F5 Delivers Agile Application Delivery and Management in New BIG-IQ
27 January 2015 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
F5 BIG-IQ and Cisco APIC integration delivers
application services while reducing administrative complexity
F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV) today announced at Cisco Live the next
version of its F5® BIG-IQ™, the company’s intelligent management
framework that provides a single point of integration for
administering and orchestrating security and application delivery
services. With this update, BIG-IQ enables deeper collaboration
between the network operations center and DevOps teams by centrally
managing application delivery and by employing role-based access
control (RBAC). The resulting workflow simplifies operations –
boosting efficiency and freeing the network team from having to set
individual application delivery policies – while maintaining a
flexible approval process.
“A key component of F5 Synthesis™ architecture, BIG-IQ continues
to deliver on our vision for reducing the cost and complexity of
managing application delivery services locally and in public and
private clouds,” said Karl Triebes, EVP of product development and
CTO at F5. “As companies continue to invest in hybrid
infrastructures to enable more nimble application delivery, we are
proud that BIG-IQ is the only solution of its kind to integrate
both RBAC and a system for staging and scheduling configuration
changes.”
Product Details
BIG-IQ offers both an innovative UI and RESTful APIs to
centrally manage F5 BIG-IP devices and to control F5’s Local
Traffic Manager™, Advanced Firewall Manager™, and Application
Security Manager™ solutions. BIG-IQ’s use of iApps® templates
orchestrates Software Defined Application Services™, both locally
and in public and private clouds to increase business agility while
eliminating many of the risks associated with managing point
solutions individually. BIG-IQ provides a single point of
integration between solutions from F5 and technologies from Cisco,
VMware, Microsoft, and OpenStack.
Key capabilities include:
- Manage Application Delivery
Services: Role-based central management of application delivery
functions across the network to increase agility with
software-defined orchestration of application services.
- Orchestrate Application Delivery in
the Cloud: Enhanced connectivity and partner integration with
expanded orchestration and management of cloud platforms via
third-party developers, as well as improved customer experience via
workflows and integrations.
- Manage BIG-IP Devices: Manage
physical and virtual BIG-IP devices and virtual edition licensing
from a single pane of glass.
- Manage Security: Centralizes
security policy deployment, administration, and management, thereby
simplifying firewall policy management and enabling stronger
security.
- Reduce Risk: Safer change
management through simplified configuration and the removal of many
of the administrative touch-points across multiple devices.
Cisco APIC Integration
As part of our tightly integrated technology partnership, these
BIG-IQ orchestration updates will also be available through
the Cisco® Application Policy Infrastructure
Controller™ (APIC). BIG-IQ reduces the learning path for
network engineers who are new to application services by
orchestrating physical and virtual platforms in both traditional
architectures and software-defined network (SDN) environments. A
preferred Cisco partner for deploying policy-driven application
services across layer 4–7 (L4–7) fabrics, F5 helps joint customers
significantly reduce operating costs without compromising security,
availability, or performance. As an extension of the F5
Synthesis architecture and programmable Software Defined
Application Services within Cisco’s Application Centric
Infrastructure (ACI), BIG-IQ® solutions are uniquely
positioned to bring L4–7 multi-tenant capabilities to Cisco ACI
environments.
“F5 Synthesis and Cisco ACI can deliver industry-first
integration with BIG-IP appliances and the BIG-IQ orchestration
system. Cisco ACI and F5 joint solutions offer customers a choice
depending on their preferences, operational models, and business
needs. Customers can manage F5 BIG-IP appliances and Virtual
Editions directly from the Cisco APIC controller for automated L4–7
service insertion and stitching,” said Soni Jiandani, SVP,
Marketing, Cisco. “Joint F5 and Cisco customers will be able to
integrate APIC with BIG-IQ for dynamic creation of APIC plug-ins
based on existing iApps and iRules® configurations in their
environments. Together, Cisco ACI and the F5 portfolio deliver
true, rich application deployments while preserving customers’ L4–7
operational models, guaranteeing multi-tenancy and scale.”
Availability
The F5 Device Package for Cisco APIC is available as a free
download via downloads.f5.com, and the latest version of
BIG-IQ will be available in February 2015. Please contact
a local F5 sales office for additional information and
product availability in specific countries.
Additional Resources
- BIG-IQ Details and Video
- BIG-IQ Datasheet
- F5’s Technology Alliance with
Cisco
- Cisco APIC Reference Architecture
- Blog: Application-Centric Configuration
of F5 BIG-IP in Cisco ACI Using BIG-IQ
- Video Demo: Harnessing the Full Power
of F5 BIG-IP in Cisco ACI Using BIG-IQ
About F5
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) provides solutions for an application world. F5
helps organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center, and
software-defined networking (SDN) deployments to successfully
deliver applications to anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5 solutions
broaden the reach of IT through an open, extensible framework and a
rich partner ecosystem of leading technology and data center
orchestration vendors. This approach lets customers pursue the
infrastructure model that best fits their needs over time. The
world’s largest businesses, service providers, government entities,
and consumer brands rely on F5 to stay ahead of cloud, security,
and mobility trends. For more information, go to f5.com.
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technologies.
F5, F5 Synthesis, Software Defined Application Services, BIG-IQ,
BIG-IP, iApps, iRules, Local Traffic Manager, Advanced Firewall
Manager, and Applications Security Manager are trademarks or
service marks of F5 Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other
countries. All other product and company names herein may be
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F5 NetworksNathan Misner, 206-272-7494n.misner@f5.comorWaggener
Edstrom WorldwideAshley Paula,
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