I have worked with both, and will personally like the Cisco better (Arrowpoint days) (more options to configure, I like the keepalive methods better, the F5). However since I have dealt with alot of ...

AI inference load balancing on NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs delivered 3.24x higher throughput over host-CPU gateways at peak GPU memory load in an F5-sponsored benchmark, showing that networking-layer ...

This morning, F5 Networks is introducing a new load balancer, LineRate Point, and a volume licensing plan. Both are aimed at extending the F5 Synthesis framework to let all applications receive ...

Ahead of its May 28th analyst day, networking and cybersecurity firm F5 (FFIV) appears to be in the “early innings” of a hardware refresh cycle, aided by artificial intelligence, RBC Capital said. “In ...

F5 is integrating its SSL VPN gear with its load-balancing, traffic management hardware to turn the SSL device into a central policy and access enforcement point. With a new release of software for ...

We have a couple of them. Let me temper my comments with the fact that I do not admin them, another guy does. They have been nothing but a big problem for us. Frequently we have to pull boxes out from ...

Load balancers, once almost exclusive to the realm of hardware devices, can now be implemented effectively in software on another server. The line between hardware and software load balancers is ...

Logan Harbaugh is a longtime technology journalist. A load balancer distributes traffic among a number of servers or connections, either to increase the overall capability of a system to handle heavy ...

F5 has introduced the VELOS CX1610 chassis and BX520 400-Gbps blade, designed to enhance support for AI applications within service providers and large enterprises. This high-performance addition to ...