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ServePath GoGrid - an F5 customer profile

I recently had the opportunity to communicate with Telemachus Luu, Director of Product Engineering at GoGrid, the Cloud Computing Division of ServePath. Please introduce your company and your role GoGrid is the leading Cloud Computing, hosted, Internet service that delivers true ”Control in the Cloud”. GoGrid enables system...

Tags: Load Balancing, Environment, API, ServePath GoGrid, F5, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Additional Resources

Ofaco 1.2.3 (Mac)

Mail, like almost all Cocoa applications on Mac OS X, offers text completion, which can be invoked by hitting either F5 or Esc. When it was introduced, it offered completions based on the list of words from the mail you were typing. Unfortunately, somewhen Apple decided that it would be...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Completion, Carsten Bluem, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-14

Am I OESIS OK 2.1.2.1 (Windows)

This free, lightweight utility will instantly detect all of your computer's installed security applications, including antivirus, antispyware, firewall, vpn clients, hard disk encryption, backup clients. It will then indicate the OESIS OK interoperability level for those applications based on manageability criteria which are used by products from Cisco, Juniper, F5,...

Tags: Interoperability, Network, OPSWAT, Microsoft Windows, Network Management, Networking, Network Administration, Security

Software downloads 2009-10-27

HP Envy 13

Even a cursory glance will tell you the HP Envy 13 is a very nicely made premium 13-inch laptop. It's a solid slab of aluminum and magnesium, etched with interesting visual details, and filled with capable components, such as a dual-core low-voltage Intel CPU and discrete ATI graphics. It's...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Envy 13, Hewlett-Packard Co., Voodoo, Apple MacBook

Product reviews 2009-09-30

Teradata's launches virtual storage software; Seeks hot and cold data

A dollar short and a few years too lateVirtual storage, let alone tiered storage is not new and have been around for years. It's built into many SAN arrays today... Compellent and 3Par come to mind immediately. Symantec has their Scalable File Server built upon Storage Foundation...

Tags: storage software, Teradata, storage

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

F5 Drops 60 Percent of Spam From IT Infrastructure With BIG-IP Message Security Module

Increasing spam levels put a persistent and growing strain on those resources. By implementing F5 BIG-IP Message Security Module MSM, F5's IT department has been able to drop 60 percent of unwanted inbound email before it reaches the IT infrastructure. This has resulted in a significant cost savings, a more...

Tags: Security, IT Infrastructure, BIG-IP, F5 Networks Inc., Information Technology, Spam, E-mail, Strategy, Online Communications, Management

Case studies 2009-08-01

Ticket Marketplace Improves Customer Experience With Highly Scalable Infrastructure From F5

StubHub, an online ticket marketplace, enables fans to buy and sell tickets for live entertainment events. When the company was purchased by eBay, it redesigned its network infrastructure and included the VIPRION Application Delivery Controller from F5. With higher site traffic capacity and availability, StubHub can continue to enhance the...

Tags: F5 Networks Inc., Customer Experience, StubHub Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Case studies 2009-08-01

First American Improves Application Performance and Mobility With F5 and VMware

The First American Corporation, a Fortune 500 company based in Santa Ana, California, supplies businesses and consumers with online information in five primary industry segments, including title insurance and services, specialty insurance, and data and analytics. First American is the country's largest such information provider. Traditionally, each business unit had...

Tags: F5 Networks Inc., Performance, Information Technology, Mobility, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Strategy, Hardware, Management

Case studies 2009-08-01

Optimizing VMware View VDI Deployments With F5

Corporate desktop usage and management has long been a necessary evil for IT groups. Most employees need full desktops and there are usually multiple types of desktops required for different business units: XP for accounting, Mac for creative design, Vista for sales and people in the field, Linux for technical...

Tags: F5 Networks Inc., VMware Inc., Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Desktops, Hardware

White papers 2009-08-01

(Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights)

(Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights)No it doesn't...The tabs look kinda like Chrome, but IMO, the rest of Firefox 4.0 looks more like IE7. Not that it really matters. Either way, I'm sure it outperforms IE on almost every level.Interesting screenshots,but aside from a new and more...

