Under the name F5 Distributed Cloud Services, you can now combine security, multi-cloud networking, and edge-based computing solutions in a SaaS solution.
F5 Distributed Cloud Platform provides cloud-native SaaS-based app security and delivery services. The services are managed centrally but can be deployed anywhere the app needs to be.
The SaaS solution is built on a combination of the platform, services acquired from Volterra and security services from F5 and Shape. This makes them deployable in multi-cloud, data center and edge environments.
Several additional F5 Distributed Cloud Services are available to customers. F5 Distributed Cloud Multi-Cloud Transit enables multi-cloud networking (MCN) functionality with secure and high-performance connectivity between clouds and a network firewall.
F5 Distributed Cloud Load Balancer and Kubernetes Gateway provides an integrated load balancer with Kubernetes and API gateways to easily deploy modern workloads and microservices across distributed clusters, locations and cloud providers.
Simplification of naming
The platform also has cloud-native computing capabilities at the edge of the network, known as an app delivery network (ADN), that enhance the end-user experience by distributing applications to the edge of the F5 Global Network.
The introduction also marks the start of a simplification of portfolio naming. Many F5, Shape and Volterra services have been renamed F5 Distributed Cloud Services, including F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS Mitigation, F5 Distributed Cloud WAF, and F5 Distributed Cloud API Security.