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Pohang University of Science and Technology Consolidates Network Management and Improves SAP Portal Efficiency with F5

F5's BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager allows the university to ensure that its applications are always fast, secure and available

Seoul, May 14, 2008 - F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that Korea's leading research university, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has chosen to consolidate its network management functions such as load balancing, security and web acceleration with F5 BIG-IP 6800 Local Traffic Manager.

POSTECH's previous network management system consisting of point solutions no longer met their needs, and the institution was looking for a new application delivery system that provided an intelligent and adaptable solution to secure, optimize and deliver applications especially for their SAP application. It also wanted to enhance efficiency in managing configuration changes when new servers or devices were added. POSTECH chose to deploy the F5 BIG-IP LTM solution - a single integrated solution that met their criteria for network management and cost efficiency.

"BIG-IP LTM has helped to ensure high-availability, load balancing and accelerated application delivery performance at POSTECH," said Ki-jong Kim, who was responsible for managing the whole project. "We are now able to operate our existing application servers in a stable, secured and efficient manner."

POSTECH is currently using the BIG-IP LTM for L7 switching functionality, SSL acceleration, application health checking, network firewall, web application firewall, web acceleration and iRules control. The institution is planning to deploy additional security devices such as SSL VPN over increasing security threats and QoS to ensure stable internet access.

Some of the benefits that POSTECH has reported from the deployment are:

  • Optimal efficiency of SAP application by replacing previous Dispatcher with BIG-IP LTM
  • Enhanced security for SAP portal login and added ability to update personal information pages via SSL
  • Reinforced security against potential attacks on SAP portal and SAP ERP by deploying BIG-IP ASM (Application Security Manager)
  • Improved server response time by utilizing BIG-IP's RAM Cache capability
  • Reduced TCP session overload of web server with OneConnect

"F5's vigorously tested architecture for SAP applications, supported by well-documented best practices enables large institutions like POSTECH to optimize the productivity of the SAP Portal," said DW Nam, Country Manager, F5 Networks Korea. "Furthermore, F5's robust TMOS platform provides a highly programmable, intelligent, and flexible foundation for our application delivery networking solutions. This architecture allows POSTECH to significantly enhance web traffic virtualization and management, enabling them to improve application performance and efficiency."

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. F5 provides solutions that make applications secure, fast, and available for everyone. By adding intelligence and manageability into the network to offload applications and optimize the data storage layer, F5 extends the power of intelligent networking to all levels of application delivery. F5's extensible architecture intelligently integrates application optimization, protects the application and the network, and delivers application reliability. Over 16,000 organizations and service providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their applications running. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices worldwide. For more information, go to www.f5apac.com.

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