F5 Hardened Release 1 is available. Staying current is one of the most important steps you can take to protect your environment.Learn more

Blog posts on 2016

2016 blog posts(99)

Sampling Requests with NGINX Conditional Logging
NGINX | 04/24/2019

Sampling Requests with NGINX Conditional Logging

With NGINX conditional logging, you can log a subset of requests which have defined characteristics. This blog uses it to solve a real-world customer use case: the need to reject obsolete and insecure...

By Owen Garrett
The Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s In It for the Business?
F5 Ecosystem | 12/28/2016

The Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s In It for the Business?

A cloud-ready application delivery controller is not your traditional ADC. Available for deployment on custom or COTS hardware, it’s a scalable software-solution supporting both the need for fast, sec...

By Lori Mac Vittie
The Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s in it for DevOps?
F5 Ecosystem | 12/19/2016

The Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s in it for DevOps?

A cloud-ready application delivery controller (ADC) is not your traditional ADC. Available for deployment on custom or COTS hardware, it’s a scalable software-solution supporting both the need for fas...

By Lori Mac Vittie
The Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s in it for NetOps?
F5 Ecosystem | 12/12/2016

The Cloud-Ready ADC: What’s in it for NetOps?

A cloud-ready application delivery controller (ADC) is not your traditional ADC. Available for deployment on custom or COTS hardware, it’s a scalable software-solution supporting both the need for fas...

By Lori Mac Vittie
The Great Cloud Diaspora: 10 Years of Change
F5 Ecosystem | 12/08/2016

The Great Cloud Diaspora: 10 Years of Change

It has been 10 years now since Amazon set the digital world on fire with the introduction of Amazon Web Services. Or as most of us today call it, public cloud. Since then, the landscape has grown incr...

By Lori Mac Vittie
The Cloud-Ready ADC
F5 Ecosystem | 12/05/2016

The Cloud-Ready ADC

A cloud-ready application delivery controller (ADC) is not your traditional ADC. Available for deployment on custom or COTS hardware, it’s a scalable software-solution supporting both the need for fas...

By Lori Mac Vittie
NGINX and NGINX Plus Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes Load Balancing
NGINX | 12/05/2016

NGINX and NGINX Plus Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes Load Balancing

Use the Ingress controllers for NGINX and NGINX Plus to integrate their sophisticated features into the built-in Kubernetes load-balancing framework.

By Michael Pleshakov
Public cloud stacks in AWS embracing emerging technologies
F5 Ecosystem | 12/01/2016

Public cloud stacks in AWS embracing emerging technologies

Public cloud stacks in AWS: Embracing emerging technologies. Read the F5 blog to discover how to leverage native cloud services while maintaining security.

By Lori Mac Vittie
Privacy Matters
F5 Ecosystem | 11/28/2016

Privacy Matters

Read F5's blog on why privacy matters in the digital age. Discover actionable insights and strategies to secure customer data and maintain enterprise trust.

By Lori Mac Vittie
When Things Attack, Turn to Cloud
F5 Ecosystem | 11/21/2016

When Things Attack, Turn to Cloud

Cyber. Things. Security. DDoS. These are digital disruptions; the modern equivalent of enemies at the gate.

By Lori Mac Vittie
BlackNurse and Denial of Cloudy Business Attacks
F5 Ecosystem | 11/17/2016

BlackNurse and Denial of Cloudy Business Attacks

BlackNurse and Denial of Cloudy Business. Read the F5 blog for a technical analysis of ICMP-based DDoS attacks and how to protect your cloud infrastructure.

By Lori Mac Vittie
iSeries: Not Just a Better, Bigger, and Faster BIG-IP
F5 Ecosystem | 11/15/2016

iSeries: Not Just a Better, Bigger, and Faster BIG-IP

iSeries: Not just a better, bigger, faster BIG-IP. Read the F5 blog to discover the architectural innovations and programmable hardware of our ADC appliance.

By Robert Haynes
DevOps for NetOps is about Scale
F5 Ecosystem | 11/07/2016

DevOps for NetOps is about Scale

And scale leads to speed. And speed leads to success. Suppose one engineer can process a change request in two hours. Suppose another engineer can process that change request in 1.5 hours. If they wo...

By Lori Mac Vittie
Halflings, Dragons, and DDoS Attacks
F5 Ecosystem | 10/31/2016

Halflings, Dragons, and DDoS Attacks

Halflings, dragons, and DDoS attacks. Read F5's engaging blog post exploring the evolving threat landscape and how to build resilient cyber defenses.

By Lori Mac Vittie
Making Sense of the Last Month of DDoS Attacks
F5 Ecosystem | 10/27/2016

Making Sense of the Last Month of DDoS Attacks

Making sense of the last month of DDoS attacks. Read the F5 blog for a deep dive into recent volumetric threats, attack vectors, and mitigation strategies.

