VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   F5 Networks has announced appointment of Parag Khurana as the Managing Director for India. Based in New Delhi, Khurana will be responsible for leading the company in the next phase of growth, in line with the company’s strategy to further propel F5's presence in India. "We are very pleased to have Parag on board with us as his appointment comes at a pivotal time for F5. We have no doubt that he will continue to lead our growth in India and accelerate our market expansion in both the ADC space as well as new addressable markets such as security. Parag’s exceptional track record of deep industry knowledge and a strong network of relationships will further drive our relationships with customers and partners forward,"said Christian Hentschel, Senior Vice-President for Asia-Pacific and Japan, F5 Networks. Commenting on his new role, Khurana said, "I am incredibly excited to be part of the F5 team. F5 is committed to...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE F5 Networks Inc. has announced its intent to integrate its BIG-IP products using the new VMware Ready for Networking and Security Program. A jointly developed solution will help organizations seamlessly integrate services and efficiently support software defined data centers. Through the new VMware program and tight integration between F5 and VMware, customers will be able to continue utilizing their existing investments in networking and security products while realizing the efficiency and agility benefits of VMware cloud infrastructure with a validated joint solution. Anil Pochiraju, MD, F5 Networks India & SAARC said, “F5’s approach to managing application delivery in the enterprise extends well beyond its own management solutions. Through dedicated integration efforts, F5 technologies can augment the capabilities of VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud Director, enabling IT professionals to efficiently deploy and optimize applica...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE F5 has announced support for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions, including Citrix XenDesktop, VMware View, Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, and others. Anil Pochiraju, MD, F5 Networks India said, "Many organizations aren't aware that they can overcome the most significant challenges of VDI deployments by leveraging their existing network infrastructure, specifically, their BIG-IP advanced application delivery controllers. BIG-IP products are unique in that they integrate authentication, directory services, SSL offloading, and other services throughout the desktop infrastructure so organizations can optimize virtual desktop delivery with fewer resources, while also supporting network and application access control for non-VDI enabled applications. Unlike the current alternatives, BIG-IP gives organizations the flexibility to implement a VDI solution that best meets their needs today, as well as tomorrow, while ke...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE F5 has announced that its BIG-IP Edge Client is the SSL VPN solution that provides comprehensive security and mobile access for all devices running Android 4.x (codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich). In parallel, F5 has also developed a version of its BIG-IP Edge Client for "rooted" devices, which can be used by IT professionals to extend client support for devices running previous versions of the Android OS, or for testing and demonstration purposes. Additionally, F5 is introducing enhanced support for its BIG-IP Edge Portal, which provides managed application access to enterprise web applications such as SharePoint, wikis, and Intranet sites. "As a recognized leader in the SSL VPN market, customers continually look to us for solutions to address their evolving IT needs. User requests to support the latest smartphones and tablets are a great example. Our Edge Client and Edge Portal applications give users secure, convenient, and fast...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE F5 Networks has announced improved live virtual machine migration capabilities for customers leveraging NetApp unified storage and VMware virtualization solutions. Based on recent performance testing results, this new solution combines the companies' technologies to help customers seamlessly migrate live virtual machines between data centers without any perceivable disruption to users or applications. Anil Pochiraju, MD, F5 Networks India said, "Strong partnerships with industry leaders such as NetApp and VMware help us maximize the efficiency of customers' virtualization and cloud deployments. By implementing F5, NetApp, and VMware products in concert, our customers can dynamically and cost effectively scale application resources across data centers, providing higher availability and optimized performance for multiple scenarios-including geographically dispersed users, disaster avoidance, and consolidation efforts-to avoid unpla...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE F5 Networks Inc. has launched UNITY Partner Program in Asia Pacific. Building on the previous success of program components in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, the UNITY partner program creates an openness in the F5 value-added partner community by establishing clear success criteria to reward partner investment, and ultimately to facilitate an outstanding customer experience. Dean Darwin, VP, Worldwide Channels at F5 said, "We made a firm commitment to develop a global partner program focused on illustrating the value of F5 solutions to effectively address the application delivery needs of customers. Since introduced, the UNITY program has been extremely well received and has quickly gained momentum throughout North America, EMEA, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, helping partner communities see dramatic increases in both pipeline and profitability. We are excited about the launch in Asia Pacific, which will extend assist...