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F5's VIPRION Integrated with Flash Networks' Mobile Internet Platforms

February 8, 2008 - Shamila Janakiraman

Flash Networks has announced the integration of F5 Network's VIPRION application delivery controller with its mobile Internet platforms.

Flash Networks specializes in mobile Internet quality-of-experience (QoE) solutions and this integration will enable its customers to experience faster and smoother browsing on their mobile devices.

Flash Networks's Quality of experience (QoE) solutions help accelerate mobile Internet access besides offering a reliable and personalized user experience.

VIPRION is capable of processing more mobile Internet traffic within the same time and with more users due to its traffic management and load balancing capabilities. The scalable chassis and blade architecture enable VIPRION to perform optimally with process speeds of 200,000 SSL transactions per second.

Mobile Internet data traffic will be routed by F5's VIPRION to the Flash Network's quality-of-experience platforms thereby preventing delays due to bottlenecks. This is possible by even allocation of network load among various network servers.

Further Flash Networks' carrier grade QoE platforms also runs data acceleration, multi-media adaptation, video streaming shaping and content control solutions. All these provide a superior user experience according to Flash Networks.

Eli Mahal, Vice President of Marketing at Flash Networks said that the increase in mobile Internet traffic is actually putting network resources to great pressure.

Mahal continued, "Response time is the number one factor for customer satisfaction for web browsing. F5's VIPRION application delivery controller provides the extra speed and high availability that gives our Mobile Internet solutions a competitive edge."

Jim Ritchings, Vice President of Business Development at F5 also commented that Mobile Internet is at an inflection point with a great potential for fast market growth. And that, consumer demand for media rich web content and a wide variety of web applications is actually occupying available bandwidth rapidly.

"The VIPRION application delivery controller integrated with Flash Networks' mobile Internet platform can handle high volumes of traffic-driving up customer satisfaction, mobile Internet adoption and data revenues," said Ritchings.