February 2012
11 posts
The Conflation of Pay-as-you-Grow Hardware with... →
Today’s post is brought to you by the Law of Diminishing Returns
F5 and Traffix: When Worlds Collide →
Strategic points of control are critical to managing the convergence of technology in any network - enterprise or carrier
Moore’s (Traffic) Law →
Pop quiz time – and you get +100 geek points if you get this one right.
F5 Friday: Doing VDI, Only Better →
#F5 does #VDI, and it does it better.
SuperSizing the Data Center: Big Data and Jumbo... →
Data center transformation discussions too often overlook the impact on the network – and its necessary transformation.
What Does Mobile Mean, Anyway? →
We tend to assume characteristics upon hearing the term #mobile. We probably shouldn’t…
F5 Friday: What’s Inside an F5? →
Is it Linux? Is it third-party? Is it proprietary? Isn’t #vcmp just a #virtualization platform? Just what is inside an F5 BIG-IP that makes it go vroom?
The Potential Ramifications of Platform-Based... →
Alternate title: How to take out an entire PaaS cloud with one vulnerability
Desktop VDI May Be Ready for Prime Time but Is the... →
The proliferation of mobile devices is pushing VDI closer to being “the solution” of the year to resolve the increasing complexity – and costs – associated with consumerization.
F5 Friday: New Services from F5 Ease Migration and... →
I get by with a little help from my friends…
The Cloud API is Pseudo-Consolidation of... →
It’s about operational efficiency and consistency, emulated in the cloud by an API to create the appearance of a converged platform
January 2012
10 posts
Performance in the Cloud: Business Jitter is Bad →
While web applications aren’t sensitive to jitter, business processes are.
F5 Friday: Goodbye Defense in Depth. Hello Defense... →
F5 is changing the game on security by unifying it at the application and service delivery layer.
The Mobile Chimera →
In the case of technology – as with mythology - the whole is often greater (and more challenging) than the sum of its parts.
iApp plus iControl →
Mobile and IPv6: Why Cows Connecting to the... →
Mobile devices. Plants. Cars. Cows. It’s time to get serious about that move to IPv6.
The API is the Center of the Application... →
Today, at least. Tomorrow, who knows?
HashDos – The Post of Doom Explained →
Now that the initial buzz (and panic) has passed, let’s take a closer look at the specific mechanics of the vulnerability.
Security’s Rough Ride →
1 if by land, 2 of by sea, 0 if by IP
The Fundamental Problem with Traditional Inbound... →
The focus on bandwidth and traffic continue to distract from the real problems with traditional inbound protections …
From LOIC to a Click Party–The Danger in... →
Did you rush out to check if a site was really taken down? If you did, you may have unintentionally helped
October 2011
28 posts
iRule Editor v11.0.1 →
Fixes have been piling and I finally got my act together and released the latest version of the iRule Editor with support for BIG-IP version 11.0. Here are a few things that are…
F5 Friday: Cookie Cutter vApps Realized →
An architectural solution to the challenge of IP-address dependency. A rarely mentioned obstacle when attempting to duplicate or migrate enterprise-class applications is…
London IPEXPO 2011 →
I meet with F5 Sr. Systems Engineer Rob Haynes at the London IPExpo to show a little about what F5 is sharing at one of England’s largest IT Infrastructure Conferences.
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Cloud Infrastructure Integration Model:... →
Examining architectures on which hybrid clouds are based… IT professionals, in general, appear to consider themselves well along the path toward IT as a Service with a significant…
In 5 Minutes or Less Video - BIG-IP APM & Citrix... →
Watch how F5 customers can now simply use BIG-IP Access Policy Manager or BIG-IP Edge Gateway to consolidate access control in a central location, keeping infrastructure administration concerns to a…
APM Session Invalidation Using ASM →
Introduction: Whenever customers expose their internal resources on the Web using VPNs or SSL VPNS there is still some concern over what type of traffic comes through the connection. In order…
ARX: Troubleshooting "CIFS Access Is... →
Introduction It is impossible to enumerate all the scenarios under which CIFS access via or by ARX may be denied. In many cases, denial of access may be the desired behavior and can sometimes be…
BIG-IP LTM and Microsoft App-V →
Over in the DevCentral Microsoft forums there has been quite a bit of noise around deploying BIG-IP LTM to provide load balancing for Microsoft’s Application Virtualization (App-V). Attempting to…
Our Identity Crisis →
As as kid, my mom would constantly remind me that I was a Hawaiian Prince – a direct descendant of King Kamehameha’s grandparents and the Kekaulike (23rd Moi of Maui) line. I was born…
Convergence vs. DNSSEC →
Remember the Comodo certificate scandal from earlier this year (see our blog entry on same)? The Comodo Certificate Authority tried to suggest that it was penetrated by a nation-state with…
BIG-IP v11: Dynamic Attack Protection →
This webinar will focus on the dynamic attack protection features of BIG-IP v11. From DDoS to Wikileaks, the attack headlines keep coming. Attacks are increasing and they are more sophisticated,…
iApp–How to manage and build iRules →
Michael Earnhart is a PME on our new technology research (NTR) team. While he isn’t one of the ninja’s who lives in the dark and wears black, he certainly falls into the “always up for a debate”…
IT is not Ala Carte’. Or is it? →
There has been a lot written about “IT Democratization” and how it will change the world. To some extent that is true, and I’ve previously encouraged IT management to support the process….
