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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
F5 and Red Hat Expand AI Collaboration for Secure, Scalable Applications
On May 19, F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) announced an enhanced partnership with Red Hat, the leading provider of open-source solutions, aimed at helping enterprises securely deploy and scale high-performance AI applications. The collaboration enables businesses to accelerate retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), model serving, and scalable data ingestion, fostering AI adoption without compromising security. A data analyst in front of a computer monitor, analyzing a series of financial trends. AI deployment is surging, with F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report showing that 96% of organizations are deploying AI models, a sharp increase from 25% in 2023. To meet this growing demand, F5 and Red Hat are prioritizing essential AI infrastructure, enabling businesses to enhance data pipeline security, improve inference performance, and efficiently scale AI solutions. The partnership focuses on enabling secure data flow, high GPU utilization, and fast response times for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and model serving at scale, accelerating extensive dataset processing for AI training and inference through MinIO and F5 on OpenShift AI, and strengthening AI security with an API-first approach to protect against threats like prompt injection, model theft, and data leakage using F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP and BIG-IP solutions. The collaboration highlights F5's commitment to open-source innovation, allowing businesses to adopt AI infrastructure flexibly. The initiative will be showcased at Red Hat Summit 2025 (May 19–22 in Boston), where experts will highlight real-world AI use cases, including secure model serving and scalable RAG workloads. While we acknowledge the potential of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than FFIV and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about the . READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Scoop
21-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
F5 Expands Strategic Collaboration With Red Hat To Enable Scalable, Secure Enterprise AI
Press Release – F 5 Solutions address key challenges in enterprise AI adoptionenabling secure model serving, scalable data movement, and real-time inference across environments. F5 is collaborating with Red Hat to focus on the real-world building blocks enterprises … F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today announced an expanded collaboration with Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, to help enterprises deploy and scale secure, high-performance AI applications. By enabling integration for the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform with Red Hat OpenShift AI, F5 customers can adopt AI faster and more securely, focusing on practical, high-value use cases such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), secure model serving, and scalable data ingestion. 'Enterprises are eager to harness the power of AI, but they face significant challenges in scaling and securing these applications,' said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. 'Our collaboration with Red Hat aims to simplify this journey by providing integrated solutions that address performance, security, and observability needs, enabling organisations to realise tangible AI outcomes.' This collaboration comes at a time when AI adoption is accelerating. According to F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report, 96 per cent of organisations are now deploying AI models, a significant increase from just 25 per cent in 2023. Additionally, the report highlights that 72 per cent of respondents aim to use AI to optimise application performance, while 59 per cent focus on cost optimisation and security enhancements. To support these growing demands, F5 is collaborating with Red Hat to focus on the real-world building blocks enterprises need to operationalise AI. From securing data pipelines to optimising inference performance, F5 solutions are tailored to help organisations deploy AI with confidence, speed, and control. Key areas of collaboration include: RAG and model serving at scale – F5 supports AI-powered applications on Red Hat OpenShift AI that combine large language models with private datasets, helping to ensure secure data flow, high GPU utilisation, and fast response times. Big data movement and ingestion – With MinIO and F5 working in tandem on Red Hat OpenShift AI, customers can accelerate the ingestion of large datasets for training and inference. API-first AI security – F5 provides robust protection against evolving threats like prompt injection, model theft, and data leakage through its F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP and F5 BIG-IP solutions. As part of its vision, F5 is committed to driving open source innovation through its collaboration with Red Hat. Red Hat OpenShift AI provides a modular, open platform for building and deploying AI applications across hybrid environments, while F5's API Gateway and AI security capabilities are designed to integrate more seamlessly—without locking customers into a single cloud or toolset. With this collaboration, F5 is helping organisations take an open, flexible approach to AI infrastructure using Red Hat OpenShift AI. 'As AI becomes core to how businesses operate and compete, organisations need platforms that offer flexibility without compromising security,' said Joe Fernandes, Vice President and General Manager, AI Business Unit, Red Hat. 'We believe the future of AI is open source, and Red Hat OpenShift AI, when used in combination with F5's robust security and observability, gives organisations the necessary tools to build and scale AI applications with greater confidence, anywhere they choose to run them.' The collaboration will be featured at this week's Red Hat Summit 2025 (May 19–22 in Boston), where F5 and its partners will highlight real-world AI use cases—including secure model serving and RAG workloads—built on Red Hat OpenShift AI. Supporting Resources: About F5 F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry's premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world's largest and most advanced organizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.
