F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect

Score9 out of 10

64 Reviews and Ratings

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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

Cloud Management

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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: 9
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring
Monitoring of storage, network and application performance metrics to achieve business service levels
Category average: 8.6
Cloud Management Security
Provision of various security capabilities such as Identity Access Management, encryption, and endpoint security
Category average: 8.2

Systems Integration
Integration of internal and external systems to support multi-cloud management
Category average: 8.2
Automation and Orchestration
Provision of automated services for application migration, VM images, and configuration management
Category average: 8.3
Cost Management
Provision of tools for cloud instance rightsizing and user chargeback and billing
Category average: 8.1

Luis Bernal

Presales and Implementation Manager in Engineering at TrustDimension (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Secure connectivity between public and private clouds

la conectividad entre nubes piblicas y privadas de forma segura

Pros

Do not use VPN s2s to communicate between clouds
implicit security for applications
revolutionizes the concept for secure communication
no USAR VPN s2s para comunicar la nubes
la seguirdad implicita para las aplicaciones
revoluciona El concepto para comunicci[on segura

Cons

Talk time. The message to better position the technology.
talk vez El mensaje para posicionar mejor la tecnologia

Alternatives Considered

Waapp

Diego Apas Ibrahim View profile

Analista in Engineering at Cielo (5001-10,000 employees employees)

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

Alan Vespere

Network Engineer in Information Technology at U of U (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We primarily use F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect for on prem and cloud applications for campus and some health care computing. Specifically for load balancing. There are some good tools for troubleshooting connectivity and slowness. And to be honest, it's rarely, if ever, the F5. Solid products and I love to see the improvements that have been made.

Pros

Fairly intuitive and easy to navigate.

Cons

I'm not an expert, and sometimes trying to find proper documentation can be a bit arduous.

Return on Investment

I'm trying to get more involved with automation and pushing more applications into the cloud. Probably the biggest impact is its reasonably overall ease and quickness to deploy new apps.

Alternatives Considered

Citrix Gateway

Destry Watson

Sr Solution Architect in Sales at Presidio (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a partner to F5 and sell this F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect product. The clients I see have WAAP (web application and API protection) request and F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect is a perfect addition the Big Iron platform they have today.

Pros

BOT Protection
Security

Cons

In my opinion, there is room for improvement in F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect with AI Security Integration with Firewall Support

Return on Investment

Additional features that are SaaS based
Complement Big Iron

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This helps our organization to extended our network to an outside perimeter. This solution is simple to implement and very reliable for medium and large scale networks. We are looking forward to continuing to implement this solution in future projects.

Pros

Security
automated Layer 3 virtual overlay network across Platforms

Cons

Solve the heavy inter-object dependencies when configuring advanced routing

Return on Investment

Automation
Network visibility
Cloud network management

Other Software Used

Azure App Service, AWS Certificate Manager, Microsoft 365

Akamai CDN

Imperva CDN

Cloudflare

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