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Interop 2013: 10 Hot Products For Network Monitoring, SDN And MoreF5 Networks and Big Switch Networks teamed up with a joint solution for simplifying the deployment and orchestration of private cloud data center networks. May 10, 2013 – CRN.com |
Interop network squares off against controlled 70G bit/sec DDoS attackTesting company Ixia launches high-volume DDoS tests against F5 firewalls May 8, 2013 – NetworkWorld.com |
Reseller Review: F5's Application Delivery FirewallFishnet Security takes a look at F5's new security add-on. CRN.com |
Big Switch and F5 Team on Cloud Application Delivery Networking ServicesBig Switch Networks is collaborating with F5 to automate the configuration of Application Delivery Networking services in private clouds. May 8, 2013 – ConvergeDigest.com |
A New Age in IT SecurityCyber attacks are increasing at an alarming rate, forcing IT to rethink protecting systems. May 7, 2013 – RedmondMag.com |
Why BYOD tops challengesJoakim Sundberg, worldwide security solution architect at F5 Networks, on why the majority of businesses are unprepared for DDoS and still unsure about securing BYOD. May 7, 2013 – CBRonline.com |
Bike Month events preview: celebrate with us!ike Month and the Commute Challenge start May 1! Whether you're a novice rider or a veteran commuter, Cascade and community partners are rolling out a full lineup of fun, free events designed to celebrate your–and thousands of your fellow commuters'–choice to get around town by bike. |
DIY events: turn your workplace or neighborhood into a bicycling hotspotCascade Bicycle Club is rolling out an all-star line-up of events and activities for Bike Month. Now it's your turn! We invite communities, companies, and individuals to produce your own Bike Month events. |
F5 Bike to Work Day, Friday, May 17, 2013F5 Bike to Work Day is a blast. Thousands of cyclists pack the streets. Smiles, waves and the friendly ring of bike bells fill the air. No matter what or where your commute, you won't be riding alone on Bike to Work Day. |
Products of the week 5/6/13Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Dell and Samsung: BIG-IQ Cloud May 6, 2013 – NetworkWorld.com |
Seattle's best companies for bike commutersIf you're into bicycling to work – or have good intentions but need help getting motivated – you might want to angle for a job at one of the 20 employers listed below. May 6, 2013 – bizjournals.com |
Best of Interop Awards 2013 Announces F5's Application Delivery Firewall as a Finalist in the Security CategoryAnnual networking conference recognizes top products in cloud, data center management and more April 17, 2013 – NetworkWorld.com |
Best of Interop Awards 2013 Announces F5's Application Delivery Firewall as a Finalist in the Security CategoryThe Best of Interop awards recognize innovative software and hardware products that have been released during the past year by Interop exhibitors. Interop attendees can see the Best of Interop finalist products on the show floor at the 2013 Interop conference in Las Vegas this May. April 16, 2013 – networkcomputing.com |
10 Women Leading The Cloud RevolutionCRN.com recognizes F5's Lori MacVittie, Senior Technology Analyst. April 8, 2013 – CRN.com |
Datacenter Security Trends: DDoS, Application Attacks, BYODWhen it comes to securing the datacenter, the landscape is constantly changing thanks to more sophisticated cybercriminals and the changing nature of information technology itself. March 19, 2013 – enterpriseconversation.com |
Application & Security Testing in NYCThis week, Enterprise Conversation caught up with F5 Networks in New York City for the unveiling of their new International Technology Center (ITC). March 13, 2013 – enterpriseconversation.com |
F5 recognized in CRN's 5-Star Partner ProgramThe 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes the elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors that give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. |
NYC High-Tech Hub Helped by Government, BusinessFor years, New York City has been the capital of many different types of industries, ranging from the arts, to medicine, to higher education. Right now, NYC is the anchor of the country's financial industry, and city officials are hoping Wall Street attracts another money-making titan -- information technology. March 12, 2013 – enterpriseconversation.com |
F5 opens NYC tech centerSeattle networking company F5 today announced that it's opening a new technology center in New York, including a conference center and state of the art datacenter that it will use to demonstrate its software and hardware to customers. March 12, 2013 – seattletimes.com |
F5 Networks opens new technology center in NYCF5 Networks is expanding its footprint in New York City with the grand opening today of its International Technology Center, a new 10,000 square foot space at 600 Lexington Avenue. March 12, 2013 – geekwire.com |
Braving the Signalling StormFourth generation network technologies are well and truly here, and several operators have already experienced outages in their LTE networks due to signalling 'storms' in various parts of the network. The explosion in traffic and bandwith demands is well acknowledged but signalling is another issue operators will have to contend with. LTE networks will have 100 per cent smartphone penetration from day one and smartphones generate significantly more signalling traffic than feature phones or data cards, both on the access network and the core network. March 8, 2013 – telecoms.com |
Mobile banking – why context is keyThe rise of mobile working (fuelled in many organisations by the adoption of bring-your-own-device) and the proliferation of consumer banking apps have revolutionised how we interact with financial institutions as employees and customers. We expect a perfect digital experience when using these apps, but delivering this is far from easy. Yet can understanding more about the context in how these apps are used – and applying that context to manage the interactions provide the key to unlocking the ideal experience every time? |
Mobile management shifting toward the enterpriseAlthough use of mobile devices continues to gain rapid acceptance by the general public and government agencies, BYOD security remains a work in progress, as enterprises look for a mobile device management (MDM) system that would focus on securing the network, not just devices. February 26, 2013 – gcn.com |
F5 Tackles BYOD with MDM Products and ServicesF5 has announced Mobile App Manager, a new set of products and services that puts F5 squarely in the mobile device management space. F5 aims to address one of the key challenges of mobile devices: how to protect corporate apps and data on mobile devices that are owned by the end user. February 22, 2013 – networkcomputing.com |
The beginning of the end of BYOD as we know itF5 Networks's recently released Mobile App Manager is a sign of things to come for the MDM market. February 20, 2013 – NetworkWorld.com |
F5 Networks Takes New Approach with BYOD 2.0F5 Networks is looking to reinvent the BYOD paradigm with "BYOD 2.0," a new way of looking at device management through application control. The new F5 Mobile App Manager, a hybrid cloud solution, allows IT admins and cloud or managed service providers to provision and manage internal corporate applications on mobile devices, while leaving the rest of the device up to user control. February 19, 2013 – channelnomics.com |
F5 jumps into BYOD with new app managerF5 Networks on Tuesday will announce a mobile app manager product aimed at simplifying the integration of the omnipresent personal smartphone into corporate networks. February 19, 2013 – NetworkWorld.com |
F5 Networks Mobile App Manager Aims at BYOD BusinessesApplication delivery networking specialist F5 Networks has unveiled Mobile App Manager, a hybrid cloud solution for mobile application management that helps organizations support bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives. February 19, 2013 – eweek.com |
Mayor McGinn Proclaims February 5 to be "F5 Day" in SeattleF5 Networks, a global leader in application delivery networking based in Seattle, has been recognized by Mayor Mike McGinn today in a ceremony at F5 headquarters in which he proclaimed February 5 to be "F5 Day." |
February 5 declared F5 day in SeattleF5, a member company of the Chamber selected as an honoree of the In Good Company program. |
Watch out Amazon, F5 says it's the best tech company in SeattleAbout 500 of the company's nearly 1,200 Washington state employees crowded into a (way too small) room at the company's Seattle headquarters Tuesday to welcome Mayor Mike McGinn, members of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Seattle's Office of Economic Development. F5 was the fourth company (and the first tech company) recognized as part of the Economic Development Office's "In Good Company" program. Previous winners were Dick's Drive-In, Easy Street Records (one week before it closed its Queen Anne location) and Meyer Wells. |
Happy F5 Day!The calendar says it's the fifth of February, but here in Seattle, it's known as F5 Day! City leaders recognized today as F5 Networks day in the Emerald City. F5 Networks is a local company with global reach. These gadget gurus keep our high tech toys working when we need them the most! |
Feb. 5 is F5 day in SeattleSeattle Mayor Mike McGinn is declaring that today, Feb. 5, is F5 day in the city. The proclamation honors F5 Networks for its huge success and contributions to the region, including "above market" compensation and benefits for employees and numerous charitable programs. |
2013 Data Center 100: 20 Virtualization ProvidersF5 receives a 2013 Employee Voice Award from Quantum Workplace for outstanding work in employee engagement. |
2013 Data Center 100: 20 Virtualization ProvidersCEO: John McAdam January 21, 2013 – CRN.com |
Web Access Management, Application and Database Security for Today's EnterpriseTwo novel solutions combine the power of application delivery controllers (ADCs) with web access management (WAM) and database security technologies. January 3, 2013 – dbta.com |
Titans of Tomorrow: OverviewWho will join the Microsofts and Amazons in the pantheon of iconic Washington-based companies? January 2, 2013 – SeattleBusinessMag.com |
Commentary: Get your priorities straight before consolidating data centersMany IT departments have spent years building multiple data centers for the very purpose of improving the delivery of applications and services to users, and providing for disaster recovery. Shutting down secondary data centers and centralizing applications can present significant challenges for IT staff. While there are substantial benefits to centralizing and virtualizing servers, applications and storage, hastily consolidating centers without the proper focus can actually backfire, costing organizations far more money than they expect to save. December 31, 2012 – Nextgov.com |
IT Gangnam Style: F5 Networks debuts Gangnam Style parody with tech twistSeattle's F5 Networks just unveiled its own Gangnam Style parody called "IT Style" that is geeky and actually pretty funny. December 20, 2012 – GeekWire.com |
Holiday cooking brings major traffic spike to Allrecipes.comIt's the busy time of year for Allrecipes.com, which gets 700 million visitors annually, and to accommodate the surge of recipe-seekers, it's necessary to cook up some serious network changes in the data center. December 19, 2012 – NetworkWorld.com |
John Matthews: Winner - Best CIO of a public companyBest CIO of a Public Company winner John Matthews is CIO and vice president of IT for F5 Networks Inc. December 14, 2012 – Business Journal |
