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F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV), Seattle, a provider of Application Traffic Management products, has introduced its Packet Velocity(TM) ASIC and new product line-up, enhancing F5's IP Application Switch product line.
The new custom ASIC is the first in a family that provides the industry's fastest processing of Layer 4 traffic. With this offering, F5 provides increased performance at Layer 4 when needed, while still providing superior intelligence and speed for Application (Layer 7) traffic. Adding three new members to its award- winning IP Application Switch family, F5 has introduced the BIG-IP 1000, BIG-IP 2400 and the BIG-IP 5100. F5's new hardware capabilities fortifying the overall performance of Application Traffic Management: a groundbreaking new networking category pioneered by F5 that enables customers to switch, persist and filter on any type of IP payload.
"With the introduction of its Packet Velocity ASIC and Universal Inspection Engine, F5 is moving beyond the traditional load balancing market," said Joel Conover, senior analyst, e-Business Infrastructure, Current Analysis. "The concept of Application Traffic Management has been applied to the web switching environment, and now F5 is taking that technology and extending it to address a much broader range of enterprise applications. When combined with F5's extensive suite of Internet traffic management capabilities, the BIG-IP becomes a powerful platform that addresses the problem of scaling complex enterprise applications. F5 gains a true competitive advantage with the addition of payload-intelligent switching for applications such as XML, SQL, and Web Services."
For enterprise-class and mobile application level switching and persistence, the BIG-IP 5100 offers customers the industry's fastest Layer 7 performance and processing power, enabling deep packet inspection of any IP-based content via BIG-IP's Universal Inspection Engine. The BIG-IP 2400 incorporates the new Packet Velocity ASIC for enterprises with intense Layer 4 requirements and Layer 7 processing needs, while the BIG-IP 1000 offers the ultimate Layer 4- 7 price/performance switch, targeted for customers with more modest traffic management needs.
F5's new custom ASIC is specifically designed to handle up to 250,000...