Tags: Firefox 4, Gallery, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Finder Refresh 1.3 (Mac)

A small but annoying thing about Mac OSX is that sometimes it doesn't refresh itself when a file or folder is changed - mostly when dealing with networked (especially SMB/Windows) share drives. Microsoft Windows users can hit F5 to refresh the current Window, but Apple chose to not add...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mouse, Finder Window, Apple Mac OS X, Mice, Construction, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-07-19

General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'

General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'average home-owners are screwedMost cannot drop $30K on solar panels. The rich people buy panels, drop consumption from the power grid. Electric company compensates buy raising rates to the remaining (non-rich) customers. So the rich get richer and the poor learn to read...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Solar Heating, Earthships, net-zero energy home, energy home, General Electric Co., winter

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Vendors being pushed into cloud, kicking and screaming?

Vendors being pushed into cloud, kicking and screaming?The problem is...Being dragged and forced into a new technology will ultimately lead to massive reforms later. You will see a few Fortune 500 companies lose control of their data and sue the stuffing out of the cloud vendor. All of a sudden...

Tags: Virtualization, Strategy, SECURITY, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Samsung debuts retro-styled WB1000 digital camera with AMOLED

Striking a balance between digital cameras of the 21st century and film cameras of the 20th, Samsung has introduced its WB1000 compact camera, a 12.2-megapixel shooter with an ultra-wide angle lens, 3-in. 480x260 AMOLED display and retro dials. The WB1000, which comes in...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Pixel, Digital Camera, Camera, Tele, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-11

What is a "trusted cloud?"

I recently had an opportunity to speak with executives of Hosted Solutions about their newest offering, the Stratus Trusted Cloud. Although I'm not sure that this offering is going to change how IT decision makers think about the concept of cloud computing in general, it is a step. ...

Tags: Stratus Technologies, Information Technology, Hosted Solutions, Stratus Trusted Cloud, Strategy, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-08

OneEditor 1.0 (Windows)

This is a basic integrated development environment for perl programming. It provides text editor like facility for writing and editing codes in perl languages and executing it from there itself. It is programmed using .NET framework 2.0. Provides features of a text editor for writing and editing your code. *...

Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Perl, Text Editor, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-06-04

National Insurance Institute of Israel Optimizes Security and Network Performance With F5

The National Insurance Institute of Israel NIOI is responsible for the social stability of Israeli residents. The challenge was to maintain tight security for sensitive financial data, improve network management to deliver enhanced service for clients, to increase system usage and to provide remote network access for hosted applications. NIOI...

Tags: Security, BIG-IP, F5 Networks Inc., Network, Insurance, Israel, Networking, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2009-06-01

Daphne 1.44 (Windows)

Daphne is a small system tray application for killing, controlling and debugging window's processes. You can kill a process by dragging the mouse over the windows, by right-clicking the process in the main process list, or by typing its name with the 'Kill all by name' command. You can set...

Tags: Window, DRK, Daphne, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-05-26

Financial Services Provider FNZ Invests in Future Prosperity With a Solid Network Foundation From F5

Founded just four years ago, FNZ of Wellington, New Zealand, operates the financial services industry's most complete third-party, online account management service. The challenge was to deliver excellent online user performance, to provide 24/7 uptime for online clients, to eliminate security vulnerabilities and to establish a highly scalable infrastructure to...

Tags: BIG-IP, Financial, F5 Networks Inc., Network, Financial Service, Sales Channel, Financial Planning, Sales Force Management, Financial Services, Sales, Finance

Case studies 2009-05-18

Why Cisco can't call a bottom: Customers are still reeling

Cisco's third quarter earnings were solid courtesy of savvy expense management, but CEO John Chambers refrained from calling a bottom. A deep dive into Cisco's customer trends reveal why: Most of the company's growth markets---India, emerging markets and advanced technologies--are still reeling.  Cisco's third quarter earnings of...

Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07