Scoop
21-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
F5 Expands Strategic Collaboration With Red Hat To Enable Scalable, Secure Enterprise AI
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today announced an expanded collaboration with Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, to help enterprises deploy and scale secure, high-performance AI applications. By enabling integration for the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform with Red Hat OpenShift AI, F5 customers can adopt AI faster and more securely, focusing on practical, high-value use cases such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), secure model serving, and scalable data ingestion. 'Enterprises are eager to harness the power of AI, but they face significant challenges in scaling and securing these applications,' said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. 'Our collaboration with Red Hat aims to simplify this journey by providing integrated solutions that address performance, security, and observability needs, enabling organisations to realise tangible AI outcomes.' This collaboration comes at a time when AI adoption is accelerating. According to F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report, 96 per cent of organisations are now deploying AI models, a significant increase from just 25 per cent in 2023. Additionally, the report highlights that 72 per cent of respondents aim to use AI to optimise application performance, while 59 per cent focus on cost optimisation and security enhancements. To support these growing demands, F5 is collaborating with Red Hat to focus on the real-world building blocks enterprises need to operationalise AI. From securing data pipelines to optimising inference performance, F5 solutions are tailored to help organisations deploy AI with confidence, speed, and control. Key areas of collaboration include: RAG and model serving at scale – F5 supports AI-powered applications on Red Hat OpenShift AI that combine large language models with private datasets, helping to ensure secure data flow, high GPU utilisation, and fast response times. Big data movement and ingestion – With MinIO and F5 working in tandem on Red Hat OpenShift AI, customers can accelerate the ingestion of large datasets for training and inference. API-first AI security – F5 provides robust protection against evolving threats like prompt injection, model theft, and data leakage through its F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP and F5 BIG-IP solutions. As part of its vision, F5 is committed to driving open source innovation through its collaboration with Red Hat. Red Hat OpenShift AI provides a modular, open platform for building and deploying AI applications across hybrid environments, while F5's API Gateway and AI security capabilities are designed to integrate more seamlessly—without locking customers into a single cloud or toolset. With this collaboration, F5 is helping organisations take an open, flexible approach to AI infrastructure using Red Hat OpenShift AI. 'As AI becomes core to how businesses operate and compete, organisations need platforms that offer flexibility without compromising security,' said Joe Fernandes, Vice President and General Manager, AI Business Unit, Red Hat. 'We believe the future of AI is open source, and Red Hat OpenShift AI, when used in combination with F5's robust security and observability, gives organisations the necessary tools to build and scale AI applications with greater confidence, anywhere they choose to run them.' The collaboration will be featured at this week's Red Hat Summit 2025 (May 19–22 in Boston), where F5 and its partners will highlight real-world AI use cases—including secure model serving and RAG workloads—built on Red Hat OpenShift AI. Supporting Resources: About F5 F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry's premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world's largest and most advanced organizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.
Scoop
08-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
F5 2025 State Of Application Strategy Report Reveals Talk Becomes Action As AI Gets To Work
Press Release – F 5 F5s 2025 State of Application Strategy Report, which surveys global IT decision makers, found that 96 per cent of organisations are now deploying AI models, up from a quarter in 2023. F5 Report Highlights AI-Driven Transformation Amid Operational Complexity 96 per cent of surveyed IT decision-makers have deployed AI models, up from a quarter in 2023 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, May 8, 2025 – IT leaders are increasingly trusting AI with business-critical tasks from traffic management to cost optimisation, according to the industry's most comprehensive report on application strategy. F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report, which surveys global IT decision makers, found that 96 per cent of organisations are now deploying AI models, up from a quarter in 2023. There is also a growing willingness to elevate AI to the heart of business operations. Almost three-quarters of respondents (72 per cent) said they want to use AI to optimise app performance, whereas 59 per cent support the use of AI for both cost-optimisation and to inject security rules, automatically mitigating zero-day vulnerabilities. Today, half of organisations are using AI gateways to connect applications to AI tools, and another 40 per cent expect to be doing so in the next 12 months. Most are using this technology to protect and manage AI models (62 per cent), provide a central point of control (55 per cent), and to protect their company from sensitive data leaks (55 per cent). 'This year's SOAS Report shows that IT decision makers are becoming confident about embedding AI into ops,' said Lori MacVittie, F5 Distinguished Engineer. 'We are fast moving to a point where AI will be trusted to operate autonomously at the heart of an organisation, generating and deploying code that helps to cut costs, boost efficiency, and mitigate security problems. That is what we mean when we talk about AIOps, and it is now becoming a reality.' Operational Readiness and API Challenges Remain Despite growing AI confidence, the SOAS Report highlights several enduring challenges. For organisations currently deploying AI models, the number one concern is AI model security. And, while AI tools are more autonomous than ever, operational readiness gaps still exist. 