Rising use of SSL puts pressure on troubled Certificate Authority industrySecure Sockets Layer (SSL) and its successor, Transport Layer Security (TLS), are the underpinnings of secure online transactions. Using public key encryption (PKI) to encrypt the data sent between a user's browser and a website, SSL prevents anyone from tampering with the data. November 28, 2012 – InfoWorld.com |
F5 BIG-IP cloudbursts onto Amazon Web Services sceneJoining the ranks of companies like SAP, Microsoft, Eucalyptus, and CloudStack that are deepening their ties with AWS (Amazon Web Services), F5 this week announced a virtual edition of its BIG-IP suite designed for specifically for Amazon's popular public cloud. November 27, 2012 – InfoWorld.com |
F5 wins "Best Hardware: Networking" - 2012 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice AwardsF5 Networks evolve from an eager, young load-balancing business into the powerhouse market leader that it is today. The company's flagship product, BIG-IP LTM, increases your operational efficiency and ensures peak network performance by providing a flexible, high-performance application delivery system. With its application-centric perspective, BIG-IP LTM optimizes your network infrastructure to deliver availability, security, and performance for critical business applications. Putting this system over the top is its easy-to-use management interface, ideal for today's general-purpose IT pro. November 20, 2012 – WindowsITPro.com |
Pekin IT Team Balances Consumer Access with Security ConcernsAllowing policyholders access to data raised security issues for Pekin. November 19, 2012 – InfoWorld.com |
The Top 25 Innovators Of 201214. John McAdam, CEO F5 Networks. November 16, 2012 – CRN.com |
F5 to launch AWS editions of BIG-IP productsNew AWS-native applications should smooth the way for F5 customers in the cloud November 16, 2012 – Networkworld.com |
F5 Supports Latest IETF Diameter SpecsF5 Networks announced that its TraffixTM Signaling Delivery ControllerTM (SDCTM) is the market's first Diameter solution to support the new Diameter specifications per the latest release of RFC 6733 by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) November 15, 2012 – Lightreading.com |
PSBJ honors tech leaders with 2012 CIO AwardsThe Puget Sound Business Journal/Tech Flash has launched its inaugural CIO Awards to honor top technology leaders at Washington companies. November 12, 2012 – Puget Sound Business Journal |
Products of the week 10.22.12Product name: BIG-IP 4200v application delivery controller platform October 22, 2012 – Networkworld.com |
F5 boosts capacity, transaction capabilities of its application delivery hardwareNew F5 BIG-IP device boasts high-end capacity in a 1U chassis October 19, 2012 – Networkworld.com |
Lifetime Achievement Award: John McAdam, F5 NetworksF5 Networks was named for the most powerful tornado measurement on the Fujita Scale, and since its founding in 1996, this maker of internet traffic management equipment has reaped the whirlwind. October 1, 2012 – SeattleBusinessMag.com |
F5 Networks: Virtual Networking Hits Server 2012There's plenty of talk about Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8, but its server counterpart, Windows Server 2012, is part of the Windows 8 launch too. F5 Networks Inc. is preparing for that by delivering the new F5 Network Virtualization Solution for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V. Once deployed and in action, F5′s flagship BIG-IP platform can live on the cloud. September 27, 2012 – ChannelNomics.com |
F5 To Deliver Microsoft Network Virtualization GatewayF5 Networks today announced a forthcoming network virtualization product that is designed to move virtual machines (VMs) from traditional datacenters to those based on Windows Server 2012, while preserving management controls. September 24, 2012 – RedmondMag.com |
Microsoft's Forefront Announcements May Signal Cloud Drift To ComeMicrosoft's decision last week to end the sales of some of its Forefront enterprise security products opened some speculation that it's either getting out of that market or planning a greater role for cloud-based security solutions. September 17, 2012 – RedmondMag.com |
FORTUNE'S Fastest-Growing CompaniesFORTUNE'S Fastest-Growing Companies: #53. F5Networks September 5, 2012 – CNNmoney.com |
F5 Cozies Up to VMware; Clears Up Two VMware View ShortcomingsAmong the announcements at last week's VMworld came news that F5 is joining the VMware Ready Program for Networking and Security and will integrate its Big-IP with VMware's vCloud product suite. September 4, 2012 – Networkcomputing.com |
VMworld: F5 BIG-IP Integrates with vSphere, vCloud DirectorF5 Networks is integrating its BIG-IP product line with VMware (NYSE: VMW) cloud products using the new VMware Ready for Networking and Security Program. August 29, 2012 – CNNmoney.com |
Application Defined Networking: The Next WaveIn the next two to three years you'll think less about Ethernet and IP networking and start thinking more about application networking. August 23, 2012 – Networkcomputing.com |
A phased approach to IPv6 that's so easy, you'll almost think you're still ignoring itADCs that understand both IPv4 and IPv6 can be used as gateway devices to proxy IPv6 traffic to IPv4. July 30, 2012 – NetworkWorld.com |
Power 100: The Most Powerful Women Of The Channel 2012Cindy Tregoning, F5 Networks - Worldwide Channel Sales Programs Manager. Cindy Extended F5's Unity global partner program and developed a new methodology for channel account planning. July 23, 2012 – CRN.com |
F5 Networks CEO Seeing Big Traction In SecurityF5 Networks CEO John McAdam has plenty to be happy about. Heading into F5's annual Agility partner conference, where McAdam will be among F5 executives addressing some 800 partner attendees this week in New York, F5 is a billion-dollar company, is making inroads into security and other infrastructure markets helping it push beyond its application delivery networking core, and is delivering admirable financial results and hiring at an impressive clip. July 23, 2012 – CRN.com |
F5 Networks: Security, Cloud, Partner Enablement All In FocusF5 Networks has for a few years now been positioning itself as the "Swiss army knife of the data center," and based on how quickly it's expanding, it's safe to say F5, which crossed the $1 billion revenue threshold during its fiscal 2011, has transcended its roots as load balancer company and become one of the channel's most formidable vendors. July 23, 2012 – CRN.com |
Network Security in the Mobile Core: Port Scans to Mobile DevicesIt's no secret that the core of modern mobile switching networks is based on the Internet Protocol. What's interesting is that simple network attacks that have been largely mitigated at the data center are finding their way into the mobile core networks. This article looks at how the mobile core architecture is susceptible to these attacks and suggests strategies for mitigation. July 16, 2012 – Converge Digest |
Tech Companies Wage No-holds Battle for Talent in Staff WarsF5 gets creative in the way it markets itself to potential employees. July 13, 2012 – Puget Sound Business Journal |
F5, Partners Offer Service to Detect, Fix Web App VulnerabilitiesF5 and its partners, Cenzic and WhiteHat, are offering customers free vulnerability scans to see how well the service can work. July 11, 2012 – e Week.com |
Case Study: Traffic Managers, Virtualized Storage Cut Costs in Private CloudIlliniCloud allowed the reclamation of more than 70 percent of Tier 1 Fibre Channel storage, cut the backup window by 80 percent and enabled policy-based management of unstructured data. July 10, 2012 – Virtual Strategy Magazine.com |
F5 Networks Offers Free Security Assessments, New ServiceF5 Networks is offering enterprise organizations free security assessments through application security testing providers Cenzic and WhiteHat Security. The goal of the vulnerability assessment program is to reduce exposure to security breaches by making it easy for organizations to sample security services, F5 officials said. July 10, 2012 The Var Guy.com |
F5 Networks Launches IP Intelligence ServiceF5 Networks has launched a cloud-based service that will detect and stop IP addresses associated with malicious activities from accessing the network. Powered by Webroot's IP Reputation Service and integrated into F5's Traffic Management Operating System (TMOS), F5's newest offering is designed to merge with their other subscription-based solutions. June 26, 2012 – Security Week.com |
F5 Offers Cloud-Based Security, Scalability Services to Big-IP PortfolioF5 Networks is unveiling new cloud-based services designed to expand its Big-IP application delivery platform with greater network security capabilities. June 25, 2012 - eWeek.com |
100 People You Don't Know But Should In 2012 (Part 1 – slide# 44)McChesney launched F5's Vault program in March, which offers incentives, rewards and technical training resources specifically for channel partners selling the vendor's security portfolio. It is part of the vendor's broader Unity partner program, which also has been improved. June 25, 2012 - CRN.com |
F5 Brings Context, Scalability Added Security to Big-IP v11.2F5 is enhancing its security portfolio with two new services as part of its BIG-IP v11.2 release. The cloud-based IP Intelligence Service provides context-based delivery and protection, while DNS Services adds scalability and security for enhanced performance and lower costs. June 25, 2012 - Network Computing.com |
F5 Increases BIG-IP Security with New DNS, IP IntelligenceApplication delivery networking vendor F5 Networks is increasing the security of its BIG-IP solution with a slew of new DNS capabilities and a cloud-based IP Intelligence service that detects and prevents access from malicious IP addresses. June 25, 2012 - The VAR Guy.com |
F5's DevCentralized Gets CloudyCommunities of interest have been all the rage over the past few years. Just this year alone we've seen Infoblox, Aruba and other tech vendors launch online communities to support their products. The concept behind the community is that users of the products can share ideas, use cases, scripts, architectures or anything else related to the product, and what better way to learn about what's possible than by leveraging the power of the community. June 14, 2012 - Network World.com |
F5 Networks' DevCentral Moves to the CloudF5 has been helping drive business forward for years by helping organizations meet the demands of relentless growth in applications, users, and data. With their solutions, businesses gain strategic points of control wherever information is exchanged – from client devices and the network to application servers, data storage, and everything in between. Now this global heavyweight in Application Delivery Networking (ADN) has announced that is has migrated its global online community, DevCentral, to a cloud environment. June 13, 2012 - TMCnet.com |
F5's Cohesion Program: IaaS Providers, VARs Working TogetherF5 Wednesday rolled out its Cloud Licensing Program (CLP), a global offering through which it will offer virtual editions of its Big-IP products to IaaS providers. June 13, 2012 - CRN.com |
Why F5 beats Netscaler…and the rest of the competitionWhat buyers are saying about F5's application delivery controller. May 31, 2012 - Network World.com |
Taking ADCs to the Next LevelF5's latest application delivery controller, the Viprion 4480, is aimed at large enterprises, carriers, and cloud providers looking to upgrade to 40GbE and segregate their customers via virtualization and charge for services accordingly. May 24, 2012 - Enterprise Networking Planet.com |
F5 Networks CEO John McAdam: Why Seattle Works for his $1 Billion CompanyF5 Networks has quietly built one of the biggest success stories of the Seattle tech community. CEO John McAdam shares his thoughts on the company's history, future prospects, and why he likes operating in the area. May 22, 2012 – GeekWire.com |