By F5
Compiling Third-Party Dynamic Modules for NGINX and NGINX Plus
NGINX | 10/25/2016

Compiling Third-Party Dynamic Modules for NGINX and NGINX Plus

Compile dynamic modules in NGINX Plus R11 and later to take advantage of the broad range of additional functionality contributed by NGINX community members.

By Owen Garrett
Lift and Shift with Confidence
F5 Ecosystem | 10/24/2016

Lift and Shift with Confidence

Lift & shift to the cloud with confidence. Read the F5 blog to learn strategies for migrating legacy applications while maintaining robust enterprise security.

By Lori Mac Vittie
Rigidity of the Org, not Hardware, is Holding up App Deployments
F5 Ecosystem | 10/17/2016

Rigidity of the Org, not Hardware, is Holding up App Deployments

Why organization culture slows down deployments. Read the F5 blog to discover how bridging the NetOps-DevOps divide accelerates cloud innovation.

By Lori Mac Vittie
Get Off of My Cloud!
F5 Ecosystem | 10/12/2016

Get Off of My Cloud!

The latest from F5's Jay Kelley includes a list of considerations when deploying a new identity and access solution for Microsoft Office 365.

By Jay Kelley
You want big data? You can’t handle big data…
F5 Ecosystem | 10/10/2016

You want big data? You can’t handle big data…

Current infrastructure cannot handle the projected explosion of data, connections, and traffic as the world moves into the digital economy. We talk about the digital economy but we don’t often dive in...

By Lori Mac Vittie
Are Mobile Operators Ready for the Connected Car?
F5 Ecosystem | 10/04/2016

Are Mobile Operators Ready for the Connected Car?

New in-vehicle services and content consumption will greatly contribute to the need for wireless bandwidth and mobile network capacity.

By F5
Colo Cloud: The Best of Both Worlds
F5 Ecosystem | 10/03/2016

Colo Cloud: The Best of Both Worlds

Cloud, compliance, and certifications. It's a complex world out there.

By Lori Mac Vittie
Don’t Sacrifice Services for Speed
F5 Ecosystem | 09/26/2016

Don’t Sacrifice Services for Speed

No, not that kind of speed. The other kind of speed. Velocity, the speed with which applications can be developed and released into production, is a common driver of organizations adopting agile deve...

By Lori Mac Vittie
An Office in the Clouds
F5 Ecosystem | 09/21/2016

An Office in the Clouds

A look at one of the most popular business productivity software suites ever, the keys to its longevity, and some of its challenges.

By Jay Kelley
Stop. Just Stop. HTTPS is not faster than HTTP.
F5 Ecosystem | 09/19/2016

Stop. Just Stop. HTTPS is not faster than HTTP.

Stop, just stop. HTTPS is not faster than HTTP. Read the F5 blog to understand the nuances of protocol performance & how to properly optimize encrypted traffic.

By Lori Mac Vittie
F5 joins Docker Partner Program to Secure, Scale, and Speed up Containerized Apps
F5 Ecosystem | 09/16/2016

F5 joins Docker Partner Program to Secure, Scale, and Speed up Containerized Apps

To say that Docker’s container technology is experiencing explosive growth and adoption is not mere hyperbole or wishful thinking on the part of its highly vocal advocates. Nary a day goes by that doe...

By Lori Mac Vittie
IP Transparency and Direct Server Return with NGINX and NGINX Plus as Transparent Proxy
NGINX | 09/14/2016

IP Transparency and Direct Server Return with NGINX and NGINX Plus as Transparent Proxy

Improve TCP and UDP performance by configuring NGINX and NGINX Plus as a transparent proxy for IP Transparency and Direct Server Return.

By Owen Garrett
The Answer to IT’s Kobayashi Maru: Private Cloud
F5 Ecosystem | 09/12/2016

The Answer to IT’s Kobayashi Maru: Private Cloud

The answer to IT's Kobayashi Maru: Private Cloud. Read the F5 blog to discover how on-premises agility solves the impossible balance of security and speed.

By Lori Mac Vittie
Securing your Borderless Business
F5 Ecosystem | 09/06/2016

Securing your Borderless Business

Securing your borderless business. Read F5's blog to learn how zero trust architectures and edge computing protect remote workforces and global applications.

By Lori Mac Vittie
Applications. Applications Everywhere.
F5 Ecosystem | 08/29/2016

Applications. Applications Everywhere.

For the past few years we (as in the corporate We) have delved into the data center to discover how and why and where enterprises deploy and deliver applications with our State of Application Delivery...

By Lori Mac Vittie
Results 1-30 of 99