{"id":494,"date":"2012-04-19T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?guid=1759535a2e6da730030c882efd904cd7"},"modified":"2012-04-19T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T14:58:00","slug":"f5-showcases-its-big-ip-solutions-for-system-center-2012-and-private-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/f5-showcases-its-big-ip-solutions-for-system-center-2012-and-private-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"F5 Showcases its BIG-IP Solutions for System Center 2012 and Private Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

F5 Networks, Inc is demonstrating its F5 BIG-IP solutions for Microsoft private cloud deployments at the Microsoft Management Summit 2012, held this week in Las Vegas. During the event, F5 is emphasizing BIG-IP compatibility with System Center 2012 to help organizations maximize cloud benefits and productivity. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cF5 cloud computing solutions provide customers with a flexible foundation to dynamically provision services and tap the full value of cloud deployments,\u201d says Calvin Rowland, VP, Technology and ISV Alliances at F5. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to connect with customers at this event and share our cloud vision and products, which are key building blocks for private cloud environments. For over a decade, F5 and Microsoft have worked together to bring superior IT solutions to our customers. And with our close collaboration on Microsoft private cloud solutions, we\u2019ve extended the value of this relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Using the BIG-IP system, customers can build dynamic data centers that eliminate deployment barriers and lay the framework for long-term, sustained efficiencies. For the Microsoft private cloud, F5 solutions help organizations unify their network architectures and consolidate their management environments. Together, BIG-IP products and System Center 2012 provide a clear view into how applications are performing over the network. This gives customers the ability to update and optimize configurations to increase performance, scale, automation, flexibility, and security.<\/p>\n

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Further, the updated F5\u00ae<\/sup> Monitoring Pack for System Center helps customers optimize resource utilization by discovering available BIG-IP devices and surfacing health statistics within System Center 2012. As administrators shift the allocation of resources, the BIG-IP system is automatically updated to ensure that the network is in sync with changes to computing and storage resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cSystem Center 2012 enables the private cloud, and the F5 Monitoring Pack for System Center gives customers the added strengths of F5\u2019s BIG-IP solutions,\u201d said Mike Schutz, General Manager, Product Marketing, Windows Server and Management at Microsoft. \u201cCustomers need the key components of their private cloud infrastructure to work well with each other, and the deep compatibility of System Center 2012 with F5\u2019s BIG-IP platform can help increase efficiency and reliability while helping reduce operational expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cost Effective, Automated, Flexible Cloud Control<\/strong><\/p>\n

BIG-IP solutions for Microsoft private cloud take advantage of key features and technologies in BIG-IP version 11.1, including F5\u2019s virtual Clustered Multiprocessing<\/a>TM<\/sup> (vCMP\u2122) technology, iControl\u00ae<\/sup>, F5\u2019s web services-enabled open application programming interface (API), administrative partitioning and server name indication (SNI). Together, these features help reduce the cost and complexity of managing cloud infrastructures in multi-tenant environments. With BIG-IP v11.1, organizations reap the maximum benefits of conducting IT operations and application delivery services in the private cloud.<\/p>\n

BIG-IP solutions for Microsoft private cloud also include:<\/p>\n