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F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect

Score8.6 out of 10

39 Reviews and Ratings

What is F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect?

F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect is a solution used to more easily and securely network across public clouds, hybrid clouds, and edge sites via an agile SaaS-based service. Users can rapidly connect instances deployed across multiple cloud regions and/or different cloud providers using Distributed Cloud Network Connect and its automated provisioning, integrated service stack, and end-to-end visibility. Cloud instances will be connected in minutes and always visible for rapid troubleshooting.

Categories & Use Cases

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Top Performing Features

  • Cloud Management Performance Monitoring

    Monitoring of storage, network and application performance metrics to achieve business service levels

    Category average: 8.5

  • Resource Management

    Ability to manage and deliver cloud resources such as resource discovery and tagging, asset and license management and cloud-to-cloud migration

    Category average: 8.8

  • Governance and Compliance

    Risk assessment analysis, audits and resource governance capabilities

    Category average: 8.6

Areas for Improvement

  • Cloud Management Security

    Provision of various security capabilities such as Identity Access Management, encryption, and endpoint security

    Category average: 8.1

  • Systems Integration

    Integration of internal and external systems to support multi-cloud management

    Category average: 8.3

  • Cost Management

    Provision of tools for cloud instance rightsizing and user chargeback and billing

    Category average: 8.4

F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are studying the F5XC solution for our micro-saas and multi-cloud environment, to upload our CDN, which is currently Akamai.

Pros

  • Alb
  • Uc for cloud
  • Api gateway

Cons

  • Ecommerce

Return on Investment

  • high distribution
  • does not work with versioning
  • alta distribuicao
  • nao trabalha com versionamento

Alternatives Considered

Akamai CDN

Other Software Used

CloudfloorDNS

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Thanks to the implementation of this product, we were able to simplify connectivity between corporate resources while simultaneously securing them.

Gracias a la implementación de este producto logramos simplificar la conectividad entre recursos corporativos y al mismo tiempo segurizarlo.

Pros

  • Simplicity
  • Security
  • Medium
  • Simplicidad
  • Seguridad
  • Soporte

Cons

  • VDI Support
  • Soporte para VDI

Return on Investment

  • Remove VPN
  • Reduction of investment in operational support
  • Uptime availability
  • Access to specialized advice and support
  • Eliminar VPN
  • Reducción de inversión en soporte operativo
  • Disponibilidad uptime
  • Acceso a asesoría y soporte especializado

Alternatives Considered

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), F5 BIG-IP DNS, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense and F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have private and public clouds in which many tech solutions live. With the solution we can make sure that a secure connection is built, also it is easy to manage, there is a full network visibility

Pros

  • 4g core
  • Ims solutions
  • Provioners for commercial offers
  • Open ran

Cons

  • Make sure it can interact with different vendors

Return on Investment

  • Better understanding of network routing
  • Increased network visibility

Alternatives Considered

Azure Internet Analyzer

Other Software Used

Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller, HPE 3PAR StoreServ

F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect review in the bank world

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

it solved the resillience problem in our orginazation. F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connecthelped us to rebalance the network traffic and strong our network connectivities.

Pros

  • network resilliency
  • traffic load balancing
  • easy to use

Cons

  • more ai features
  • easier to use
  • more intelligient

Return on Investment

  • pos. well suite our organization
  • cons. high cost.
  • cons. limited tech expertise.

F5 Distributed Cloud Network is a valuable resource.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect is used as a load balancer in our environment and helps with those particular needs. It is a valuable resource as it works closely with our ECS object storage platform from Dell as well as other products that FTB supports.

Pros

  • Load Balancing

Cons

  • Optimized GUI

Return on Investment

  • Optimized operation