F5 Networks announced the BIG-IP Edge Gateway, that provides enterprise organizations with a high-performance remote access solution that delivers LAN-speed application performance for remote and mobile workers. The solution ought to solve the challenges that IT personnel face due to the massive growth of mobile and remote users.
According to F5 it’s BIG-IP Edge Gateway is the first Application Delivery Controller (ADC) on the market that unifies secure SSL VPN access, dynamic access and optimization control, and application acceleration for remote users—regardless of the device or access network—on a single, scalable platform.
BIG-IP Edge Gateway ought to offer approximately five times the scaling capability and up to an eight times improvement in application performance at less than half the cost of alternative, disparate technologies.
The new BIG-IP Edge Gateway enables customers to:
- reduce CapEx with unified services and simplified management
- simplify device management by ensuring access across heterogeneous applications services, access networks, and data resources
- combine acceleration, endpoint security, and automatic network roaming persistence
- cost-effectively scale access networks to unprecedented levels
- use smart connection technology that makes sure that as a user roams networks—wireless (802.11), cell (3G and LTE), or wired—they stay connected, and the integrity of their application session is protected
- implement context-aware networking through granular access policy enforcement
- provide application access based on context
- support single sign-on for most directory services across all application types, devices, and operating systems
- design application prioritization into access policies
F5’s BIG-IP Edge Gateway is available today. In addition, BIG-IP v10.1 software and all associated product modules are also currently available. (Source: F5 Networks/GST)