Articles By: F5

Multi-Cloud: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

It’s clear that multi-cloud is here to stay, so let’s take a look at the good, bad, and ugly of this brave new world. It’s a multi-cloud world, according to the F5 State of Application Delivery 2018 survey. Eighty-seven percent of enterprise organizations say they operate in multiple cloud environments and plan to continue to do so.1 As cloud platforms […]

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Tame Architectural Complexity: 4 Steps to Your Successful Cloud Journey

In a world where digital transformation is a strategic imperative, many enterprises have embarked on the journey to the cloud in search of greater agility, better-aligned operational costs, on-demand scalability, and a sharper focus on their core business. Some organizations have carefully crafted strategies for cloud technology adoption; but for most, their journey to the cloud has been an ad […]

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Navigating the Multi-Cloud Threat Landscape: Good News and Bad News

With the rate of cloud spending predicted to outpace overall IT spending six to one over the next few years, organizations are rightly concerned about ensuring that applications in the cloud enjoy the same level of security as apps deployed in data centers. Using the public cloud does alter your attack surface area—and leveraging multiple public and private clouds (aka […]

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The Hidden ROI of Cloud-Friendly Security

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Businesses of all sizes are undergoing a digital transformation, moving applications and services to the cloud in an effort to boost productivity and speed innovation. It seems like every day there’s another article about IoT, big data analytics, and cloud architectures—and their unlimited potential for companies trying to gain a competitive edge […]

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Choosing the Right Model: A Guide to DDoS Protection

Until recently, security teams for organizations in many industries believed they didn’t need to worry about DDoS attacks, but the latest data from the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report indicates that businesses of all sizes in nearly every industry run the risk of being attacked.¹ IoT devices are increasingly compromised, recruited into botnets, and offered up by their creators […]

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Automating NetOps: Closing the IT Skills Gap

For many infrastructure teams, the gap between their current implementation-centric operational model and the future where they spend time building automation and integrations for others to self-implement is wide. Fortunately, their critical suppliers have a vested interest in assisting them as they cross this gap. By providing both tools and training, vendors can help their loyal customers automate their key […]

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