F5 Integrates Google's Speedier Delivery Protocol To Make Web FasterF5 recently announced new application delivery optimization capabilities for its BIG-IP products, highlighting its offerings as the first Application Delivery Controllers to support Google's SPDY protocol. May 22, 2012 – Forbes.com |
CRN's 2012 Virtualization 100: Part 1 (slide 34)F5's Application Delivery Networking solutions help organizations implement dynamic, virtualized IT systems by enabling desktop virtualization, file virtualization, infrastructure virtualization and server virtualization capabilities. May 18, 2012 - CRN.com |
HP, F5 Networking Solutions Offer Faster App DeploymentThe offerings, announced at Interop, automate the processes for deploying cloud applications on wired and wireless networks. May 9, 2012 - eWeek.com |
Interop 2012: Mobile application delivery improved with SPDY protocolWith a growing population of mobile and remote workers, enterprise demand for mobile application delivery is also rising. Employees now use a variety of mobile devices and applications supported by different browsers, so enterprises need consistent application delivery across all devices, regardless of location or other variables that can interfere with mobile delivery. May 8, 2012 - Search EnterpriseWAN.com |
HP, F5 partner to speed delivery of cloud appsHP this week unveiled several initiatives at Interop 2012 in Las Vegas to enhance the provisioning and performance of virtual applications over a network, including an alliance with application delivery controller leader F5. May 8, 2012 - Network World.com |
Interop: HP Touts F5 Alliance, Software-Defined Networking StrengthHewlett-Packard joined forces with F5 Networks to offer pretested virtual network and application management product sets, the two companies confirmed Tuesday. May 8, 2012 - CRN.com |
F5 Addresses Slow Web Content with SPDY GatewayF5 Networks is revving up its engines in support of the new Google-championed SPDY network protocol with the release of a SPDY gateway for its BIG-IP architecture. May 8, 2012 - The VAR Guy |
F5 Networks Discusses SPDY Network SupportInterop Las Vegas 2012: F5 Networks Discusses SPDY Network Support May 8, 2012 - TMC.net |
HP, F5 Speed Up App Delivery Time with NetworksHewlett-Packard and F5's Virtual Application Networks solution enables clients to "virtualize and automate the entire configuration process," going from app through the network to the user in "minutes, not weeks or months," said HP's Bethany Mayer. "IT needs to move at the same rate as a business needs." May 8, 2012 - CIO Today.com |
F5 Leveraging Google's SPDY ProtocolNetworking vendor F5 has long been focused on application delivery optimization. Now thanks to the Google SPDY protocol for TCP, Web traffic can now be accelerated faster than ever before. May 8, 2012 - The Enterprise Networking Planet.com |
F5 Networks Offers SPDY Application DeliveryAs the Web becomes increasingly more complex and multimedia-rich, F5 Networks is looking to reign in that wild wild Web and turn it into something more manageable. Call it an Internet lasso if you'd like, but F5 Networks insists on calling it the "industry first," SPDY Gateway. SPDY (pronounced 'speedy') is the new networking protocol spearheaded by Google, which aims to optimize the entirety of the Web by re-prioritizing HTTP requests. May 8, 2012 - Channelnomics.com |
Application delivery controllers (ADCs) to take on larger roles in the era of the cloudMost solution providers are familiar with the role application delivery controllers (ADCs), also known as load balancers, play within the data center. As the ADC analyzes application traffic it flows that traffic to the appropriate server. As important a function as that is within the data center, the rise of cloud computing is starting to expand the role of the ADC along with opportunities for solution providers that know how to deploy and manage them. April 27, 2012 - Channel Insider.com |
MMS 2012: F5 Showcases BIG-IP Integration with System Center 2012 and Private CloudAt MMS 2012 F5 Networks was demonstrating its highly regarded BIG-IP solutions for Microsoft private cloud deployments. April 20, 2012 - Windows IT Pro |
F5 Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jeff Christianson Named Corporate Counsel of the Year 2012Puget Sound Business Journal named Jeff Christianson winner in the 2012 Corporate Counsel of the Year Awards – Large Company category April 13, 2012 - Puget Sound Business Journal |
West Virginia hospital balances its server loadWe are on a nearly paperless system, so when it goes down and you don't have that documentation, a patient can suffer as a result," said Ahmed, network engineer. "With the F5 box we can take the server down behind the scenes without anyone being affected. We have effectively eliminated any outages the users might see. April 12, 2012 - Health Care IT News.com |
Products of the week 4.9.12A roundup of intriguing new products from McAfee, F5, BeyondTrust, among others. April 6, 2012 - Network World |
Higher education SaaS provider relies on F5 Big-IP for app delivery.When 60,000 prospective students go online simultaneously to find out if they were accepted into college on the same day, the application delivery controller behind the network infrastructure has to be as robust as it is reliable. Hobsons -- a provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications for colleges and universities -- has selected several F5 Big IP products to support its global infrastructure, including the Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM) and WebAccelerator, for just such an occasion. March 16, 2012 - Search EnterpriseWAN.com |
F5 Big-IP application delivery controller powers Allrecipes.comPopular culinary website Allrecipes.com found itself struggling daily to deal with increasing network traffic, so the company purchased Big-IP, a chassis-based application delivery controller from F5 Networks last fall. March, 2012 - Search EnterpriseWAN.com |
F5 Named to "Hot Security Products" ListF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager was named a "Hot Security Product for Cloud." February 27, 2012 - eWeek.com |
SuperSizing the Data Center: Big Data and Jumbo FramesData center transformation discussions too often overlook the impact on the network – and its necessary transformation. February 26, 2012 - Cloud Computing Journal |
F5 Buys Diameter Signal Router StartupF5 Networks will acquire Traffix Systems, a specialist in Diameter-based signaling products for 4G/LTE networks, the company said this week. "With the load and complexity of mobile data network traffic growing dramatically, mobile operators require expertise in the data and application plane, in the form of converged IP services, and in the control plane with advanced Diameter routing, load balancing and gateway capabilities," said John Byrne, research director for wireless and mobile infrastructure at IDC, in a published comment on the deal. February 21, 2012 - CRN.com |
F5 Secures Its Mobile Device Management ServicesApplication delivery networking company F5 Networks announced the expansion of the company's partner ecosystem, in an attempt to address burgeoning demand for secure mobile access to enterprise applications and network resources. February 21, 2012 - Computer Business Review |
F5 Networks focuses on alliances with mobile-device management vendorsTechnology alliance established with Airwatch, MobileIron, SilverbackMDM, Zenprise February 21, 2012 - Network World |
F5 Networks Partners to Play Nice with MDM Software VendorsBy now most of us in the channel realize mobile device management (MDM) isn't just a passing fad. In fact, some of the more savvy solution providers have already built a full-blown business around ensuring their customers' iPads and other devices work on the corporate network. February 21, 2012 - The VAR Guy.com |
F5 buying Traffix Systems to support spike in mobile dataF5 Networks has agreed to buy Traffix Systems, an Israeli company whose behind-the-scenes signaling technology helps mobile operators manage all that data flowing across their networks, thanks to all those smartphones, tablets and other devices we're using these days. February 20, 2012 - GeekWire.com |
F5 Circles The Wagons and Adds Diameter to its PortfolioTelcos need Diameter's technology to build scalable voice over LTE (VoLTE) services, and this move could be important as 4G expands. February 20, 2012 - NoJitter.com |
F5 buys Diameter pioneer TraffixUS firms adds management of LTE mobile signalling to its broad platform for managing IP quality and delivery February 20, 2012 - Rethink Wireless |
F5 Sends LTE Signal With AcquisitionApplication delivery and security systems specialist F5 Networks Inc. has agreed to buy next-generation mobile signaling system vendor Traffix Systems for an undisclosed sum, though Israeli publisher Globes reported the price as US$130 million. February 20, 2012 - LightReading.com |
F5 Named Second Largest Software Developer in Puget SoundThe Puget Sound Business Journal ranked the top 24 companies by gross revenues. February 15, 2012 – Puget Sound Business Journal |
F5's Big Play With Big-IP Is VDI SupportF5 Networks executives are fond of referring to their company as the "Swiss Army Knife of the data center" and over the past two years have set about convincing solution providers and customers that F5 goes above and beyond the application delivery controller market it so decisively controls. February 10, 2012 - CRN.com |
Distribution Management Uses F5 To Solve Virtualization ChallengesThe continuing growth of the mobile workforce and its insatiable demand for access to corporate data from a variety of different types of networks and devices is coming together with the accelerating adoption of virtualization. February 9, 2012 - NetworkComputing.com |
F5 CEO: Our Software Firepower Better Than RivalsIn a recent interview, F5 Chief Executive John McAdam discussed the ADC market with IBD. February 2, 2012 - Investors.com |
F5 Shakes Up the Firewall MarketF5 Networks threw its hat in the ring with the announcement that its BIG-IP 11.1 software passed the ICSA Labs test for network firewalls. With all the industry talk about next-generation or application-aware firewalls, F5 goes a step further. BIG-IP can be configured for security and customized with iRules to offer extremely strong network/application security integration. February 1, 2012 - Network World |
F5 Pitches ADCs as FirewallsThere was a time when the only way it was reasonably possible to defend a data center perimeter was with a conga line of security appliances. That line might be getting a little bit smaller if F5 Networks has anything to say about it. January 26, 2012 - The Enterprise Networking Planet |
F5 Launches Firewall for Data CentersF5 Networks is launching a data center-grade firewall designed to protect websites from cyber attacks. The technology competes with offerings from other vendors in terms of traffic capacity and cost. January 25, 2012 - Channel Insider |
F5 Networks Unifies Security with BIG-IP Certified FirewallF5 Networks is known for its BIG-IP technology covering a range of data center needs. But that's not enough, because now F5 Networks is bringing ICSA Labs-certified firewall solutions to its portfolio. I spoke with F5 Network's Director of Product Management for Security Solutions Mark Vondemkamp and VP of Worldwide Channel Sales Dean Darwin about the launch. Here's what VARs should know ... January 25, 2012 - The VAR Guy.com |
F5 Networks 'Fixes' Data Center SecurityArguing that multiple point appliances intended to secure a network only add to complexity without providing the intended protection, F5 Networks is introducing what it calls a Data Center Firewall to combine multiple security solutions into one appliance. January 24, 2012 - Network Computing.com |
F5 Fights Cyber Attacks with Certified Network FirewallWhether we want to believe it or not, cyber attacks are a consistent part of our everyday operations and we have automation and botnets to thank for that. January 23, 2012 - InfoTech.com |
