F5 : BIG-IP VE for SmartNICs Solution adds support for L4 Traffic Acceleration and Carrier-Grade NAT

Published: 2021-09-23 13:02:10 ET FFIV

Astonishingly, a little over a year has passed since F5 launched the BIG-IP VE for SmartNICs solution, which as a reminder, is the product of an integration between the BIG-IP Virtual Edition and an Intel SmartNIC that elevates performance and efficiency while lowering costs. During this time, both the internet and application landscape have continued to rapidly evolve, with the data points below collectively hinting at not only the relevance of this solution, but also the significance of the new use cases we're announcing here today (more on those shortly - stick with me):

A genius it does not take to establish that such a sizable rise in internet users will result in greater demand for applications and services. Supporting this expanding user-base will not only require workloads to be scaled up and out, but the encompassing networking infrastructure will likely require levelling-up as well to cope with heightened traffic volumes. And with the majority of users now using a larger medley of both mobile and fixed-location devices, guaranteeing a high-quality experience regardless of client-type is more vital now than ever before, as data point two confirms:

Hyper-fast web and mobile experiences are now considered table stakes for today's applications. Since users will not accept anything less, organizations are under increasing pressure to architect their application environments for speed and reliability to mitigate against losing customers and revenue. Beyond operating the highest performance servers and lowest latency routers and cabling, many are now electing to move their services and content closer to end users to improve experiences as our final data point indicates:

In summary, to exceed user expectations IT teams will require networking solutions with higher performance, greater reliability and lower latency, that also offer the flexibility to be deployed anywhere from centralized data centers to distributed edge locations. In essence, organizations require the likes of F5's BIG-IP VE for SmartNICs solution.

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F5 Networks Inc. published this content on 23 September 2021 and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 23 September 2021 17:01:02 UTC.