F5 and RSA SecurID: Supporting NSA Guidance →
A 2011 breach of RSA networks resulted in a loss of data that could pose a threat to RSA SecurID two-factor authentication. F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) and BIG-IP Access Policy…
iApp–Not just for apps →
#devops #v11 #iapp Let’s spend some time talking about how iApp templates aren’t just for deploying and managing applications. Huh? The value of iApp templates extends far beyond applications….
New Deployment Guides →
#devops #iApps #v11 Traffic flow diagrams, worksheets, checkpoints, next steps, oh my! F5 was first in the industry to offer our customers deployment guidance for mission critical applications…
F5 BIG-IP Platform Security →
F5 BIG-IP system hardware and software, which use the F5 TMOS operating system, are designed from the ground up to work together to provide total application security.
Fire and Ice, Silk and Chrome, SPDY and HTTP →
The impact of SPDY on infrastructure architecture The Internets were abuzz with the revelation that the custom browser Silk, distributed on Amazon’s latest endeavor Fire, leverages…
VMware View 5 (BIG-IP LTM, APM v11) →
This document provides guidance and configuration procedures for deploying the BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) version 11 with the iApp for VMware View 5.
Oracle OpenWorld 2011: The Video Outtakes →
My guests and I (mostly me) share the collection of flubs, scrubs and otherwise unusable material from the Oracle OpenWorld 2011 videos. What better way to spend a few minutes on a Friday than…
Oracle OpenWorld 2011: The Wrap Up →
Thanks to everyone involved with this week’s videos – Andy, Chris, Matt, Ron, Keith, Calvin and Jonathan. I try to recall all the various things we covered this week and wrap up Oracle Open World…
Oracle OpenWorld 2011: Interview with F5’s... →
Peter Silva talks with F5’s Ron Carovano Sr. Business Development Mgr about the F5’s acceptance into the Oracle Exastack Ready program. The Oracle Exastack Program enables partners to deploy their…
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (BIG-IP LTM v11) →
Configuring the BIG-IP LTM v11 with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (formerly Office Communications Server). This document provides guidance on configuring the LTM with the new iApp for Lync 2010,…
Oracle OpenWorld 2011: F5 ARX & Oracle ZFS... →
I meet with F5’s ARX Solution Engineer Matt Quill for a F5 ARX and Oracle ZFS Storage along with chatting with Oracle’s David Wallace.
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Automation Is Not Your Enemy. →
Sun Tzu wrote that you cannot win if you do not know your enemy and yourself. In his sense, he was talking about knowing your army and its capabilities, but this rule seriously applies…
Speeding Oracle Database Replication with F5 WAN →
Companies around the world recognize the importance of protecting business data from disaster, hardware failures, human error, or data corruption. Oracle provides a variety of strategic solutions to…
Live Migration versus Pre-Positioning in the Cloud... →
The secret to live migration isn’t just a fat, fast pipe – it’s a dynamic infrastructure
ARX Tiered Storage: Best Practices →
Introduction The ARX has many features for controlling file placement between the servers behind the ARX. ARX File Placement Policy (policy) has many configuration options that allow for fine…
September 2011
38 posts
Analyzing Performance Metrics for File... →
Trying to analyze your file storage from an RPC-level can be a challenge, but the fruits of your labor can be tasty if you put in the work (sorry, went Apple picking last weekend and it’s still on…