F5: Security Stars Are AlignedIt wasn't all that long ago that F5 Networks was "the load-balancer company", a niche-based supplier of load-balancing technologies for enterprise customers looking to get more performance out of their data centers. But a funny thing happened as F5 began to grow in the early 2000s: Load balancers gave way to application delivery technologies and F5 not only grew its position in that niche market, it flat-out crushed the field January 23, 2012 - CRN.com |
Q&A: F5's McAdam on MomentumCRN Senior Editor Chad Berndtson recently sat down with John McAdam, president, CEO and director at F5 Networks, Seattle, Wash., to discuss the company's current momentum in the market and in the channel. January 23, 2012 - CRN.com |
Storing Data In The Cloud Raises Compliance ChallengesData transmission and storage can fall under many regional regulations involving the security and availability of personal information. January 19, 2012 - Forbes.com |
Perspective: How to Plug Holes in Disjointed SecurityAs hackers become more vigilant and cyberattacks more sophisticated and prevalent, the media has lost no opportunity to spotlight assaults against federal agencies, global corporations and various governments around the world. January 13, 2012 - Government Technology.com |
Network Technology Trends 2012: Out-of-Band Management and DevOpsWith the new year nearly upon us, SearchNetworking.com met with Lori MacVittie, F5 Networks' technology evangelist and senior technical marketing manager, to talk about major networking technology trends for 2012. December 15, 2011 - SearchNetworking.com |
F5 Networks CEO John McAdam was selected as one of the 2011 Top 25 GeekWire Newsmakers of the Year.Over the past decade, John McAdam has led F5 Networks on one of the more impressive growth paths in the Seattle tech industry. When the former IBM and Sequent Computer executive arrived at the helm in 2000, the networking equipment and software maker was doing just over $100 million in revenue. December 4, 2011 - GeekWire.com |
The Top 10 Next-Gen Channel Leaders Of 2011Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels F5 Networks' Dean Darwin Named One of 2011's Top 100 Channel Executives by UBM Channel's CRN Nov 21, 2011 - CRN.com |
F5 Teams With NetApp, VMware on Live Migration for ApplicationsF5 continues its collaboration with NetApp and VMware to simplify the migration of applications between data centers. Nov 21, 2011 - eWeek.com |
Meeting VDI Challenges: Yesterday, Today and TomorrowA July 2010 CIO Technology Priorities Study by IDG indicated the number one interest - cited by 45 percent of respondents - of CIOs was "Virtualization, Desktop PC", otherwise known in the vernacular as VDI. Nov 14, 2011 - Virtual Strategy Magazine |
100% of Enterprises Reported Cyber AttacksAttacks are becoming more difficult to defend against and are expensive to mitigate, with traditional safeguards falling short, according to F5 Networks. Nov 11, 2011 - Help Net Security |
F5 Brings Simplicity to Complex Virtual Application EnvironmentsOrganizations both large and small are facing a sea change when it comes to desktop and application provisioning. The traditional static end-point, commonly known as a PC, is rapidly falling out of favor as the primary interface into corporate and line of business applications. Nov 11, 2011 - Channel Tech Network |
F5 Networks ARX Platform Removes Chaos From Enterprise StorageManaging enterprise disk storage is difficult. F5 is reducing this burden with the ARX Series, a family of appliances that abstract physical file storage from logical user access using virtualization. Nov 11, 2011 - eWeek.com |
Firewalls Fail to Stem Tide of DDoS Attacks, Survey FindsCompanies still rely heavily on firewalls to defend themselves against denial-of-service attacks despite the fact that this class of device is often not up to the task, a new survey by F5 Networks has found. Nov 10, 2011 - CSO |
Bringing Order to Virtual EnvironmentsVirtualization is all the rage in today's networks, at least when it comes to servers and storage. Many CTOs, however, are looking to see what virtualization can do for end-user needs. November 9, 2011 - CTOEdge.com |
Traditional Defenses Fail to Mitigate DNS, DoS Attacks: F5 Survey FindsCyber-attacks are becoming more difficult to defend against and are expensive to mitigate, according to a recent survey from F5 Networks. Nov 7, 2011 - eWeek.com |
ADCs Taking on Larger Security RoleIn a worldwide survey conducted by Applied Research on behalf of F5 Networks, about half of the 1,000 large organizations surveyed said they see ADCs as being a platform that could eliminate the need for some security appliances, while one-third said they were already using ADCs in that context. Nov 4, 2011 - CTO Edge |
F5 CEO McAdam Talks Spending, HiringF5 Networks CEO John McAdam discusses IT spending and plans for hiring. (Source: The Street) Nov 3, 2011 - The Street |
F5 CEO McAdam Says Security Will be a "Cross-functional, Organizational Change"F5 Networks CEO John McAdam talks about F5's focus on the security market. (Source: CNN Money) Nov 1, 2011 - CNN Money |
F5 Networks CEO McAdam Talks Data Center SecurityF5 Networks CEO John McAdam talks about how F5 helps customers make their data centers and networks more efficient and secure. Nov 1, 2011 - FOX Business |
F5 Networks Makes Security Ambitions Clear with New HireF5 Networks Monday confirmed it hired away one of Cisco's best-known senior vice presidents to be the new head of its security and strategy teams. Manny Rivelo, a 19-year Cisco veteran and most recently Cisco's senior vice president, engineering operations and systems, will have the title of senior vice president, security and strategic solutions at F5, reporting to John McAdam, F5's president and CEOF5 Networks' appointment of a senior vice president for security is one more indication of a strategic shift loyal F5 VARs have seen coming for some time: the evolution of F5 into full-fledged security market player...John McAdam, F5's president and CEO, said Rivelo will have a lot of cross-functional responsibility at F5. But his charter is to sharpen the focus on a market that F5, better known for application delivery controller (ADC) and other data center technologies, has made no secret about pursuing. Nov 1, 2011 - CRN.com |
F5 Networks BIG-IP Application Security ManagerThe BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) from F5 Networks protects web applications from being vulnerable to threats, such as data theft and damage. This appliance includes policy-learning options, which allow administrators to make informed policy decisions. Nov 1, 2011 - SC Magazine |
F5 Networks Nabs Cisco Veteran for Top Security PostF5 Networks Monday confirmed it hired away one of Cisco's best-known senior vice presidents to be the new head of its security and strategy teams. Manny Rivelo, a 19-year Cisco veteran and most recently Cisco's senior vice president, engineering operations and systems, will have the title of senior vice president, security and strategic solutions at F5, reporting to John McAdam, F5's president and CEO. Oct 31, 2011 - CRN.com |
F5 Makes a Cool Billion in the CloudAs the very cool infographic timeline details, application delivery controller company F5 Networks has exceeded $1 billion in revenue for its 2011 fiscal year. The company said it earned $314.6 million during Q4, which was a hike of eight percent over the $290.7 million in the previous quarter, and 24 percent over the $254.3 reported during Q4 of fiscal year 2010. Overall for fiscal year 2011, revenue jumped to $1.15 billion, an increase of 31 percent from $882 million in fiscal year 2010. Oct 27, 2011 - Virtualization Review |
F5 Networks CEO McAdam Calls Profitability 'Stellar'F5's CEO John McAdam talks about the company's fourth-quarter results and growth strategy. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." Jon Erlichman also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg) Oct 25, 2011 - Bloomberg |
F5 breaks $1 billion, shares jump, jobs addedAlthough overall tech spending is suffering from the uncertain economic conditions, F5 and a few other companies found a niche providing software, hardware and services that big corporations are using to modernize their networks and datacenters. Oct 25, 2011 - The Seattle Times |
F5 Surpasses $1B MilestoneF5 Networks surpassed $1 billion in revenue for the first time. Oct 25, 2011 - Komo News |
F5 provides answers for network congestion, divergent servicesF5 this week announced an upgraded DNS offering that it says will allow carriers to scale their IP infrastructure more efficiently, reduce costs and roll out new services faster. Oct 12, 2011 - ConnectedPlanetOnline.com |
Directing TrafficColleges find that new app-centric functions in load balancers enhance security and ease management. Aug 24, 2011 - edtechmag.com |
A conversation with John McAdam of F5 NetworksI am going to continue my series of conversations with industry CEO's and today we have John McAdam of F5 Networks. Aug 9, 2011 - NetworkWorld.com |
Physical or Virtual ADC: An Either/Or Choice?Are vADCs a wholesale replacements for pADCs? Can't these application delivery controllers co-exist? Aug 8, 2011 - esj.com |
F5 streamlines application delivery controller operations with iAppsThe evolution of load balancers to application delivery controllers has provided enterprises with countless features and functionality that improve application performance and security. But with those application delivery controller features come complexity. Aug 3, 2011 - SearchNetworking.com |
F5's BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager VE conducts load balancing virtually for less than a physical appliance.A load balancer distributes traffic among a number of servers or connections, either to increase the overall capability of a system to handle heavy traffic or to increase fault tolerance so that no single failure of a server or network connection brings down a critical website or application. Aug 3, 2011 - fedtechmagazine.com |
F5 Networks aims to simplify application delivery with Big-IP controllersF5 is making it possible to drastically reduce the complexity of configuring its Big-IP application delivery controllers when customers want to provide specific services to specific applications. July 29, 2011 - Nationalcybersecurity.com |
Federal Government Agencies Provided Essential Capabilities by F5 to Improve Security and Efficiency While Cutting CostsThe worldwide leader in application delivery networking, F5 Networks, proclaimed that its BIG-IP version 11 software delivers end-to-end application access control to aid federal government organizations improve their security position and reduce the risk of network- and application-based attacks. July 28, 2011 - TMCnet |
F5 Networks Closes In On $1 Billion At Dawn Of 'Application Era'F5 Networks will hit a major financial milestone this year, and at its partner conference promised a greater investment in channel resources. July 27, 2011 - CRN.com |
F5 simplifies app-by-app configuration of its Big-IP controllersF5 is making it possible to drastically reduce the complexity of configuring its Big-IP application delivery controllers when customers want to provide specific services to specific applications. July 27, 2011 - NetworkWorld.com |
F5: Latest BIG-IP Update Most Significant YetF5 Networks this week unveiled the latest version of its BIG-IP application delivery offering -- a seminal update to the platform that F5 says will drive deeper, stickier partner-led sales behind the idea that seamless application delivery will be the make-or-break in next-generation, virtualized data centers. July 27, 2011 - CRN.com |
F5 Upgrades Virtualization PlatformBIG-IP version 11 aims to combine the flexibility of virtualization with the performance of dedicated hardware. July 26, 2011 - Informationweek.com |
