F5, INC.
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F5
F5, INC.
REVENUE: US $ 3.02BN EMPLOYEES: 6,520 CEO: FRANÇOIS LOCOH-DONOU FOUNDED: 1996
plays a pivotal role in driving cybersecurity for telcos, offering capabilities uniquely tailored to hightraffic, high-risk network environments.
Evolving from hardware load balancing to a software-led model, it now secures critical interfaces such as the N6 / Gi LAN with CGNAT, DDoS mitigation and consolidated traffic functions.
Its milestones include integrating NGINX and building Distributed Cloud Services, enabling strong API and application-layer protection essential for 5G networks. It positions F5 as a key guardian of telecoms’ application, signalling and API ecosystems. François Locoh-Donou, CEO, F5
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