the security and IT needs of customers worldwide.”

Westcon is a value-added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center, and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers. Westcon has previously served as an F5 distributor in the Americas, EMEA, and in parts of Asia Pacific. Today’s announcement signals the expansion of Westcon’s authority to distribute F5 solutions in many new countries and deepens the companies’ strategic relationship. The agreement ensures a comprehensive sales engagement process for F5’s channel and better addresses global needs with new programs and streamlined procedures.

Through this partnership with Westcon, F5 can more effectively:

• Streamline and unify distribution services to address global initiatives
• Develop worldwide programs to better address partner and customer priorities
• Leverage channel sales distribution investments and resources across the globe

By extending the partnership, F5 now benefits from Westcon’s worldwide reach, its proven ability to coordinate efforts between global customers and resellers, and Weston’s expertise with leading cloud and service providers that support multinational companies. In addition, F5 gains enhanced visibility into business and market opportunities for organizations operating on a global scale.

“Westcon prides itself on working with premier technology vendors to jointly address the most challenging IT priorities of our diverse partner base,” said Bill Corbin, Executive Vice President of Global Vendor Relationships, Westcon Group. “In particular, organizations look to us to ensure their network and connectivity solutions are reliable, secure, and supported every step of the way. We’re excited to share this broad-based, global expertise with F5, helping customers get the most out of F5’s powerful security and Application Delivery Networking solutions.”

F5 2012 Agility Awards

In addition to today’s announcement of its global distribution partnership with Westcon, F5 also announced the recipients of the company’s 2012 Agility Awards, recognizing excellence and innovation in F5’s customer and partnership community.

About Westcon Group, Inc.

Westcon Group, Inc. is a value-added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers. Westcon’s teams create unique programs and provide exceptional support to accelerate the business of its global partners. Strong relationships at every level of the Westcon Group organization enable partners to receive support tailored to their needs. From global logistics and flexible customized financing solutions to pre-sales, technical and engineering assistance, the company works with partners to respond with agility and speed to changing market conditions so they can achieve the fastest time to revenue. Westcon Group’s portfolio of market-leading vendors includes: Cisco, Brocade, Fujitsu, Polycom, Juniper Networks, F5 Networks, Avaya, Check Point, and Blue Coat. For more information, please visit:www.westcongroup.com.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5^® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to 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 visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.

F5 and the F5 logo 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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Press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

F5 is Driving the Market for More Effective Website Security and Management

New F5 program offers free vulnerability assessments with leading testing partners, Cenzic and WhiteHat Security, enabling enterprises to dramatically reduce exposure to security breaches

SEATTLE, July 09, 2012

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced a new program that offers enterprise organizations free application vulnerability assessment scans. In partnership with two leading dynamic application security testing (DAST) partners, Cenzic and WhiteHat Security, the F5^® program makes it easy for customers to try vulnerability assessment services—with no commitment. The program is designed to help enterprises accelerate their adoption of web application security best practices with an automated, accurate, yet simple solution to protect business assets. To support customers that need assistance in scoping their web application security status and to establish a roadmap to mitigate exposures, F5^®Professional Services is introducing the BIG-IP^® ASM^® Vulnerability Mitigation Assessment service.

Additional Resources

• Vulnerability Assessment with Application Security — White Paper
• F5 BIG-IP ASM Vulnerability Mitigation Assessment — F5 Professional Services Offering
• Cenzic Application Security Trends — Report
• Cenzic Security Assessment — Free Offering for F5 Customers
• WhiteHat Website Security Statistics — Report
• WhiteHat Security Assessment — Free Offering for F5 Customers

“The CIOs and CISOs I meet with are chartered with driving more services online, but are extremely concerned about the security risks in today’s dynamic threat environment,” said Manny Rivelo, EVP of Security and Strategic Solutions at F5. “Yet, in many cases, enterprises do not execute an application security strategy because they do not have proof that their applications are vulnerable. With this offering of free vulnerability scans, F5 is making it easier to build the business case for enterprises to adopt a web application security plan and ensure their applications are safe and their brand is protected.”

Automation Simplifies and Strengthens Security

By testing and rapidly remediating vulnerabilities, organizations can dramatically reduce their window of exposure to security breaches through comprehensive assessments, strong web application firewall policies, and automated virtual patching. Seamless integration between the DAST vendor’s XML API and F5’s BIG-IP Application Security Manager™ (ASM) v11.2 make it convenient for IT staff to: (1) perpetually test and verify application vulnerabilities; (2) automatically mitigate vulnerabilities with a single click; and (3) verify the efficacy of the mitigation by leveraging the DAST vendor product’s testing infrastructure. This is accomplished all within the F5 ASM interface.

The new F5 Professional Services offering helps customers hone in on the vulnerabilities identified by the Cenzic Cloudor WhiteHat Sentinel assessments by delivering a vulnerability mitigation assessment report that outlines the recommended approach to remediate vulnerabilities.