F5 ADC Release Features Template-Driven App Deployment, Appliance ClusteringThe newest version of F5 Networks' BIG-IP application delivery controller (ADC) platform features a simplified, template-driven interface for faster deployment and easier management of applications, as well as clustering technology to improve scalability and availability. Version 11 of the BIG-IP TMOS software also provides several enhanced security features. July 26, 2011 - Networkcomputing.com |
F5 Networks Enhances Big-IP Security PlatformApplication delivery networking (ADN) specialist F5 Networks announced enhancements to its application and data security solutions, which provide customers with security strategies to prevent loss of service and data. July 25, 2011 - eWeek |
F5 Makes Big Deal of Applications with Latest BIG-IP VersionF5 Networks is hoping to turn the networking world on its ear by pushing the idea of an application-centric network. July 25, 2011 - VAR Guy.com |
BIG-IP takes an application-centric view of the datacenterAn application-centric view of virtualization and provisioning can speed up application deployment throughout the enterprise. July 25, 2011 - ZDNet.com |
F5 Rolls Out New File Virtualization AppliancesF5 Networks this week announced new file virtualization appliances for small and mid-sized businesses. Like F5's other appliances, the ARX1500 and ARX2500 are aimed at virtualizing, managing and migrating data for businesses of all sizes who are suffering from growing amounts of file data. July 13, 2011 - NetworkWorld.com |
F5 Launches New ARX Platforms for File Virtualization
F5 releases two new storage virtualization appliancesF5 Networks today announced the release of two new file virtualization appliances, an entry-level offering and a midrange product that features 10-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. F5's new entry-level ARX1500 and midrange ARX2500 appliances are both 1U (1.75 in.) in height. July 11, 2011 - Computerworld.com |
F5 Networks Debuts ARX File Virtualization AppliancesApplication delivery networking specialist F5 Networks announced the release of a hardware platforms for F5 ARX file virtualization solutions. With the introduction of the ARX1500 and ARX2500 appliances, the ARX product line expands to provide small to medium- size businesses (SMBs) with data management capabilities. For medium- sized storage environments, the ARX2500 platform includes support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet network infrastructures. July 11, 2011 - ChannelInsider.com |
Geo-location: Adding Context to Virtual Machine MobilityWhen virtual platforms became a common technology in data centers, many administrators were smitten with the ability to move virtual machines between physical servers, and rightly so. It was trivial to build a server at your desktop and then deploy it without mounting a new server or running new cables. July 1, 2011 - TMCnet |
F5 Networks: A behind-the-scenes front-runnerF5 serves the companies that serve consumers. As Chief Executive John McAdam said, "The beauty is, we sit between the application running on a computer and the Net." F5 makes sure its clients' servers run at maximum efficiency, and that data are secure. June 17, 2011 - The Seattle Times |
Ongoing storm of cyberattacks is preventable, experts sayThe CIA has become a member of a less-than-exclusive club of high-profile targets hit by online attacks, falling victim to a denial-of-service attack that temporarily took down its website. June 16, 2011 - Government Computer News |
Private cloud service lets schools share storage, data protectionTwo years ago, hundreds of K-12 school districts in Illinois decided to band together to pool resources and stretch their limited IT budgets. The result was IlliniCloud, a private cloud service that provides, data protection, data archiving and compute infrastructure for nearly one-third of the state's school districts. June 2, 2011 - SearchCloudStorage.com |
Policy 2.0: Smart Operators Increase Profit Without RebuildingWith increased data traffic on wireless networks and the proliferation of new devices and data applications, service providers are challenged with managing the cost of their expanding networks, maintaining healthy ARPU and profitability, and reducing time to ROI. May 19, 2011 - Convergedigest.com |
F5 Viprion chassis gets cheaper for the masses at Interop 2011F5 Viprion chassis application delivery controllers (ADCs) are now available at a midrange cost. Users can now also run virtual instances of F5 ADCs on a single appliance, enabling multi-tenancy. May 11, 2011 - SearchNetworking.com |
F5 Virtualizes App Delivery ControllersF5 Networks has introduced virtual clustered multiprocessing (vCMP), a technology that it says brings true virtualization to application delivery controllers for the first time. The announcement was made Monday at Interop 2011 in Las Vegas, a UBM TechWeb event. May 09, 2011 - Informationweek.com |
Network Computing Is IPv6-ReadyNetwork Computing is now IPv6 ready. Like many other organizations, we have to migrate to IPv6 at some point and this is the first step in the process--getting our public facing servers ready. May 3, 2011 - Networkcomputing.com |
Oracle Delivers New Version of Oracle CoherenceLatest release of high performance data grid extends Oracle's Middleware leadership with new features and product enhancements, including integration with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager. April 18, 2011 - Oracle.com |
Portable Cellular to Mobile ComputerIT executives are looking to give employees access to internal business applications from their smartphones and mobile devices. April 1, 2011 - InfoTECH Spotlight |
For IT Managers, Going Green Can Save You Some Long GreenOrganizations that want to take their Green IT commitment to a higher level–and, at the same time, reduce operating expenses–need to take a broader approach that addresses the IT infrastructure as a whole. March 31, 2011 - Forbes.com |
Application Delivery Controllers Can Ease the IPv6 MigrationIt seems after a long hiatus, IPv6 is back in the news. Now as Gary Audin pointed out in his blog, the impending transition IPv6 has been something we have been talking about for years. In fact, I wrote my first IPv6 report in 2001 when I thought we were on the verge of a large migration, which of course never happened. March 27, 2011 - No Jitter |
Webinar Campaign Helps Global Tech Company Expand Accounts and Generate $12 Million in Sales OpportunitiesF5 Networks launched a webinar campaign to help prepare companies to transition from 1024-bit RSA public key encryption to 2048-bit RSA keys. The campaign ended up yielding almost $12 million in potential sales opportunities for customers of its BIG-IP products. March, 2011 - RainToday.com |
Guaranteeing Service Levels in the CloudNothing puts a spotlight on the need to manage IT as a service than cloud computing. The trouble is figuring out how to manage the delivery of IT services that are dependent on shared IT infrastructure. February 28, 2011 - CTOEdge |
F5 Networks gunning for even more data center controlF5 Networks has managed to garner nearly 50% market share, while Cisco's share has actually declined. John McAdam, F5's CEO, attributes the company's success to having won ownership of certain strategic control points in today's consolidated data centers. February 10, 2011 - Network World |
Is There Another Wave of Growth on the Horizon for F5?Last week F5 reported its latest quarterly results and after three straight "beat and raise" quarters it was slightly behind where Wall Street was expecting. Additionally, the company guidance was a little lighter than expected. This prompted typical over reaction from Wall Street and the stock dropped from about $145 per share to $110 and the speculation that F5 has run out of market. Now I don't do stock evaluation, I'll leave that to another set of analysts, but I do believe F5 has another wave of growth on the horizon. January 24, 2011 - No Jitter |
F5 Channel Program Expands With Sales, Tech AccreditationF5 Networks on Monday went live with new sales and technical accreditation programs designed to help partners leverage its data networking products in a range of different scenarios. Many channel partners understand better the role of application delivery controllers (ADC) in virtualization and cloud computing environments, said Dean Darwin, F5's vice president, worldwide channels. But many are also realizing the benefits of ADC in the greater context of the data center, including as a complement for security, storage, software and other forms of infrastructure. January 24, 2011 - CRN.com |
F5 Launches Sales and Technical Accreditation ProgramsApplication delivery networking firm F5 Networks has launched new partner training and accreditation modules under its Unity partner program. The Web-based training modules and accreditation program information is free to partners through the company's F5 University. Training accreditation launches this month and sales accreditation later in 2011. January 21, 2011 - Channel Insider |
F5 CEO: Metrics Show Firm Is Fundamentally SoundWith shares of the application delivery networking company F5 dropping 20 percent on Thursday following quarterly earnings, its CEO, John McAdam, told CNBC that it's best to focus on the metrics to evaluate the company. January 20, 2011 - CNBC.com |
McAdam Says F5 Hiring More Salespeople 'Aggressively'John McAdam, president and chief executive officer at F5 Networks Inc., the maker of software used for managing computer networks, talks about the company's outlook for growth. January 20, 2011 - Bloomberg |
Don't Abandon Your Purpose-Built Network Solutions Just Yet — Blog Post by Karl Triebes, CTO, F5 NetworksImagine taking your car to the shop for major repairs and finding that the mechanic uses just one tool for everything, from changing a flat tire to replacing your transmission. He explains that he doesn't need all those expensive, special-purpose tools anymore now that he's found this one, All-Powerful Tool. It sound ridiculous, but similar images come to mind when I hear the suggestion that network appliance vendors need to abandon their purpose-built platforms and deliver their solutions on general-purpose hardware. January 18, 2011 - Virtualization Review |
F5 Networks Offers Remote Access For Apple Wireless DevicesF5 Networks, an application delivery networking provider, has introduced versions of its Big-IP Edge Client and Big-IP Edge Portal applications that can run on wireless devices from Apple, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The applications, which operate on a virtual private network, enable workers to access files and other content on the corporate network remotely, but conform to the security and compliance requirements set for devices that operate behind the firewall. The support for Apple's iOS operating system is another indicator of what analysts call the "consumerization of IT," in which IT administrators have to accommodate workers' individual choices of what technology to use, rather than having IT dictate which devices they must use. January 18, 2011 - Network Computing |
F5 CEO: Busy Helping Clients 'Re-Architect'The continuing growth of the Internet is good business for network equipment makers. Nobody knows that better than F5 Networks. The company, which makes equipment and software for powering everything from data centers to mobile networks, is on a roll. December 29, 2010 - Investors.com |
Anonymous group's DDoS attacks lead to a fresh interest in how to secure against an invasionLast week's multiple distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have led to a fresh interest in how to secure a website against such an invasion. December 13, 2010 - SC Magazine |
