F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect

Score8.9 out of 10

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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.

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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: 8.5
Governance and Compliance
Risk assessment analysis, audits and resource governance capabilities
Category average: 8.4

Cloud Management Security
Provision of various security capabilities such as Identity Access Management, encryption, and endpoint security
Category average: 8.1
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

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 Engineering (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect has helped create more visibility into our cloud network infrastructure. F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect has provided high-performance networking across multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge environments using a virtual overlay for our cloud environment. F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect has helped provide a single SaaS dashboard for managing network policies, offering end-to-end observability, troubleshooting, and consistent policy enforcement across all sites.

Pros

Centralized Ochestration and Visibility
Simplified Hybrid Connectivity
Integrated Security

Cons

Provide more training for F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect product

Return on Investment

It has helped in automation of policies
Increased Visibility in the network
Integrated Security

Alternatives Considered

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), DataSmart and Plasmic

Other Software Used

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Tenna, Akamai Enterprise Application Access

Verified User

Consultant in Engineering (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Help clients to address connectivity of applications across multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. Specifically helps with consistency and simplicity in deployments without sacrificing resiliency and choice.

Pros

Provides a sometimes critical solution to security, protected paths for traffic.
Provides low level (infrastructure level networking) when needed.
Provides the ground work for higher level application features and security to be layered on later.

Cons

Cleanup of offering names, and organization in portal for usage can help with client adoption and understanding.
More validated designs and guidance on recommended practices in the public.

Return on Investment

Archives uptime
Accelerates implementation of services
Empowers new business opportunity

Alternatives Considered

Cloudflare and Akamai Enterprise Application Access

Other Software Used

F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF, F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall), F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer, Cloudflare, F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect, F5 BIG-IP

Akamai CDN

Imperva CDN

Cloudflare

F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect

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Resource Management

Cloud Management Performance Monitoring

Governance and Compliance

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Cloud Management Security

Automation and Orchestration

Cost Management

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