Jan, 2002 : F5 Announces Support for Microsoft ISA Server

📅 January 25, 2002 - F5 Networks, Inc. (f5.com -> hostinger.com), a provider of Internet trafficand content management products, today announced that its BIG-IP productsoffer interoperability with Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration(ISA) Server 2000. The BIG-IP product line provides intelligent loadbalancing and high availability for ISA Server. Customers who deploy BIG-IPwith Microsoft's firewall will get enhanced performance, security, uptime,and scalability for ISA Server implementations, the company said. As part ofthe solution, F5 will be able to deliver programmatic control of BIG-IP/ISAdeployments via its iControl SOAP/XML API.

"The interoperability between F5's BIG-IP and Microsoft ISA Server is asignificant development for our joint enterprise customers," said NevetBasker, director of business development for ISA Server at Microsoft Corp."By working together, F5 Networks and Microsoft can offer customers aneffective solution that provides extremely reliable and secure delivery ofWeb services and applications."
BIG-IP automatically directs user requests to only those ISA Servers thatare functioning properly and distributes load optimally based upon a varietyof performance and business criteria. The combined BIG-IP/ISA Serversolution provides scalability, fault tolerance, and enhanced performancethrough its approach of load balancing traffic; sharpened security throughthe addition of two hardened security layers via a "firewall sandwich"implementation; and extensible, programmatic control, via iControl'sSOAP/XML API, enabling automated administration, maintenance of multi-serverISA implementations, and ISA Server registration/removal.
"More than ever, network security is top of mind for many enterprises asthey rollout IP-based business applications and services that involvesensitive data and information," said Jeff Pancottine, senior vice-presidentof marketing and business development at F5 Networks. "By working closelywith Microsoft, we can ensure customers that our companies' products are notonly compatible but, when deployed together, also deliver a robust andoptimized solution for managing IP-based traffic, applications and Webservices with enterprise-class security."
For more information go to f5.com/isaserver/ or email isaserver@f5.com.

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