F5 BIG-IP Research Chart

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F5 BIG-IP Research Chart

 

Please indicate which of the following features of F5 BIG-IP Solutions you consider important to the performance, availability and security of your Microsoft applications and technologies. Select all that apply.

Local load balancing methods
 
90%
Global load balancing methods
 
39%
SSL offload
 
64%
Web acceleration
 
38%
Caching
 
36%
Compression
 
34%
iRules
 
58%
iControl
 
12%
iSessions (secure tunnel acceleration across the LAN and WAN)
 
9%
Layer 7 rate shaping
 
11%
IPv6 gateway
 
4%
Link load balancing
 
19%
Advanced client authentication
 
12%
Advanced routing
 
12%
Fast cache
 
13%
Intelligent compression
 
13%
Other
 
6%
 

Note: this is a multiple-choice question – response percentages may not add up to 100.

Source: TechValidate Survey of F5 BIG-IP Users TVID: BF4-55B-FA3

DATE: 03/18/10

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Selected Individual Responses

Title Company Ranking Industry Response
Person Project Manager Large Enterprise Aerospace & Defense local load balancing methods, caching, compression, iRules
Person Engineer Educational Institution Educational Institution local load balancing methods, sSL offload, caching, iRules, link load balancing
Person IT Vice President Small Business Computer Services This survey is invalid. We don't use Microsoft
Person IT Architect Medium Enterprise Telecommunications Services local load balancing methods, advanced client authentication
Person IT Manager Medium Enterprise Computer Hardware local load balancing methods, global load balancing methods, sSL offload, compression, iRules
Person IT Architect Large Enterprise Telecommunications Services local load balancing methods, sSL offload, link load balancing
Person Senior IT Architect Fortune 500 Computer Services local load balancing methods, global load balancing methods, sSL offload, iRules, iControl, iSessions (secure tunnel acceleration across the LAN and WAN), layer 7 rate shaping
Person IT Architect Medium Enterprise Insurance local load balancing methods, global load balancing methods, link load balancing
Person Senior IT Architect Medium Enterprise Computer Software local load balancing methods, global load balancing methods, sSL offload, web acceleration, iRules, iControl, iSessions (secure tunnel acceleration across the LAN and WAN), link load balancing, advanced routing
Person Engineer Medium Enterprise Media & Entertainment local load balancing methods, web acceleration, caching, compression, iRules