Name: Lightboard Lessons from F5, DevCentral: What is a Proxy?
Start: 2021-08-24T22:21:00Z
End: 2021-08-24T22:21:10.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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F5 is a multicloud application security and delivery company committed to bringing a better digital world to life. F5 partners with the world’s largest, most advanced organizations to secure every app—on premises, in the cloud, or at the edge. F5 enables businesses to continuously stay ahead of threats while delivering exceptional, secure digital experiences for their customers. For more information, go to f5.com. 



In today's digital-first landscape, the performance of applications is crucial for defining customer experience and driving business success. However, maintaining high performance across multi-cloud environments presents a significant challenge. Traditional optimization methods struggle to keep up with the complexity and scale of modern digital services.

According to the 2025 State of Application Strategy Report, 94% of organizations are operating in multiple locations and deployment models adding application performance complexity that only AI can solve.

This webinar will explore how AI-driven optimization can enhance application delivery and security, ensuring peak performance in an increasingly complex environment.

Key Takeaways:
- Performance as a Competitive Edge: Understand the critical role of speed, availability, and responsiveness in digital services.
- The Multi-Cloud Challenge: Explore the complexities of optimizing performance across distributed environments
- AI-Driven Optimization: Discover how AI can enhance application delivery and security to ensure peak performance.

AI’s Role in Delivery Performance Excellence

Ready to accelerate innovation in the era of AI? Join us for an exclusive discussion with Guest Speaker Lee Atchison, renowned cloud computing expert and author, as we dive into the strategies for modernizing core infrastructure to create AI-ready SaaS applications.

Discover how to scale smarter, operate leaner, and fortify security—all while laying the groundwork for AI-driven success. In this session, we’ll explore actionable best practices to help SaaS vendors refine their infrastructure, foster customer trust, and speed up time-to-market—all while future-proofing their tech stack for AI-powered advancements.

What we’ll cover:
- Recipes for SaaS Success: Essential components of application architecture for scalable and efficient tech stacks. 
- Resilience Meets Differentiation: The critical role of app delivery and security in standing out in the competitive SaaS landscape. 
- From Observability to XOps: Why adopting XOps is vital for business agility and operational excellence.

Modernizing Core Infrastructure for AI-Ready SaaS Apps

Bring Your Application Delivery Controllers into the Cloud to Enable App Transformation 

Today's mission-critical applications are transforming by moving to cloud or being rearchitected or rewritten to be cloud-native. These apps that drive the business require advanced delivery capabilities.  Traditional application delivery controllers (ADCs) do a great job of optimizing performance for applications running on premises. But for advanced cloud deployments, customers must often run virtualized ADCs, creating extra management overhead and complexity. 

F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud closes this gap in the ADC market and enables strategic, seamless application delivery services for cloud-native architectures—tightly integrated into the Google Cloud user experience. 

Whether you're new to F5 NGINX as a Service or a loyal customer, this webinar is for you. At the end of the event, attendees will have the ability to request participation in the early access pilot release. 

What You'll Learn 

A simplified path to cloud benefits without re-platforming or significant investment. 

Support for more advanced use cases that native services can't solve for, including service availability and failover scenarios. 

Seamless connectivity with Google Cloud services, such as Google Secret Manager and Google Cloud Identity.

Why F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud Is a Game Changer

Accelerate AI data delivery with the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP), powered by F5 BIG-IP, enabling secure, high-performance foundations for training, fine-tuning, and RAG data pipelines.

During this webinar, F5 will showcase how organizations can overcome challenges like fragile storage architectures, data security risks, and unpredictable performance, while also introducing intelligent data-aware traffic management and distributed high availability. Learn how centralized policy enforcement, loose coupling for storage flexibility, and programmable data delivery policies ensure scalable, predictable, and compliant AI operations.

By leveraging the F5 ADSP, enterprises can achieve resilience, cost efficiency, and deep observability for their AI pipelines, enabling faster time to value and improved operational agility.

In this webinar, we’ll cover:
Eliminate Bottlenecks and Boost AI Performance – Learn how programmable traffic management, intelligent traffic shaping, and real-time health monitoring from BIG-IP ensure uninterrupted delivery of massive AI datasets while optimizing throughput and latency.

Govern and Secure AI Data Pipelines with Confidence – Discover how F5's policy-driven enforcement blocks data poisoning, prevents unauthorized access and protects sensitive model outputs.

Future-Proof Your AI with Storage Flexibility – See how F5 decouples applications from backend storage APIs, enabling seamless vendor transitions, multi-cloud strategies, and hybrid cloud scaling without costly redesigns or service interruptions.

AI Business Value Starts Here: Scale and Protect Your AI Data Pipelines with F5

Learn how leading organizations are accelerating their AI workflows—from seamless data ingestion for model training and real-time RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) corpus management to optimizing data repatriation from the cloud back to on-premises environments.

Join us for an exclusive webinar with Mark Menger, Solutions Architect at F5, and special guest Keith Pijanowski, AI Solutions Engineer at MinIO. Discover expert insights on how F5 and MinIO are transforming enterprise AI data infrastructure.

