[November 21, 2009] F5 Introduces BIG-IP Solution Tweet Nov 20, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- F5 Networks, Inc., a specialist in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), announced improved solutions for service providers to meet the growing demand for mobile services. The F5 BIG-IP 10.1 release offers a new approach to mobile infrastructure scaling, enabling service providers and system integrators to benefit from layer 7 traffic management for their authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) infrastructure, without incurring the costly and time-consuming process of replacing existing AAA servers, the company said. As mobile subscribers use more services, existing AAA servers become overloaded and strain to handle the traffic loads. BIG-IP v10.1 allows service providers to protect services from unplanned outages, and enables carriers to optimize traffic throughput on current AAA servers--achieving better resource utilization and higher availability. Additionally, the BIG-IP solution gives carriers the flexibility needed to maintain and scale existing services while preparing for increased traffic loads brought on by next-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 4G wireless network traffic. "F5 has a long history of helping wireless carriers manage traffic and optimize infrastructures, with BIG-IP being deployed in many of the top wireless carriers today," said Jason Needham, Sr. Director of Product Management at F5. "BIG-IP v10.1 further extends F5's ability to help service providers scale their IP infrastructures to handle the massive throughput demands of wireless customers and support policy-based traffic steering." "3G data growth is accelerating with no end in sight, and the 4G outlook is for continued rapid IP services growth," said John Mazur, Ovum Principal Analyst for Switching, Routing and Packet Transport. "To manage this growth, mobile operators need advanced policy control and traffic management solutions to meet customers' quality of experience expectations and monetize their networks. Advanced subscriber management platforms provide the tools needed to ensure manageable traffic and revenue growth." More Information: www.f5.com/products/big-ip www.f5.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]