F5 Joins NetApp Alliance Partner Program

F5 Networks, Inc., a provider of application delivery networking solutions and offerings, announced that it has joined the NetApp Alliance Partner Program as an Advantage Alliance Partner.

F5 said it is collaborating with NetApp to provide customers with unified application and data delivery solutions. Working together, F5 and NetApp said they will help customers bridge the gap from traditional to infrastructures by increasing the flexibility between users and resources. Agile IT environments allow enterprises to respond to change-adding, removing, and changing application and data services on demand. The result is an IT architecture-encompassing security, access, acceleration, availability, and data management-that adapts smoothly to an organization's evolving IT requirements.

In addition to outlining a long-term strategy, F5 and NetApp are providing immediate benefits to their joint customers with initial solutions that leverage application delivery and file virtualization to unleash the power of data mobility.

With F5 ARX file virtualization solutions, NetApp customers will be able to automatically and transparently move data at will, reducing migration times and eliminating downtime.

F5's ARX solutions virtualize the file storage environment, removing the static binding between clients and storage resources. In addition, the ARX policy-based management capabilities allow IT organizations to create "set and forget" policies to automate data movement, further simplifying management and reducing operational overhead.

"We're delighted to become part of the Alliance Partner Program," said Jim Ritchings, VP of Business Development at F5. "NetApp and F5 have a shared customer base that is deriving value from our solutions. NetApp is a leader in the enterprise-class NAS market, and F5 has led the way in developing solutions like ARX that create an infrastructure and have clear ROI."

The NetApp Alliance Partner Program gives qualified infrastructure and application providers access to NetApp solutions, software development kits, technical support, training, certification, product information, and marketing and sales assistance. Customers benefit by having access to best-of-breed partner solutions that are tested to work with NetApp storage.

More Information:

http://www.netapp.com/alliance

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