Learn more about F5’s “Free Scans” offering and best practices in web application protection by attending an F5 Security Forum entitled “Is it Time to Rethink Security?” being held in cities across the Americas starting July 10, 2012. F5 security experts, along with Cenzic and WhiteHat representatives, will be discussing today’s security challenges and how to address them. F5 customers, prospects, and partners can find more details and register for a forum here.

Supporting Quotes

“We’re excited to be the first F5 partner to have a unique single-click application testing solution that can be initiated directly from the BIG-IP ASM GUI. This empowers customers to patch vulnerabilities almost instantaneously without waiting for days,” said John Weinschenk, CEO of Cenzic. “Further, with vulnerability scans provided by Cenzic that are tightly integrated directly from ASM, enterprises can both simply trial and provision a complete web application security solution that allows them to review assessment results and conversion of the detected vulnerabilities into ASM blocking policies.”

“Building on our long-standing partnership with F5, we are delighted to be a key provider in the F5 ‘Free Scans’ program and applaud F5’s efforts and intensified focus in highlighting the importance of application security in the enterprise,” said Stephanie Fohn, CEO of WhiteHat. “Leveraging F5’s application delivery controller and WhiteHat’s 100-percent verified assessment results is the right solution for customers seeking to maximize the effectiveness of a high-performance web application firewall. In our recent Website Security Statistics report, we revealed that web application firewalls could have helped mitigate the risk of at least 71-percent of all custom web application vulnerabilities identified in 2011.”

Availability

F5’s “Free Scans” offering has released with BIG-IP ASM version 11.2, which is available today. Customers have access to free 30-90 day vulnerability assessments from Cenzic and WhiteHat. Organizations that do not have BIG-IP ASM v11.2 may receive a free evaluation license by contacting their F5 representative or channel partner. The new F5 Professional Services offering, BIG-IP ASM Vulnerability Mitigation Assessment service, will be available in August 2012.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5^® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to 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 visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.

F5, Application Security Manager, ASM, and BIG-IP 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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F5 Enables BT ‘Dual Stack’ Project to be IPv6-Ready

BT prepares for next generation of the Internet

LONDON, June 06, 2012

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that BT has implemented the BIG-IP^® Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM^®) solution to allow complete translation between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in its existing network.

“We knew we needed to become more accessible to everyone using the Internet, whether they’re an IPv6 user or an IPv4 user, and the F5 solution has allowed us to do that without substantial re-engineering,” said David Osborne, IPv6 Programme Director, BT. “BIG-IP LTM sits in front of the web servers and handles the IPv6 configuration. In addition, the F5 team was very responsive and was able to turn the project around in short order.”

Industry-wide, major operators are looking forward to the next generation of the Internet, ensuring that they are ready forWorld IPv6 Day, taking place on June 6, 2012. From a global perspective, many Asia-based operators have already upgraded their infrastructures to accommodate IPv6, and European providers are now also preparing for their websites to concurrently support both IP address types.

Discussions between BT and F5 began at the start of 2012, with lab testing taking place just over two months ago. The solution has now successfully been implemented and the BIG-IP LTM device has been part of BT’s live network for the past week.

“Our solutions make it easy for organizations to upgrade their infrastructure so that they have an IPv6 address in place,” said John Gorbutt, Account Director, F5 Networks. “The BIG-IP platform was an ideal component of BT’s Dual Stack initiative, which aims to allow both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to run alongside each other.”
“The Dual Stack project is about readiness for the next generation of the Internet, part of which is being IPv6-ready,” concluded Osborne. “F5’s solution helps ensure that web users searching for BT.com on either IP address system will be able to reach us, without restriction.”

To learn more about how F5 can help organizations support IPv6, please visit the company’s World IPv6 Day page athttp://www.f5.com/news-press-events/world-ipv6-day.html.

About BT

BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, serving customers in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to its customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, BT Retail, BT Wholesale and Openreach.

In the year ended 31 March 2012, BT Group’s revenue was £18,897m with profit before taxation of £2,445m.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.btplc.com.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5^® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to 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 visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.

F5, BIG-IP, Local Traffic Manager, and LTM 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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F5 to Present at Barclays Capital and Sterne Agee Conferences

SEATTLE, May 21, 2012

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that company management will participate in the Barclays Capital Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, 811 Seventh Avenue, and the Sterne Agee Technology Conference at Sentry Centers, 730 Third Avenue, both in New York, N.Y.

F5's presentation at the Barclays Capital conference will begin at 2:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 23. The presentation at the Sterne Agee conference will begin at 10:15 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 24. F5 representatives for both conferences will include Jim Ritchings, VP, Business Development, and John Rodriguez, EVP and Chief Accounting Officer.

Direct links to live webcasts will be available at www.f5.com/about/investor-relations/events-calendar.html and archived copies of both will be accessible through June 22, 2012.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5^® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to 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 visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.

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