Gabriel Breeman, formerly senior director of partner sales for the Asia-Pacific and Japanese markets at Brocade, has joined F5 Networks as vice president of partner sales and alliances for the APAC region. F5 Networks said Monday he will be responsible for helping grow the company’s sales channels and alliance partner network in his new position. Adam Judd, senior VP […] More

F5 Networks will relocate from a corporate building at Elliott Avenue West to a 516,000-square-foot office space in downtown Seattle in early 2019. The company said Wednesday the new leased space at 801 Fifth Avenue will be called F5 Tower and was selected after the firm evaluated the location against several criteria such as its proximity to […] More

Randy Wood, vice president of federal sales at F5 Networks, has recommended federal information technology officials focus on what he describes as fundamental things necessary to address cyber threats. Wood wrote in a blog post published Wednesday on Carahsoft‘s website that cyber attacks, threat vectors and a large selection of potential security offerings can be overwhelming federal […] More

Mike Convertino, formerly chief information security officer at CrowdStrike, has joined F5 Networks as the company’s first CISO. Convertino will lead F5’s security product road map development and help maintain the security of company and customer assets, F5 Networks said Monday. “What Mike Convertino brings to F5 is both deep experience and strong leadership to […] More

Randy Wood serves as vice president of federal sales at F5 Networks, an application delivery networking platform provider. Wood oversees customer partnerships and relationships with systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers, as well as manages sales in the U.S. federal government marketplace. The 23-year information technology sales veteran worked for 12 years at Cisco and […] More

FireEye Inc. and F5 Networks have partnered to jointly provide security products and services to enterprise clients. The partnership will combine F5’s application delivery infrastructure and FireEye’s threat protection offering, FireEye said Monday. “Our partnership with F5 addresses critical business issues for our customers, matching [information technology] growth and security to support the business,” said Steve […] More

F5 Networks has moved to bolster its portfolio of security platforms against distributed-denial-of-service-attacks by purchasing Defense.Net Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The companies aim to develop an integrated cybersecurity offering for organizations to avoid DDoS attacks on networks, applications and data center infrastructures, F5 said Thursday. “F5’s objective is to help protect customers from ever-changing […] More

ExecutiveBiz Events hosted its Supply Chain Cybersecurity: Revelations and Innovations Forum on Tuesday, during which notable cybersecurity experts gathered to dissect the historic 2020 Solarwinds attack and share key industry insights on the current preventative measures, strategic priorities and remaining cybersecurity threats that are influencing critical supply chain operations across commercial and government organizations. Wash100 Award […] More

Mathew Soltis, former global public sector head for the Amazon Web Services marketplace team, has joined application delivery networking technology provider F5 Networks as head of cloud revenue and field operations in the Americas region.

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Nick Mehta, CEO at Gainsight, and Marie Myers, chief financial officer at UiPath, have been appointed to serve as members of F5 Networks' board of directors. The appointments of the two executives bring the board's member count to 12, F5 said Wednesday.

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A new F5 Networks report has shown that 42 percent of government information technology professionals said digital transformation helps advance the delivery of cloud-based applications. F5 said Tuesday it polled approximately 300 government IT personnel worldwide for the 2018 State of Application Delivery report and found that 79 percent of respondents said digital transformation drives IT infrastructure optimization […] More

F5 Networks has begun to offer its application delivery controller products through Microsoft‘s Azure U.S. government cloud platform. Sarah Weldon, a Microsoft program manager, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that F5’s BIG-IP Virtual Edition ADC offerings are designed to help users manage application speed, availability and security. She added that government customers can also use F5’s offerings in public cloud environments and to establish site-to-site […] More