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F5, a longtime market leader in application delivery, kicked off day one of its AppWorld conference in Las Vegas by announcing what it described as the first converged application delivery controller (ADC) and security platform for hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures in an increasingly AI-focused world.<\/span><\/p>\n The new <\/span>F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform<\/a><\/span> combines high-performance load balancing and traffic management with app and API security.<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier this year, the company announced its <\/span>ADC 3.0 vision<\/a><\/span> to align its core product line with the AI era. While F5 has had many competitors emerge over the years, including big-name brands such as Cisco, NetScaler, Juniper and Riverbed, it has stayed ahead of the curve through acquisitions and alignment with market trends. Although the vendor didn’t release an official 2.0 vision for moving on-premises to cloud, it’s now evolving the product for AI.<\/span><\/p>\n Interest in AI is high<\/a><\/span>, but it’s fair to say that deploying AI is expensive, raises complexity and creates new cyber risks that can effectively paralyze IT and security teams. I like to position F5 as the “Rosetta Stone” of IT, as its ADC translates between networking and applications and now security. This gives the company a unique role to play in solving the challenges of AI in a hybrid, multi-cloud environment.<\/span><\/p>\n The new F5 platform addresses challenges for <\/span>enterprises that operate hybrid multi-cloud environments<\/a><\/span> by offering the following:<\/span><\/p>\nWhat the F5 Platform Offers<\/h2>\n
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