We are a strong player in the IT/ITeS space

What is F5s positioning in India considering that you are competing with

the leading players?



F5s vision has always been a benchmark for the application delivery market.

F5 offers complete solution within the application delivery space unlike our

competitors, who are still working in very isolated markets with solutions such

as load balancing, WAN optimization, or SSL products. Application performance

challenges cannot be addressed in isolation. The approach and vision of F5

clearly addresses the life cycle of the application delivery space and it is

clearly evident in F5s Gartner positioning in the Magic Quadrant.

F5 has completed two years recently. What have been the key achievements?



When F5 came to India, we started addressing our global customers in India.

Today, we are working with many Indian companies. The two large CDMA players in

India are our customers; we are a strong player in the IT/ITeS space; all MNC

banks present in India along with many Indian banks are F5 customers. Currently,

we are focusing on building knowledge and addressing the application delivery

challenges of customers. We grew by 145% last year and we will continue to grow

at the same pace in the years to come; we will establish market leadership in

India.

Harvinder Singh, country manager, India, F5 Networks

Who are F5s biggest customers in India? Can you share some details on

what F5 is doing for them?



As mentioned earlier, the two largest CDMA players in India are our

customers. The deal also includes taking care of their CDMA traffic management

and content. One area that is evolving very fast and strong for F5 is its

presence in the IPTV market. With respect to the banking sector, as banking

applications are becoming more Web enabled, F5s role is becoming stronger and

more predominant.

What is the USP of F5s offerings?



F5 is the only vendor you can choose today that can make all your

applications work using a single, universal platform. This shared product

platformcalled TMOSis unlike anything else in the industry. TMOS operates in a

fundamentally different way than competing technologies, providing a highly

modular architecture used by all F5 products.

Sudesh Prasad



sudeshp@cybermedia.co.in