F5 Networks announced the next version of its F5 BIG-IQ, the company’s intelligent management framework that provides a single point of integration for administering and orchestrating security and application delivery services. With this update, BIG-IQ enables deeper collaboration between the network operations center and DevOps teams by centrally managing application delivery and by employing role based access control (RBAC). The resulting workflow simplifies operations – boosting efficiency and freeing the network team from having to set individual application delivery policies – while maintaining a flexible approval process.
BIG-IQ offers both an innovative UI and RESTful APIs to centrally manage F5 BIG-IP devices and to control F5’s Local Traffic Manager, Advanced Firewall Manager, and Application Security Manager solutions. BIG-IQ’s use of iApps templates orchestrates Software Defined Application Services, both locally and in public and private clouds to increase business agility while eliminating many of the risks associated with managing point solutions individually. BIG-IQ provides a single point of integration between solutions from F5 and technologies from Cisco, VMware, Microsoft, and OpenStack.
This latest version can manage Application Delivery Services, orchestrate Application Delivery in the Cloud, Manage BIG-IP Devices, Manage Security and reduce Risk. The F5 Device Package for Cisco APIC is available as a free download via downloads.f5.com, and the latest version of BIG-IQ will be available in February 2015.