F5's DevCentral technical community website has moved to multiple virtual datacenters hosted by Bluelock in the public cloud. This allows DevCentral to adhere to best practices for scale, control, and security while gaining agility. It also provides an example for partners and the community of how F5 solutions can be run securely and with control in the cloud.

1. June 13th News: F5’s DevCentral
Moves to the Cloud

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Summary of F5 DevCentral Announcement
• DevCentral runs F5’s cloud-enabled ADN solution in multiple Bluelock Virtual
Datacenters hosted in the public cloud
• Allows DevCentral to adhere to IT best practices for scale, control, and security.
• DevOps Agility Becomes a Reality
• Enterprise grade security brings peace of mind
• TMOS in the Cloud Affords Great Control, Scale, and Ops
© F5 Networks, Inc.

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With F5, Bluelock is able to provide a more
advanced set of solutions to our customers
without the need for costly infrastructure or
long term commitments.
Pat O’Day
Chief Technology Officer © F5 Networks, Inc.

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F5 DevCentral
F5’s Global Technical Community
• Over 100,000 members worldwide
• 55% of visits originate outside U.S.
• Over 60,000 Forum Posts All Time
“F5 Networks has set the gold standard for
• iRules, iControl, Advanced all scripting environments combined with a
community site with its TCL based iRules
Design/Config, ISV solutions, and more! and DevCentral community.” - Zeus
Kerravala, ZK Research, 2012
“F5 has developed a large community of committed
• Critical platform for our customers and users [DevCentral] that fuels the use of iRules to
partners to build skills and connect with solve unique data center application
challenges, creating an increasingly loyal and
peers engaged user base.” - Gartner – Magic Quadrant for
“…DevCentral creates2010
ADCs, a modest network effect for
• Members express high product satisfaction F5 and it would be difficult for a competitor to
• Member NPS scores world class; over 2x replicate the large and growing library of custom
configuration and scripting templates available..." -
higher than non-member customers By Grady Burkett, CFA – SeekingAlpha.com
© F5 Networks, Inc.

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Challenges Driving Changes
DevCentral Challenges What’s Required?
• More applications, modules, open • Faster, more frequent code pushes
source, and more
• Improved understanding of app and
• More new internal customers infrastructure dependencies &
• iRules
• More globally distributed users
• Application Flows
• More security risks (Hacktivist reality) • Real vs. Expected Vulns
• Social application complexity, vectors
• Better performance
• Open source framework
• Public + Security Vendor bulls-eye • Manageable security plan
© F5 Networks, Inc.

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The Public Cloud Conundrum
• The “Big” Public Clouds
• Too much “trust and push”
• SLA and security doubts
• Traditional hosting vendors on path to cloud
• Patchwork approach not really cloud
• Cost basis too high to consider
• Enterprise-focused cloud providers
• Built to be cloud
• Understand enterprise reservations and needs
© F5 Networks, Inc.

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Bluelock
Leadership | Established pure Cloud leader
Partner & Customer | BIG-IP experience
Reseller | F5 Cloud Licensing Program pioneer
Credible Tech | Technical credibility with F5 teams
Partner Reach | VMware leading partner
Secure | Security / standards compliant (SSAE-16, SAS-70 Type 2, PCI-DSS)
Compatible | VMware platform / F5 IT standard
Cost | Lower OpEx than existing environment
© F5 Networks, Inc.

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DevCentral Journey to the Cloud
• Performed a 14-day Bluelock Test Drive
• Vigorously mapped out operational plans
and processes
• Determined application changes required
• Initiated 30-day build out
• Design and infrastructure build out
• Functional and scale/failure testing
• Operational and process testing
• Coordinate IT to cloud migration
© F5 Networks, Inc.

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DevCentral Cloud Architecture
We look like an enterprise architect’s mind thinks.
© F5 Networks, Inc.

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DevCentral @ Bluelock: Ideal Enterprise Cloud
• DevOps Agility Becomes a Reality
• Faster, more frequent pushes
• Reduced complexity + affordable environment consistency
• Closer integration across key workgroups for instant responsiveness
• Enterprise Grade Security Brings Peace of Mind
• Great firewall protection, less management hassles with F5
• ASM Web app firewall protects app, strengthens dev process
• Help from Whitehat Sentinel – prepare to be humbled
• TMOS in the Cloud Affords Great Control, Scale, and Ops
• vDatacenter looks like an enterprise architect thinks
• Access to iRules, iControl, iApp – the entire Swiss army knife
• Rapid TMOS updates – faster, better, more satisfying; opportunity to test new things
© F5 Networks, Inc.

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Project Benefits
• For Community
• Faster, more rapidly improving community experience
• Insight into how we run in the cloud to help them understand the options
• For Partners
• Opportunity to collaborate on enterprise cloud efforts
• Showcase their capabilities for F5 customers
• For DevCentral
• Improved DevOps to grow our business
• Enterprise grade security for peace of mind
• TMOS in the cloud = control and scale
• Learning how we can help customers embrace the cloud © F5 Networks, Inc.