June 13th News: the F5 Cloud Licensing Program

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F5 Cloud Licensing Program offers first complete enterprise-class ADN solution in the cloud

• Utility billing on F5 BIG-IP Virtual Editions

• Spin-up, spin-down licensing model

• No up-front investments or long-term commitments

• Open to IaaS cloud providers

• Channel-friendly with COHESION Partner Program

Today’s Announcement

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F5 Delivers a New Cloud Licensing ProgramAnnouncement on June 13th

Daily billing on all VE F5 solutions

Spin-up, Spin-down on demand

No upfront investments or long-term commitments

Open to IaaS Cloud Providers

Channel Friendly with COHESION Partner Program

The F5 Cloud Licensing Program is aligned to support the business needs of IaaS

Cloud Providers and Enterprise Customers

Cloud Licensing Program

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Why F5 Matters in the Enterprise

your strategic point of control

Safer AppsProductive Teams iRules

Application Policy Reliability

Scalability Open Standards

Security

Performance

Data Center Migration

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Why F5 Matters to the IaaS Cloud Providers Public CloudApplication Policy

(iRules)

Reliability

Scalability Open Standards

Security

Performance

DC to DC Migration

Utility Billing

your public cloud’s strategic point of control

Safer AppsProductive Teams iRules

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IaaS Cloud Provider

Why CLP Matters …

Enterprise Customer

Enterprise Customers can’t take their applications to the Cloud without BIG-IP

Cloud Providers can’t afford to target Enterprise Customers without a utility

billing model for BIG-IP

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A UNITY based program that allows partners to participate in administering CLP to their qualified Cloud Providers

• Official Program: Constructed as part of UNITY and delivered worldwide

• Global Reach: Partners play important role in the F5 Cloud Strategy

• Increased Profitability: Partners are provided with a 2-year annuity

COHESION Channel Program

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“With F5, Bluelock is able to provide a more

advanced set of solutions to our customers

without the need for costly infrastructure or

long term commitments.

Pat O’Day

Chief Technology Officer