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Summary of F5 DevCentral Announcement
• DevCentral runs F5’s cloud-enabled ADN solution in multiple Bluelock Virtual
Datacenters hosted in the public cloud
• Allows DevCentral to adhere to IT best practices for scale, control, and security.
• DevOps Agility Becomes a Reality
• Enterprise grade security brings peace of mind
• TMOS in the Cloud Affords Great Control, Scale, and Ops
© F5 Networks, Inc.
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With F5, Bluelock is able to provide a more
advanced set of solutions to our customers
without the need for costly infrastructure or
long term commitments.
Pat O’Day
Chief Technology Officer © F5 Networks, Inc.
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F5 DevCentral
F5’s Global Technical Community
• Over 100,000 members worldwide
• 55% of visits originate outside U.S.
• Over 60,000 Forum Posts All Time
“F5 Networks has set the gold standard for
• iRules, iControl, Advanced all scripting environments combined with a
community site with its TCL based iRules
Design/Config, ISV solutions, and more! and DevCentral community.” - Zeus
Kerravala, ZK Research, 2012
“F5 has developed a large community of committed
• Critical platform for our customers and users [DevCentral] that fuels the use of iRules to
partners to build skills and connect with solve unique data center application
challenges, creating an increasingly loyal and
peers engaged user base.” - Gartner – Magic Quadrant for
“…DevCentral creates2010
ADCs, a modest network effect for
• Members express high product satisfaction F5 and it would be difficult for a competitor to
• Member NPS scores world class; over 2x replicate the large and growing library of custom
configuration and scripting templates available..." -
higher than non-member customers By Grady Burkett, CFA – SeekingAlpha.com
© F5 Networks, Inc.
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Challenges Driving Changes
DevCentral Challenges What’s Required?
• More applications, modules, open • Faster, more frequent code pushes
source, and more
• Improved understanding of app and
• More new internal customers infrastructure dependencies &
• iRules
• More globally distributed users
• Application Flows
• More security risks (Hacktivist reality) • Real vs. Expected Vulns
• Social application complexity, vectors
• Better performance
• Open source framework
• Public + Security Vendor bulls-eye • Manageable security plan
© F5 Networks, Inc.
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The Public Cloud Conundrum
• The “Big” Public Clouds
• Too much “trust and push”
• SLA and security doubts
• Traditional hosting vendors on path to cloud
• Patchwork approach not really cloud
• Cost basis too high to consider
• Enterprise-focused cloud providers
• Built to be cloud
• Understand enterprise reservations and needs
© F5 Networks, Inc.
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Bluelock
Leadership | Established pure Cloud leader
Partner & Customer | BIG-IP experience
Reseller | F5 Cloud Licensing Program pioneer
Credible Tech | Technical credibility with F5 teams
Partner Reach | VMware leading partner
Secure | Security / standards compliant (SSAE-16, SAS-70 Type 2, PCI-DSS)
Compatible | VMware platform / F5 IT standard
Cost | Lower OpEx than existing environment
© F5 Networks, Inc.
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DevCentral Journey to the Cloud
• Performed a 14-day Bluelock Test Drive
• Vigorously mapped out operational plans
and processes
• Determined application changes required
• Initiated 30-day build out
• Design and infrastructure build out
• Functional and scale/failure testing
• Operational and process testing
• Coordinate IT to cloud migration
© F5 Networks, Inc.
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DevCentral @ Bluelock: Ideal Enterprise Cloud
• DevOps Agility Becomes a Reality
• Faster, more frequent pushes
• Reduced complexity + affordable environment consistency
• Closer integration across key workgroups for instant responsiveness
• Enterprise Grade Security Brings Peace of Mind
• Great firewall protection, less management hassles with F5
• ASM Web app firewall protects app, strengthens dev process
• Help from Whitehat Sentinel – prepare to be humbled
• TMOS in the Cloud Affords Great Control, Scale, and Ops
• vDatacenter looks like an enterprise architect thinks
• Access to iRules, iControl, iApp – the entire Swiss army knife
• Rapid TMOS updates – faster, better, more satisfying; opportunity to test new things
© F5 Networks, Inc.
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Project Benefits
• For Community
• Faster, more rapidly improving community experience
• Insight into how we run in the cloud to help them understand the options
• For Partners
• Opportunity to collaborate on enterprise cloud efforts
• Showcase their capabilities for F5 customers
• For DevCentral
• Improved DevOps to grow our business
• Enterprise grade security for peace of mind
• TMOS in the cloud = control and scale
• Learning how we can help customers embrace the cloud © F5 Networks, Inc.