F5 Networks, Inc. is a provider of application delivery networking products that ensure the security, optimization and availability of applications for any user, anywhere. The Company’s core technology is hardware and software for application delivery networking, including application security, secure remote access, wide area network (WAN) optimization and file virtualization. All of its products are systems that integrate its software with purpose-built hardware that incorporates commodity components. The Company’s BIG-Internet protocol (IP) product family supports a number of features and functions as software modules, including Global Traffic Manager (GTM), Link Controller, Application Security Manager (ASM) and WebAccelerator. It also sells ASM, FirePass, WANJet and WebAccelerator as separate, stand-alone appliances.