60 per cent of organisations feel bogged down by manual workflows, and 54 per cent claim skill shortages are barriers to AI development. Furthermore, almost half (48 per cent) identified the cost of building and operating AI workloads as a problem, up from 42 per cent last year. A greater proportion of organisations also said that they have not established a scalable data practice (39 per cent vs. 33 per cent in 2024) and that they do not trust AI outputs due to potential bias or hallucinations (34 per cent vs. 27 per cent). However, fewer complained about the quality of their data (48 per cent, down from 56 per cent last year). APIs were another concern. 58 per cent reported they have become a pain point, and some organisations spend as much as half of their time managing complex configurations involving numerous APIs and languages. Working with vendor APIs (31 per cent), custom scripting (29 per cent), and integrating with ticketing and management systems (23 per cent) were flagged as the most time-consuming automation-related tasks. 'Organisations need to focus on the simplification and standardisation of operations, including streamlining APIs, technologies, and tasks,' said MacVittie. 'They should also recognise that AI systems are themselves well-suited to handle complexity autonomously by generating and deploying policies or solving workflow issues. Operational simplicity is not just something on which AI is going to rely, but which it will itself help to deliver.' Hybrid App Deployments Prevail Allied to soaring AI appetites is a greater reliance on hybrid cloud architectures. According to the SOAS Report, 94 per cent of organisations are deploying applications across multiple environments – including public clouds, private clouds, on-premises data centres, edge computing, and colocation facilities – to meet varied scalability, cost, and compliance requirements. Consequently, most decision makers see hybrid environments as critical to their operational flexibility. 91 per cent cited adaptability to fluctuating business needs as the top benefit of adopting multiple clouds, followed by improved app resiliency (68 per cent) and cost efficiencies (59 per cent). A hybrid approach is also reflected in deployment strategies for AI workloads, with 51 per cent planning to use models across both cloud and on-premises environments for the foreseeable future. Significantly, 79 per cent of organisations recently repatriated at least one application from the public cloud back to an on-premises or colocation environment, citing cost control, security concerns, and predictability. This marks a dramatic rise from 13 per cent just four years ago, further underscoring the importance of preserving flexibility beyond public cloud reliance. Still, the hybrid model can prove a headache for some. Inconsistent delivery policies (reported by 53 per cent of respondents) and fragmented security strategies (47 per cent) are all top of mind in this respect. 'While spreading applications across different environments and cloud providers can bring challenges, the benefits of being cloud-agnostic are too great to ignore. It has never been clearer that the hybrid approach to app deployment is here to stay,' said Cindy Borovick, Director of Market and Competitive Intelligence, F5. APCJ AI Adoption and Challenges – Key Highlights: AI Gateways on the Rise: Nearly half of APCJ organisations (49 per cent) are already using AI gateways to connect applications to AI tools, with another 46 per cent planning to do so in the next 12 months. Top Use Cases for AI Gateways: Among those leveraging AI gateways, the most common applications include protecting and managing AI models (66 per cent), preventing sensitive data leaks (61 per cent), and observing AI traffic and application demand (61 per cent). Data and Trust Challenges: Over half (53 per cent) struggle with immature data quality, and 45 per cent are deterred by the high costs of building and running AI workloads. Hybrid Complexity: The hybrid model of AI deployment introduces hurdles, with 79 per cent citing inconsistent security policies, 59 per cent highlighting delivery inconsistencies, and 16 per cent dealing with operational difficulties. Toward a Programmable, AI-Driven Future Looking ahead, the SOAS Report suggests that organisations aiming to unlock AI's full potential should focus on creating programmable IT environments that standardise and automate app delivery and security policies. By 2026, AI is expected to move from isolated tasks to orchestrating end-to-end processes, marking a shift toward complete automation within IT operations environments. Platforms equipped with natural language interfaces and programmable capabilities will increasingly eliminate the need for traditional management consoles, streamlining IT workflows with unprecedented precision. 'Flexibility and automation are no longer optional—they are critical for navigating complexity and driving transformation at scale,' Borovick emphasised. 'Organisations that establish programmable foundations will not only enhance AI's potential but create IT strategies capable of scaling, adapting, and delivering exceptional customer experiences in the modern age.'
Channel Post MEA
28-02-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
F5 Launches Application Delivery And Security Platform
F5 has introduced the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform, the industry's first Application Delivery Controller (ADC) solution that fully converges high-performance load balancing and traffic management with advanced app and API security capabilities into a single platform. With this platform, F5 is delivering on the promise of a new generation of ADCs—ADC 3.0—purpose-built to meet the extraordinary demands of modern and AI-powered applications. 'AI is accelerating innovation, but also intensifying the high costs, crushing complexity, and escalating cyber risks that have IT and security teams in crisis,' said François Locoh-Donou, President and CEO of F5. 'F5 stands alone in its ability to address the challenges of hybrid multicloud architectures. The F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform represents a giant leap forward for organizations, enabling them to overcome complexity and unlock the full potential of AI.' F5's upcoming 2025 State of Application Strategy Report found that 96% of organizations are deploying AI models. F5 further estimates that, within three years, 80% of all apps will be AI enabled. AI is here, but most enterprises are ill-equipped to handle the massive amounts of data, complex traffic patterns, and new attack vectors that are inherent in AI applications. The F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform has been built to address these challenges and is the most complete ADC offering for enterprises operating hybrid multicloud infrastructures. Read more 0 0
