When I last spoke with  F5 Networks (F5 Networks – A Case of Applications and the Network) it was clear that they were getting more focussed on the higher application layers. Our discussion touched on Secerno, a specialist database security company based out of the UK. Today the two companies have announced a joint solution which should be [...]

As far as the network is concerned, F5 Networks have become part of the furniture for most hosting providers, and I mean that in a good way. Load balancing across multiple servers has progressed a long way since the early days of Cisco’s Local Director, and Checkpoint’s early load balancing capabilities. F5 have evolved too. A number [...]