Tuesday, January 15, 2013

F5 Powers SaaS Provider

Seattle-based F5 Networks said today that software-as-a-service provider Varolii is using its products for high availability. F5 Networks said that Varolii, a provider of customer communications and interaction products, is using its products to provide stronger reliability and redundancy for its cloud services, particularly for prominent Fortune 1000 and Fortune 500 companies. F5 said Varolii is using its BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager devices to redirect network traffic across multiple servers. The firms said that Varolii's customers include a major U.S. airline which uses the company to send its passengers updated flight information via personalized voice, text, or email messages, as well as another airline which uses the company toadjust flight and ground crew schedules.