F5 Announces Second Annual iRules(TM) Contest to Highlight Innovative Application Delivery Networking Solutions.Popular Contest Returns to Reward the Most Inventive and Eye-Catching Uses of F5's iRules to Solve Application Delivery Challenges SEATTLE -- F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV FFIV Final Fantasy Four (video game) ), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced its second annual DevCentral iRules[TM] contest, seeking out the most outstanding business solutions created with F5's unique and powerful iRules. The "iRule. Do You?" contest gives application architects and developers, systems engineers, and network professionals the opportunity to showcase their iRules expertise and share best practices with others building innovative application delivery solutions based on F5's acclaimed BIG-IP[R] product family. The contest will commence October 10, 2006, at 9 a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT , and remain open for entries through 5 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there , November 17, 2006. Following the contest, award-winning and honorable mention iRules will be posted to DevCentral, F5's collaborative online community. (To view a showcase from last year, click here or visit devcentral.f5.com.) With over 11,000 members worldwide Co a group that has more than tripled in size since last year's contest Co DevCentral provides members with a place to learn about iRules, engage in peer-to-peer discussions, download free code samples, and support community-driven innovation. And because DevCentral is available to the public, all F5 customers and partners can benefit from the collective knowledge of over 11,000 thought leaders to address both common and uncommon IT challenges. Since its introduction in 2004, iRules has experienced widespread adoption by F5 customers, who use them in a number of ways to streamline their networks' ability to support a variety of application requirements. Utilizing F5's exclusive and unique TMOS TMOS TSAT (Transformational Satellite Communications System) Mission Operations System TMOS Time Multiplexed Optical Shutter (Uni-Pixel Displays, Inc. architecture, iRules provides unparalleled flexibility for organizations wishing to solve complex application delivery challenges spanning virtually any IP application type or protocol. With the recent introduction of F5's iRule Editor, a freely available tool, iRules are now easier than ever to create and deploy in any IT environment. "Throughout the last two years, DevCentral and iRules have become increasingly significant components of Application Delivery Networking," said Erik Giesa, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at F5 Networks. "By enabling customers to customize granular parameters, as well as collaborate with one another, F5 is helping foster application-fluent network environments that maximize the effectiveness of deployments by establishing a worldwide community of iRules experts. Simultaneously, we continue to reach out to existing and potential customers in a variety of ways on DevCentral, providing unparalleled F5 resources through wikis See wiki. , discussion forums, tutorials, free samples, and DevCentral TV video clips A short video presentation. featuring tips and best practices. To meet the demand for our growing audience, these clips are now available on iTunes[R] and Yahoo![R] Podcasts as well." "DevCentral and iRules continue to be notable differentiators for F5," said Zeus Kerravala, Vice President with Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. . "In conjunction with their product suite, implementing iRules allows F5 users to enhance the performance and malleability malleability, property of a metal describing the ease with which it can be hammered, forged, pressed, or rolled into thin sheets. Metals vary in this respect; pure gold is the most malleable. Silver, copper, aluminum, lead, tin, zinc, and iron are also very malleable. of their IP applications and IT environments. With the ability to finely and broadly tune individual policies, enterprises can capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. their application and network investments with targeted efficiency." On December 12, 2006, prizes will be awarded to the top three entries in both customer and F5-affiliated reseller categories. Judging will be conducted by an expert panel comprised of industry leaders including: * Zeus Kerravala, Yankee Group * Abner Germanow, IDC * Jason Bloomberg, ZapThink * Ronald Schmelzer, ZapThink * Jason Rahm, 2005 iRule Contest Grand Prize Winner * The F5 DevCentral team All contestants will receive a limited edition iRule t-shirt for their submission. For complete contest details, or to submit one or more iRules, simply visit http://devcentral.f5.com. Participation requires free F5 DevCentral registration. About iRules iRules, an exclusive application-fluent F5 technology, are customizable commands that leverage the power of F5's unique TMOS architecture. iRules help define how F5 products secure, optimize, and deliver any bi-directional IP application traffic or flow, giving customers complete and granular control over their application traffic. Based on the popular Tool Command Language (language) Tool Command Language - /tik*l/ (Tcl) An interpreted string processing language for issuing commands to interactive programs, developed by John Ousterhout at UCB. Each application program can extend tcl with its own set of commands. (TCL See Tcl/Tk. Tcl - Tool Command Language ) and F5-specific extensions, iRules enable enterprises, service providers, and e-businesses to offload To remove work from one computer and do it on another. See cooperative processing. costly application functions that previously had to be performed by the applications themselves. With so many distributed applications An application made up of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network. Typical distributed applications , this centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. functional capability saves customers a tremendous amount of development work and can ensure successful application implementations without having to change the network or the application. About DevCentral To assist customers and partners with learning more about iRules and open API Open API (often referred to as OpenAPI) is a word used to describe sets of technologies that enable websites to interact with each other by using SOAP, Javascript any other web technology. iControl, F5 created DevCentral (http://devcentral.f5.com) in 2003. DevCentral is the only web site and community on the Internet offering practical, real-world solutions and discussions to bridge the traditional gap that has existed between application developers and network professionals. The popularity of this unique resource is evident in its rapidly growing community of over 11,000 application developers and network professionals worldwide. While free of charge, DevCentral is a rich resource offering tools, techniques, and collaboration to help the F5 user community build solutions with iControl, iRules, and other F5 integration technologies. About F5 Networks F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. F5 provides solutions that make applications secure, fast and available for everyone, helping organizations get the most out of their investment. By adding intelligence and manageability into the network to offload applications, F5 optimizes applications and allows them to work faster and consume fewer resources. F5's extensible architecture intelligently integrates application optimization, protects the application and the network, and delivers application reliability Co all on one universal platform. Over 10,000 organizations and service providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their applications running. 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