Verizon Enterprise Solutions is using F5 Networks’ solutions for network traffic and security management in its new Verizon Cloud.
F5’s Big-IP product suite has been embedded in Verizon Cloud Compute, the company’s new infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform, which is currently accepting beta customers. Big-IP Global Traffic Manager connects isolated environments and directs users to the best-performing data center in order to give the best possible application performance; F5’s Big-IP Access Policy Manager allows consistent deployment and enforcement of security-related policies.
IaaS is one of the basic cloud services, and allows users to outsource their infrastructure and create virtual machines to scale their resources up or down. Verizon Cloud offers the creation of virtual machines with custom parameters on memory and processing power so that they can be tailored to the needs of a particular app. Keeping access to business applications both secure and reliable is a key component.
“Helping customers effectively, securely, and efficiently combine application services and cloud environments—regardless of the specific makeup of their infrastructures—is a top priority for us,” said Karl Triebes, EVP of Product Development and CTO at F5. “Verizon Cloud demonstrates how organizations can use flexible, enterprise-class technologies to seamlessly and safely extend their applications to the cloud. With F5’s Software Defined Application Services, customers like Verizon can easily configure how optimization, security, and availability services are employed, tailoring environments to meet the needs of their business and cloud initiatives.”
