التكنولوجيا وأخبارها بوابة الإمارات لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والإتصالات
F5 expands Managed Security Services footprint with launch of first Middle East-based Point of Presence
New Bahrain Silverline Point of Presence (PoP) to improve
application performance and reduce latency for customers
across the Middle East, Africa, and surrounding regions
MANAMA, BAHRAIN – F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today
announced the launch of a new Silverline Cloud Platform
Point of Presence (PoP) in Bahrain.
The move is part a global expansion strategy to help
customers better adapt to rapidly evolving threat
imperatives and a new diversity of cloud consumption
opportunities.
Silverline enables the deployment of security services for
every app – regardless of location – without upfront
investments in IT infrastructure and support.
The new PoP will provide improved application
performance and reduced latency for Silverline Managed
Services customers in the Middle East, Africa, and adjacent
regions. It encompasses F5’s Silverline Web Application
Firewall (WAF), Silverline DDoS Protection, Silverline Shape
Defense and Silverline Threat Intelligence offerings.
Bahrain is F5’s third Silverline PoP serving the Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, with the others
located in the UK and Germany. F5 currently operates 12
other Silverline PoPs worldwide.
“The Bahrain PoP significantly enhances our ability to
provide high-value managed security services that optimise
and secure applications wherever they reside. It is also an
acknowledgement of the Middle East’s continued and
growing leadership in the cloud computing space,” said
Mohammed Abukhater, F5’s RVP for Middle East and Africa.
“Our customers in the Middle East, Africa and adjacent
regions can now leverage Global Server Load Balancing
(GSLB) to intelligently route end-users’ traffic through the
Silverline Managed Services Platform PoP without latency
issues. Today’s launch is a key part of our global regional
PoP expansion programme and will unlock a host of new
opportunities for our local customers.”
Bahrain was chosen for F5’s latest PoP location due to its
strategic geography and burgeoning cloud computing
credentials.
As a case in point, it was the first country in the Middle East
to adopt a “cloud-first policy” and the Bahraini Government
is currently aiming to reduce spending on IT infrastructure
by up to 90%. Last July, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
announced the availability of the Middle East (Bahrain)
Region, which is the first AWS Region in the Middle East.
Bahrain was also one of the first countries worldwide to roll
out commercial 5G.
From a broader regional perspective, Bahrain is proving
increasingly influential in the development of the public
cloud services across the Middle East and North Africa.
Gartner estimates that the region’s market is set to exceed
$3bn this year, with annual revenues increasing by 21%,
and cloud application services topping $1.5bn.
The PoP launch also comes as the wider EMEA region
continues to stand out for its multi-cloud momentum and
ambition.
According to F5’s sixth annual State of Application Services
(SOAS) report, 88% of surveyed EMEA organisations are
now leveraging multi-cloud environments, compared to
87% in the Americas and 86% in the APCJ region. 27% of
EMEA respondents also claimed they will have more than
half of their applications in the cloud by the end of 2020.
Over half (54%) agreed that cloud in all its forms is the top
strategic trend for the next two to five years.
F5 Silverline offers the following managed security
services:
• Silverline Web Application Firewall (WAF). Silverline WAF
is a cloud-based security service built on F5 Advanced WAF,
with 24/7 support from highly specialised security experts
to help organisations protect web apps and data, as well as
ensure compliance with industry security standards.
• Silverline DDoS Protection. Silverline DDoS Protection is a
managed, cloud-delivered protection service that detects
and mitigates DDoS attacks in real-time. It uses industry-
leading DDoS attack mitigation bandwidth to stop even the
largest of volumetric DDoS attacks from reaching the
network infrastructure.
• Silverline Shape Defense. Silverline Shape Defense is a
managed cloud-based security service that protects against
sophisticated bots, credential stuffing, web scraping, and
other automation attacks that lead to fraud and abuse. The
service leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accurately
determine in real-time if an application request is from a
fraudulent source. It stops the bad traffic without
introducing friction for legitimate users.
• Silverline Threat Intelligence. Silverline Threat
Intelligence is a cloud-based managed service that blocks
malicious activity before it reaches your environment. The
solution markedly increases efficiency by eliminating
wasted effort spent processing threat communications.