Application delivery controllers ensure enterprise's OCS 2007 R2 uptimeIf an accounting application crashes, its users probably can multi-task while IT troubleshoots the problem. If the server that hosts voice over IP (VoIP), email, instant messaging (IM) and conferencing fails for the entire enterprise, employees are going to pack their bags and go home. To ensure uptime for some of its most prized UC applications, one global enterprise deployed application delivery controllers to intelligently load balance its Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 traffic. November 18, 2010 - SearchUnifiedCommunications.com |
Most Influential: F5 Networks CEO John McAdamMcAdam reinvented the company, focusing F5's efforts on developing software that improves the performance, efficiency and security with which Web information is stored in data centers. November 2, 2010 - Seattle Magazine |
F5 Brings Scalability and Performance Enhancements to VMware View 4.5F5 networks helps enterprises embrace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure technology with new WAN optimization and acceleration technology that improves performance for VMWare View 4.5 sessions. October 28, 2010 - eWeek |
Cloudy with a Chance of Pain: IT Security in the CloudThis is the kind of challenge Lori MacVittie sees organizations facing as they increasingly are drawn to the lure of the cloud. MacVittie, is the Senior Technical Marketing Manager at F5 Networks, an international firm that, among other services, specializes in delivering cloud solutions at the application level. October 5, 2010 - Linux.com |
On-Demand Cloud Bursting Made Possible by Architecture — Blog Post by Karl Triebes, CTO, F5 NetworksThere is a wide variety of use cases for cloud computing, many of which rely heavily upon the particular model of cloud discussed. SaaS (Software as a Service), for example, has a different usage than does IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), particularly when leveraged in the context of a hybrid cloud data center model. September 22, 2010 - Virtualization Review |
F5 Brings Optimal Availability, Security, and Performance for Ooba's Web-Based Financial ApplicationsExpansion is the name of the game for successful businesses. Ooba, formerly MortgageSA, is the leading home mortgage originator in South Africa. Three years ago, Ooba set its sights on moving beyond its mortgage broker roots to offer a broader range of financial services for homebuyers, including insurance and real estate listings. Ooba wanted to offer these services via the Web, and the company needed to make sure that the application delivery platform it selected could provide performance, security, and reliability for its customers. September 21, 2010 - Oracle |
Not Just Another Network SolutionIf your corporate Web site were down for several hours three to four times a week and your Web pages took 30 to 45 seconds to load, you would have to find a new Web host or risk losing customers and lots of business. With the advanced technologies available today, that level of service is unacceptable. September 10, 2010 - Processor.com |
F5 Networks on the RiseIn the past five years, the stock of F5 Networks has grown nearly 350%. CEO John McAdam discusses the company's success with CNBC. September 7, 2010 - CNBC |
Integrated Web App Firewalls Make Sense in High-Performance EnvironmentsEnterprises deploying high-end application delivery systems need to consider how best to secure their apps without imposing seconds or even fractions of seconds of latency, particularly in heavy- transaction environments where time literally means money. Web application firewalls (WAFs) are becoming an increasingly important component of control and delivery platforms, screening against common attacks such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting and cookie poisoning. September 7, 2010 - Network Computing |
Designing seamless Microsoft Exchange 2010 Deployments across multiple datacentersIn conjunction with key Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 features, F5® BIG-IP® application delivery controllers can help organizations create high-performance, highly available messaging infrastructures spanning multiple data centers. August 19, 2010 - Dell |
Leading By Example: F5 Networks Inc.The Business Journal asked John McAdam, president and CEO of F5 Networks Inc., the Gold Medal winner in the 2010 Washington's Best Workplaces Extra Large Company Category, to share information about the company and tips on leading one of the best places to work. August 13, 2010 - Puget Sound Business Journal |
F5 Touts Partner Gains Behind Encouraging GrowthIt's been a year of strong gains for F5 Networks, and the challenge now is to keep growing at similar pace as the company cements its position as the top application delivery controller (ADC) vendor in tech. August 11, 2010 - CRN |
Shape, Throttle, and RollThe infrastructure developer/architect will be a key player in the new network July 27, 2010 - The Journal |
The Role of the Developer in the New NetworkSoftware tools and techniques for global software development. Dr. Dobb's features articles, source code, blogs,forums,video tutorials, and audio podcasts, as well as articles from Dr. Dobb's Journal, BYTE.com, C/C++ Users Journal, and Software Development magazine. July 13, 2010 - Dr. Dobb's Portal |
F5 Networks Bolsters Virtual Server ManagementLeading provider of application delivery networking devices announces integration with Microsoft System Center. June 8, 2010 - Redmond Developer |
IT Agility Drives Business Agility and Business Agility Drives ProfitsAgility means creative responses to difficult situations. May 19, 2010 - CIO.com |
F5 Networks' New Hardware Platforms Helps Customers Meet Growing Throughput DemandsCreate Smart Data Centers to deliver secure, energy-efficient, always on real-time data and services by leveraging Panduit Global Alliance Partners. April 28, 2010 - TMCnet |
F5 steers WAN optimization to virtual, cloud environmentsSoftware upgrade and new products contribute to Dynamic Services Model April 26, 2010 - Network World |
F5 Takes Networking Virtual With BIG-IPMain operating system behind F5 networking gear gets a major refresh with an eye on virtualization and application delivery controller scalability. April 26, 2010 - Enterprise Networking Planet |
F5 Networks Maps Out Virtualization StrategyApplication delivery controllers are new center of virtualization management universe on the network. April 23, 2010 - CTO Edge |
Securing Web Presence with DNSSECThis article discusses DNSSEC, a series of DNS protocol extensions which ensure the integrity of data returned by domain name lookups by incorporating a chain of trust into the DNS hierarchy. March 12, 2010 - ISSA Journal |
F5 Enters The Virtual ADC Market With LTM Virtual EditionF5 Networks is dipping its toe into the virtual application delivery controller market with a free 90-day trial edition of their Local Traffic Manager, Virtual Edition (LTM VE). February 24, 2010 - Network Computing |
F5 announces free trial of new BIG-IP LTM virtual applianceSeattle-based Application Delivery Networking vendor F5 Networks, Inc. has announced the availability of a free trial version of its new virtual appliance, the BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Virtual Edition (VE). February 17, 2010 - EChannel |
F5 Networks Brings Virtual Switches Under ControlAs part of an effort to better manage the switching requirements of virtual servers, F5 Networks today is previewing a free trial of a virtual server implementation of its Application Delivery Controller (ADC) technology that will run on top of virtual machines from VMware. February 16, 2010 - CTO Edge |
1 billion teleworkers prompt F5 Networks rethinkPredicting that there will be 1 billion mobile workers by 2011, applications networking delivery company F5 Networks has launched a clutch of products targeted at allowing secure, fast and reliable remote access to corporate networks and information. February 3, 2010 - iTWire.com |
Streamline Your Storage With VirtualizationCombining Storage Systems Into Virtualized Appliances Makes For Easier Management January 29, 2010 - Processor.com |
F5 Reigns In Both Application Access And Remote LocationsApplication delivery network vendor F5 has launched their new BIG-IP Edge Gateway appliance and their new Access Policy Manager module, as well as other upgrades as part of the 10.1 release of their BIG-IP software. Both products hope to highlight F5's focus on the network edge, not only managing control of web applications, but to optimize access to the data center no matter where that access originates. January 26, 2010 - Network Computing |
F5 adds SSL VPN to its BIG-IPBIG-IP Edge Gateway handles SSL VPN as well as optimized application delivery January 26, 2010 - Network World |
F5 Intros BIG-IP Edge Gateway Solution to Offer Next Gen Remote SolutionUsually the enterprise IT personnel face a number of problems due to the massive growth of mobile and remote users, and the BIG-IP Edge Gateway effectively solves these challenges, company officials said. January 25, 2010 - TMCnet |
F5 Networks Moves to Consolidate ServicesF5 Networks is driving more intelligence into the network with addition of new services for its BIG-IP Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and a new appliance that extends F5 Networks technology out the edge of the network. January 25, 2010 - CTO Edge |
F5 Formalizes NetApp RelationshipRevenues are up, but the application delivery networking vendor is looking to drive its file virtualization business by formalizing the existing but 'grass roots' relationship with NetApp and their mutual partners, customers and prospects. January 22, 2010 - ChannelInsider |
F5 Networks Financials Tell a Bigger StoryStrong performance says a lot of Internet data centers, web applications and the competition January 22, 2010 - Network World |
F5 Networks: Strong Financials, New GatewayFirst, F5 Networks delivered strong Q1 financial results. Now, the company is preparing to announce the BIG-IP Edge Gateway. F5's goal is to deliver "LAN-speed application performance for remote and mobile workers." January 21, 2010 - The VAR Guy |
F5 Rolling With The CloudF5 Networks CEO John McAdam is feeling good about his company's place in the market, based on the rise of cloud computing. January 21, 2010 - Investors.com |


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Tips for Year-Round Flea Prevention
Fighting fleas doesn't have to be a headache. By taking a few simple preventative steps, you can protect your pet from these blood sucking parasites.
Even if your pet never steps one paw outside, they're still at risk for flea infestation. Fleas can enter homes through cracks, crevices, screen doors, even by hitching a ride on our clothes. In the U.S. the flea species causing the biggest problem is the "Cat Flea." Despite its name, these tiny black insects attack cats as well as dogs and people.
Throughout most of the country, fleas flourish during the summer months. Although in some warmer regions of the country owners battle the bugs all year long.
Signs your pet might be infected include scratchy skin, or white rice-like pieces (tapeworm) in his feces. Check for the parasites by parting the fur around your dog's tail base, or near your cat's ears and neck. If you see black wingless insects, or "flea dirt" (dark specs of dried blood) on the skin, your pet has fleas.
Itchy skin is only a mild problem associated with this pesky parasite. Some animals are allergic to flea salvia, and as a result, develop painful skin infections secondary to the scratching, says Susan Nelson, DVM, and assistant professor at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in Manhattan.
Plus, fleas can carry tapeworm eggs. So if a pet ingests a flea while licking herself, she might become infected with tapeworms -- long, flat worms that live in the digestive track.
