F5 Networks, Inc.

Founded on February 20th, 1996, F5 Networks Incorporated is headquartered in Seattle. However, its operations are spread out globally. The company delivers specialised application services and Application Delivery Networking (ADN) to a host of different clients, including government entities, enterprise businesses, consumer brands and service providers. Some of the areas where F5 Networks’ services can help its customer base include the security, performance, delivery and availability of various software applications. Therefore, the company works directly with application developers to bring the best version of their programs to the masses. The popularity of FFIV shares earned it a spot in Fortune’s list of the Fastest Growing 100 Companies in 2010 and 2011. In 2010, FFIV stocks were rated as one of the top ten best-performing ones by the S&P 500. Another crucial achievement for the brand came in 2015 and 2016 when it was named the best place to work in two successive years by Glassdoor. In 1997, the company launched its first public product, known as BIG-IP. The sole use for this product was that it could divert traffic from one server to another, thereby avoiding overloads. BIG-IP also came into play when a server became unresponsive. In these cases too, the program would divert any incoming data to a different server. In November 2020, F5 Networks launched their 5G portfolio to improve their services further when it comes to edge computing. Two new products were launched, named BIG-IP Service Proxy for Kubernetes and Carrier-Grade Aspen Mesh. Both of these services can support cloud-native 5G applications. Other notable achievements of the company include five awards in the Application Delivery Controller segment at the Information Management Awards. F5 Network was also voted one of the 50 best places to work for women in India in 2020.