If you haven’t heard about about the revolution underway, you’re not
paying attention. To get a running update of the cool new features in v.10,
check out the fresh new v.10 spotlight page. Otherwise, read on.
Here at DevCentral, you can count on (at least) three things:
1.) Our team is comprised of full-on geeks who are constantly trying to
stretch our technology and challenge each other at the same time.
2.) We do out best to call it the way it is and as we see it. You bet your
career and company on us so you deserve nothing less than the straight truth.
3.) If it relates to iRules, iControl, or other advanced F5 technical topics,
you’ll probably hear about it first on DevCentral.
Item #1 above puts us in a unique position where – sometimes – we break
stuff. While we wo... (more)
I had a fascinating conversation recently with an IT pro that I know and
respect. We were talking about IT management, issue triage and resolution,
and he made the point that the first question any IT pro asks is, “what
changed?” Makes sense to me.
For many, change = risk. I understand that. Change even the littlest detail
and there’s a reasonable likelihood that the fragile web of intric... (more)
To provide the best application performance, reliability, scalability, and
security for J2EE applications, many large organizations utilize network
load-balancing appliances and application switches. However, coordinating the
deployment of applications between application developers and network
managers can be a slow, painstaking process for companies choosing the many
advantages of the ... (more)
Web services provide a way to allow efficient communication between disparate
services. For years, enterprises have struggled to find reliable,
cost-effective ways to integrate and automate critical processes between
different application packages. Web services technology has the potential to
answer an enterprise's needs, providing the ability to integrate different
systems and applicati... (more)
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the most significant transformation in
IT application architecture in the past several years - representing open
standards and a more loosely coupled approach to designing, developing, and
deploying applications.
While attention is given to the application side of SOA, an often-overlooked
ingredient needed to ensure its successful delivery is the und... (more)
As Product Manager for F5 Networks, Jeff is responsible for driving the product and marketing strategy for F5's iControl API and Software Development Kit. With over 10 years of software industry experience, Jeff's extensive background in Web services, Enterprise Portals, and Software Development tools at leading companies like Microsoft and DataChannel helps bridge the gap between networking technologies and Web services applications for better performing, scalable, and secure enterprise solutions
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