That's why it's important to stop fleas before they start to bite. The best way is by applying a monthly spot-on product. Liquid flea control treatments are applied directly on your pet's skin, in-between the shoulder blades. These products are quick, easy, and safe.
Products like flea collars and shampoos are not as effective at fighting fleas, warns Nelson. And natural remedies that supposedly repel fleas - such as garlic, brewers yeast, and B-complex vitamins - don't work, veterinarians say.
Before using any flea control product owners should carefully read the label instructions, says Kim LoGuidice, DVM and head of the ER department at Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas in Cary, North Carolina. And, she warns, never to apply a canine flea product on cats. Doing so might trigger a toxic reaction in felines that requires emergency medical attention.
Other ways to keep your pet flea-free year round include:
- Vacuum carpets at least once a week, concentrating in areas where pets spend a lot of time.
- Wash dog and cat bedding weekly in hot water. Don't forget to include other materials your pet sleeps on such as blankets or throw rugs.
- Spray the yard with an insecticide, or for a more environmentally friendly approach, apply nematodes to problem areas. Nematodes are microscopic worms that kill flea larvae and cocoons.
- Hire a professional exterminator to treat a rental home or apartment before you move in, especially if the previous owner had pets. Or, look for do-it-yourself options such as foggers and sprays designed to kill adult fleas and stop the development of eggs.
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I WANT READER FEEDBACK...Should I keep offering weekly posts?
I might be cutting back to monthly posts. Readers please let me know what you think via the message link at the end of this post...
May 8, 1933: Shirley Booth appeared on Broadway in The Mask and the Face.
May 8, 1947: Shirley Booth heard on radio in Radio Reader's Digest, "Uncle By's Two Wives."
May 10, 1944: Shirley Booth heard on radio in Arthur Hopkins Presents,
"The Philadelphia Story."
"The Philadelphia Story."
May 11, 1954: Shirley Booth was seen on television, The Kate Smith Show (unconfirmed).
May 12, 1986: Shirley Booth seen on television, NBC 60th Anniversary Show.
May 12, 1986: Shirley Booth was seen on television in NBC 60th Anniversary Show.
May 12, 1907: Katharine Hepburn was born (she died on June 29, 2003). Shirley Booth's career crossed paths with Katharine's several times.
May 15, 1954: Seen on television, Salute to Eugene O'Neill.
May 17, 1936: James Whale's Show Boat opened.
May 12, 1986: Shirley Booth was seen on television in NBC 60th Anniversary Show.
May 12, 1907: Katharine Hepburn was born (she died on June 29, 2003). Shirley Booth's career crossed paths with Katharine's several times.
May 15, 1954: Seen on television, Salute to Eugene O'Neill.
May 17, 1936: James Whale's Show Boat opened.
May 26, 1963: Shirley Booth was seen on television at the 15th Annual Emmy Awards, where she received her second Emmy for Hazel. The competition for Shirley's second Emmy Award was Shirl Conway for The Nurses, Lucille Ball for The Lucy Show, Mary Tyler Moore for The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Irene Ryan for The Beverly Hillbillies. She accepted by saying: "You know there's an old saying that it's always the woman behind the man. In my instance, I'm afraid, it's the men behind the woman..."
May 31, 1945: Shirley Booth appeared on Broadway in Hollywood Pinafore, her first of five musicals.
May 31, 1894: Fred Allen was born (died March 17, 1956). Shirley Booth made many appearances on his shows during the 1940's. Unfortunately, no known copies exist of any of these shows.
Bea Arthur Born:
Shirley Booth's Scrapbook Letters:
My dear Shirley,
With cordial and sincere wishes.
Bea Arthur Born:
This is the post I offered when Bea Arthur died on April 25, 2009. She was born on May 13, 1922.
Just as memorable and wonderful as Shirley Booth's Hazel character, there is Bea Arthur's insanely funny Maude character.
I will always remember with great delight Bea Arthur for her superb timing, delivery and mannerisms as the title character in Maude...Bea
played Maude so well with that tart tongue, and husky voice. As Bea
noted in part two of this interview, Maude was the woman who was trying
to be politically correct, but always "stepped in shit;" made to look
like a fool.
Bea continued her fine acting with this type of brash character with her follow-up success as Dorothy in The Golden Girls. The latter won her an Emmy in 1988.
Maude character seemed so average and "street honest." It seemed that
everyone has someone in their family or neighborhood like her. I had an
aunt, Mitzi Griffin, who, at times, reminded me of Maude.
an interview I recently watched, Bea is embarrassed to have forgotten
many names from the past. Nevertheless, Bea had many interesting things
to say. For instance, she believed Lucille Ball was "terribly miscast"
in the title character from the film Mame: "She was a clown, she was extraordinary in what she did. [But] she didn't play this patrician lady...with a sense of fun."
Shirley Booth's Scrapbook Letters:
Go back to around 1955....and here is a letter from Shirley's personal scrapbooks, published exclusively here at http://shirleybooth.info/. It's a quite short handwritten note, but it's poignant. The first-name signature is not legible except that it begins with an "R." Here it is:
Dear Miss Booth,
When you walked on the stage Thursday night the light of the world was on your face. It shone on us all and we're all better people for it. Thank you so much for the thoughtfulness of your gift.
With love,
One more letter from Shirley Booth's scrapbooks...
RCA Building, Radio City, New York 20, NY
RCA Building, Radio City, New York 20, NY
May 6, 1954
Miss Shirley Booth
25 West 54th Street
New York, NY
My dear Shirley,
Upon my return from Mexico I learned from Lord and Lady McCaffery that you had most generously put aside two seats for your gala opening and I assure you it was a bitter disappointment for me not to be home to accept your kindness and to enjoy your triumph. Thanks, dear Shirley.
How happy you must be to have such a well-deserved triumphant success over the show you were heading. Since my return I hear only of "Booth" -- not the show. Some people did not remember the name of the show. After so many years the name of Booth is again a by-word in the theatre -- and for the same reason -- great talent.
With cordial and sincere wishes.
Faithfully yours,
John F. Royal
Mother's Day:
Ted Key wrote in his "HAZEL Bible:"
"HAZEL...is emotionally wrapped up in this family...she is a "mother" who is childless... The people for whom she works, the Baxters (she calls them Mr. and Mrs. B), have not only given her a home, but are in a real sense her whole life. They are her reason for being."
Shirley Booth never had any children even though she was married twice for a total of more than twenty years (1929-1943, 1943-1951). She briefly told an interviewer that it was simply because she couldn't have them.
Nevertheless, Shirley did have the opportunity to play mothers throughout her long career.
On Broadway there's The War Song, Miss Isobel, and Juno; in the movies there's Hot Spell; and on television there's The Glass Menagerie, and Hazel.
Nevertheless, Shirley did have the opportunity to play mothers throughout her long career.
On Broadway there's The War Song, Miss Isobel, and Juno; in the movies there's Hot Spell; and on television there's The Glass Menagerie, and Hazel.
In The War Song (September 24, 1928 to December 1, 1928) she played the expectant mother Emily Rosen. She was the sister of a Jewish draftee Eddie Rosen (George Jessel) in this comedy taking place in World War I France. The show ran for 80 performances.
Miss Isobel (December 26, 1957 - February 8, 1958) offered her the opportunity to play the strangest mother of all, the 70-year old Mrs. Ackroyd. Shirley revealed her skill at playing an unbalanced mother that regresses and imagines herself to be younger. She's a 16-year old bride in Act II. The final act had her regressing to a second childhood, and even thinking her spinster daughter (Nancy Marchand) is her own mother! The response varied...some critics found her performance embarrassing; another critic said "Miss Booth could do no wrong." However, audiences loved it, and Shirley admitted: "We knew the critics wouldn't like it. This is an audience play. Ladies like a good cry..." But after 53 performances, the show closed.
Shirley would play the long-suffering wife Juno Boyle in the Broadway musical Juno (March 9, 1959 - March 21, 1959). Here she has to bear the grief of her informer son being murdered in the Dublin slums of 1921. This short-lived rendition of the Sean O'Casey tragicomedy classic Juno and the Paycock only ran for 16 performances. It also had the presence of actress Jean Stapleton, later best-known as the famous television mother Edith Bunker. Sada Thompson also appeared in Juno. Later on Thompson played Kate Lawrence, the mother on TV's Family.
In the movie Hot Spell (1958), Shirley played the pleading Alma Duval, wife of her uncaring Cajun husband "Jack" (Anthony Quinn). He packs up to move in with his mistress. She lives in denial with the motto: "If you keep calm, everything will turn out for the best." Yes, she does come to terms with her misguided viewpoint ...but it's so obvious by then how misguided she has been. The couple has three grown children played by Earl Holliman, Shirley MacLaine, and Clint Kimbrough. MacLaine takes her mom's bad advice and loses her boyfriend as a result.
Shirley played the Southern belle matriarch Amanda Wingfield in the CBS Playhouse television production of The Glass Menagerie (December 8, 1966). Hal Holbrook played Amanda's son Tom. She got an Emmy nomination for the role, but the tensions were high on the set between the director Michael Eliot and her. Eliot thought Shirley's performance lacked the sizzle and energy he believed Amanda should have. Eliot got even with her by de-emphasizing Shirley's screen time, with the camera instead focusing on Amanda's crippled daughter played by Barbara Loden. The Glass Menagerie used Shirley's voice more, which explains why she told TV Guide: "I could have telephoned it in."
Of course, the greatest role for Shirley Booth, not as a natural mother but as surrogate mother figure had to be her role as Hazel. This is the role that one can never stop enjoying, as witnessed by the countless new fans now watching the show nationally on Antenna TV.
Once a small ad was clipped from the classified section of a Boston newspaper and sent to the creator of the Hazel character, Ted Key. This says it all! It read:
In honor of mothers everywhere, and to reflect on the fact that even death cannot separate a mother from her child's heart, I suggest you hear the phenomenal song performed by Al Jolson called "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You."
Although the song goes way back to 1927 when it was first seen in the The Jazz Singer, only Jolson could make this old-fashioned composition seem timeless by his inimitable and heart-felt emotional style of singing!
Show Boat:
The Universal classic Show Boat has the benefits of the amazing Paul Robeson - he is stunningly good as Joe, Hattie McDaniel as Queenie, the underrated Queenie Smith as Ellie May, and Charles Winninger as Cap'n Andy...
One of my favorite films is the best film version of Edna Ferber's story "Show Boat." This is the one directed by James Whale (best known for his monumental Bride of Frankenstein. The Oscar Hammerstein/Jerome Kern musical is truly a breakthrough for musicals. This is a beautiful production, a great cast with acting talent (even among the character parts) that you can die to imitate.
This production of Show Boat from 1936 brings together so perfectly all of the elements ranging from the script, direction, art design, etc.
This production of Show Boat from 1936 brings together so perfectly all of the elements ranging from the script, direction, art design, etc.
Torch singer Helen Morgan (as Julie) performed in this film and in the original production on Broadway in 1927. She offers the engaging song "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." Sadly this was her last role before alcoholism ended her life at the age of 41.
Irene Dunne (as ingenue Magnolia Hawks) and Allan Jones (as Gaylord Ravenal) offer many fine moments throughout this classic. It is particularly interesting to see Dunne's shuffling at the end of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man."
Both Robeson and McDaniel deserved starring parts. They are quite skilled and amazingly good singers and natural actors worthy of much adulation - but the racism of their times sadly limited their talents. I could never forget their contribution to classic film history!
Speaking of Helen Morgan...the other song that is connected to her in regards to Show Boat is "Bill." The late Martha Randall Carson (who worked with Shirley Booth in the Broadway show The Desk Set) told me in an interview that every time Shirley Booth came into a club where Mabel Mercer was performing, Mercer would sing "Bill" in tribute to Shirley's beloved Bill. Of course, Shirley's Bill is Bill Baker - the subject of my latest book now available (http://shirleybooth.blogspot.com/). Yes my new book of just 96 pages is bittersweet - but one every fan of Shirley Booth would treasure!
That's Not Shirley Booth...
That's Not Shirley Booth...
Besides print errors that abound, many times the information that we see on the Internet is not accurate since it is based upon erroneous information that has been circulating.
For instance, Shirley Booth is not heard in The Fred Allen Show ("Brooklyn Pinafore," November 25, 1944) as commonly claimed. Unfortunately, I did not have a copy of that show at hand. I had reviewed printed sources that claimed she was supposed to be in that episode, so I included it in my credits list at the end of Love is the Reason for it All: The Shirley Booth Story (BearManor Media, 2008).
My wife first noted the discrepancy after she was able to finally locate a copy of the complete episode. She identified the female voice as Minerva Pious. I had mentioned that discrepancy in my cover article on Shirley Booth for Radiogram (May 2009).
In response to my post on that matter (9/6/10) a researcher/reader agreed:
Hi, Jim
Your wife has a good ear. I listened to the show last week on dumb.com and it is Minerva Pious playing 'Bobbysox.' Pious was one of radio's best dialecticians and Fred was very fortunate to have her as part of his 'Mighty Allen Art Players'.
Since no other female guest star was credited and Portland rarely took part in the sketches (she pretty much bantered with Fred at the opening of the show and set up the intro to Allen's Alley), Minerva Pious is our only candidate. Besides, listen carefully and you can tell some of the vocal inflection heard as Mrs. Nussbaum appears with Bobbysox.
Thanks again for pointing this out to me and allowing my Fred Allen Show log to have one less gaff.
Best wishes,
Best wishes,
The only other published work on Shirley Booth (also published in 2008) incorrectly gave a description that Shirley played "a Dottie Mahoney-ish sports fan, 'Little Bobby-Socks,' who flirted with Durocher."
You can confirm that Shirley is not that sports fan by hearing the show at the Internet Archive page for this show at:
Martha Randall:
Four years ago we lost a kind lady that touched our lives in a special way...Martha Randall died May 19, 2009 at 81 years old. Martha left her unique mark by contributing to our understanding of Shirley Booth.
Martha worked as an understudy for a number of shows on Broadway. She was married to Broadway stage manager Wayne Carson. Martha knew Shirley Booth, in particular while Wayne worked on Broadway with Shirley in The Desk Set. The cast of this celebrated show from 1955-56 (Oct 24, 1955 - July 7, 1956) would eventually include Martha in the cast as well. For her Broadway credits GO TO: http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=71605.
It was Martha that helped my biography along by offering some fascinating stories about Shirley. At the time when Shirley received her Oscar (March 19, 1953), and into the mid-1950's, Shirley had two toy poodles named Prego and Grazia. The latter was quite jealous of Prego. Martha told me several interesting and humorous stories about Shirley and her toy poodles.
We had the pleasure of interviewing Martha in person at her New York City apartment for almost two wonderful hours. It's a moment in time which we will never forget. She offered inspiring energy to the biography and her presence will always be there in those pages.
Unfortunately, I do not have a photo of her to share with you at this time. Hopefully, one of her family members will read this and contact me with such.
Here's a letter Martha sent us after receiving the pages of the interview for her to review:
October 26, 2006
Dear Jim,
Thank you for sending me the excerpt of your book about my knowing Shirley. I just touched up a little of what I said to you. I hope it's o.k.
I'm sorry I've been so remiss in returning it to you. I certainly look forward to the publication of The Shirley Booth Story. I wish you great success with it, Jim. You and Shirley deserve it.
It was fun to talk to you and your wife about those days long gone by. Keep me posted on the book's journey. Til then,
After learning of the passing of her friend and associate Martha Randall, the always busy Joyce Van Patten took time to offer these cherished memories to this blog as condolences to Martha's children and dear friends. My thanks to Joyce for the following:
"Martha Randall came late to The Desk Set. She replaced the ingenue a couple of months after we opened in New York. Martha was the new bride of our much loved assistant stage manager, Wayne Carson. I remember that they were young, cute to look at, and so much in love. They were always laughing and happy to be around...
We were often together. It was a very close company and it was the days of Monday through Saturday shows on Broadway. Sunday was the Actors Fund Shows that we all signed up to see. We saw everything we could on those special Sundays and always beforehand we had drinks at Wayne and Marthas...
They lived midtown in their first apartment. Martha often would cook her southern special dishes, and we all loved those evenings. Well as it happens, plays close and people travel. But we stayed in touch through the years...
I worked with Wayne again in Supporting Cast many years later and visited the family in the house in Greenwich Village. They called it the house that COLGATE built. That's because Martha made so much money on that commercial for the toothpaste company that they were able to buy that house. They raised their kids there and had a happy marriage.
I still see Martha in my mind as that new bride making Spoon Bread and laughing at something Wayne had said that morning. I wish we had seen each other more through the years but that sadly is show business.
That play, The Desk Set, and that theatrical company, still feels so close to my heart...
Joyce Van Patten
I pay special tribute to my uncle Anthony V. Manago (PFC, 21st Marines, USMC) who died on March 8, 1945 at Iwo Jima. I've been told that mortar fire killed him while he was bringing grenades to the front lines.
Unfortunately, it's sad to know that many people still see engaging in war as a sensible solution to conflicts...I strongly disagree - it is not an option to ever consider. You don't have to look far to see the immense mind-boggling waste of life (as with the fifty-five million casualties during World War II)...If only we can learn from all the loss...
Wildwood, New Jersey:
The unofficial beginning of summer seems to be Memorial Day...so I thought you might enjoy this blog I'm repeating from last summer....
It is with summer that thoughts and memories surface of going to amusement parks and beaches. It seems nowadays looking at stills of Shirley Booth's Broadway hit By the Beautiful Sea (April 8, 1954 - November 27, 1954) reminds me most of those bygone days in the sand and the sea of my childhood.
It is with summer that thoughts and memories surface of going to amusement parks and beaches. It seems nowadays looking at stills of Shirley Booth's Broadway hit By the Beautiful Sea (April 8, 1954 - November 27, 1954) reminds me most of those bygone days in the sand and the sea of my childhood.
By the Beautiful Sea offered Shirley Booth a chance to follow-up her success from her second musical (and my favorite) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (April 19, 1951 - December 8, 1951). The nostalgic show depicted turn-of-the century Coney Island in the early 1900's. It included the excitement of Steeplechase Park's Tunnel of Love, the Old Mill boat ride, the Midway, and balloon parachuting.
I remember many happy summers vacationing with my family in Wildwood, New Jersey. That was back in the 1970's when there still was the huge King Kong ride towering over the pier (it fell apart when it was being moved in 1980). Wildwood had the cleanest beaches I had ever seen. Most importantly, there were some truly wonderful people - all gone now, but not forgotten.
There was the Sand Dollar Motel on Surf & 9th Avenues owned then by the late Carl Curcio - a truly remarkable motel owner and family friend. On Friday nights he would set up the 16mm sound projector next to the outdoor pool and show some intriguing travel documentaries that were loaned to him. He always had that happiness and smile whatever he happened to be doing (from cleaning the pool to greeting and chatting with his guests). During the winter months he worked with my father as a coin/stamp salesman/concessionaire at the Abraham & Strauss Stores.
There was the miniature golf park around the corner, along with the rental of tricycles and bicycles by the arcade concession managed by a rather plump and wonderful Mrs. Botto! I remember it was a time when having some extra body fat wasn't politically incorrect or something to worry about or despise...She was a lady who participated in the fun of the visitors to the town. She lived life to the fullest and people seemed to be easily catch her energy!
I have many Super 8 silent films I took of Wildwood, including Mrs. Botto riding and almost falling off the tricycle as she turned the corners of the block. These are truly funny segments of real people living in the moment. Sometimes I wonder whatever happened to her and so many others after I left there. They are all probably dead now. Nevertheless, those people to this day (some 40 years later) have provided me with so many wonderful memories !!!
As I sadly learned, the wrecking ball has wiped this motel from the map...
As I sadly learned, the wrecking ball has wiped this motel from the map...
Well, you ask what connection is this to Shirley Booth? Directly none, other than finding the enjoyment that such nostalgic yearning for the past offers. Shirley Booth starred in a show that captured that energy of the bygone world.
It celebrated all things summer in the early 1900's, including the beach and the amusement park. That show was the memorable By the Beautiful Sea...See my latest book (pictured above) for further details and photos from the production (GO TO http://shirleybooth.blogspot.com/).
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For Bill, His Pinup Girl: The Shirley Booth & Bill Baker Story
by Jim Manago
Foreword by Leslie Sodaro
Published December 1, 2010
by Jim Manago
Foreword by Leslie Sodaro
Published December 1, 2010
Further details at: http://shirleybooth.blogspot.com