This webinar will showcase how F5 BIG-IP’s advanced L4-7 security and intelligent load balancing, combined with MinIO's AIStor robust object storage, provide a powerful integrated solution to streamline and enhance every stage of AI and ML pipelines.

What you'll learn:
- Streamlined AI Workflows: Unlock faster, more efficient AI deployments with optimized data pipelines—from data ingestion and model training to RAG corpus management. 
- Cloud-to-On-Prem Data Control: Master best practices for securely repatriating data from the cloud to on-premises environments to maximize performance, compliance, and control. 
- Enterprise-Grade Security & Scale: Explore how L4-7 security and intelligent load balancing ensure data integrity, application availability, and seamless AI workflow support at scale. 
- Business Value Unlocked: See how F5 and MinIO’s combined solutions reduce complexity, cut costs, and enable scalable, future-ready AI architectures.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how F5 and MinIO are powering the next generation of enterprise AI innovation.

F5 + MinIO: Transforming AI Data Delivery for the Enterprise

AI technology is evolving rapidly, moving from early predictive models and machine learning to the widespread use of generative AI. Enterprises are now deploying these generative capabilities and preparing for the next phase: autonomous agentic AI systems and physical AI that connects the digital and real worlds. Each phase brings increased demands on infrastructure, data delivery, and security.

In this webinar, we will explore how enterprises can scale, secure, and manage modern AI workloads by focusing on two key critical areas: AI Application & Data Delivery and AI Security. As AI workloads extend across hybrid and multicloud environments, its crucial enterprises ensure low-latency performance, reliable data throughput, and robust protection against emerging threats.      
 
Join us to discover how to deliver and defend high-performance AI applications—and protect the data, models, and APIs that drive them.      

Learning Objectives:
-  Protect AI applications, models, and data with full visibility, scalable security, and compliance-ready controls.
-  Accelerate the delivery of AI applications and the high-throughput data flows that power them.
-  Orchestrate seamless API and data connectivity to optimize inference pipelines across hybrid multicloud environments.

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Deliver and Secure Enterprise AI Applications

F5 NGINX is the backbone of modern app delivery, powering critical functions like load balancing, API gateways, reverse proxying, and traffic management in Kubernetes environments. As organizations increasingly rely on NGINX to drive their infrastructure, ensuring its security and scalability isn’t just important—it’s essential.

Managing and securing multiple instances of NGINX across environments can be both time-consuming and complex. F5 NGINX Instance Manager is purpose-built to address these challenges, offering you the tools to discover, configure, secure, and monitor your NGINX Open Source and F5 NGINX Plus Instances with precision at scale – all while meeting robust security requirements.

Join us for this webinar/demo session to learn how NGINX Instance Manager empowers you to strengthen your security posture, optimize performance, and simplify operational management.

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How to Discover, Secure, and Manage F5 NGINX at Scale

DNS is the foundation of seamless digital experiences, ensuring applications and websites perform reliably and securely. But with growing user demands, the traditional DNS setup can face limits in resiliency and scalability.  

In this webinar, discover how F5 Distributed Cloud DNS (XC DNS), a cloud-based solution, complements BIG-IP DNS and modernizes DNS infrastructures. By combining enterprise-grade reliability, global availability, and integrated security, F5 XC DNS ensures domains stay resilient and responsive-even during outages or cyberattacks.  

Join us to learn how F5 XC DNS can spark conversations about edge computing, application acceleration, and cloud-scale performance while fortifying DNS reliability and security. 

Key learning objectives:
- Unlock added scalability and performance with F5 XC DNS.
- Enhance DNS security with DNSSEC and cloud-native defenses.  
- Modernize DNS and integrate seamlessly with BIG-IP DNS setups

Boost Resilience and Performance with F5 Distributed Cloud DNS

Modern apps demand reliable delivery and resilient security to protect against evolving threats. The F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) converges fast, scalable app delivery with advanced security controls, ensuring consistent protection for apps, APIs, services, and workloads across hybrid and cloud-native environments. 

NGINX is critical to the app ecosystem as a reverse proxy, ingress controller, and load balancer. It’s the ideal solution to deliver modern apps securely at scale.

With F5 NGINX App Protect and cutting-edge technology like eBPF, organizations can enforce declarative configurations, enterprise-grade WAF, and API protection policies– all while seamlessly integrating with Kubernetes.

Join us to explore how NGINX, integral to F5 ADSP and enhanced with eBPF-driven insights, empowers organizations to simply protect APIs and ensure secure, consistent modern app delivery across cloud-native environments. 

In this session, you’ll learn:

-  How the F5 ADSP strengthens the security and delivery of APIs, apps, and Kubernetes workloads using NGINX
- Protect APIs and app traffic with lightweight WAF, DoS prevention, and adaptable API security policies enhanced by eBPF
-  Manage declarative configurations efficiently within Kubernetes-based architectures while bolstering app security 

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Modern App Security Made Simple with F5 NGINX

To effectively secure applications and APIs in this dynamic environment, organizations need smarter, automated solutions. Introducing F5 Distributed Cloud Web App Scanning: our innovative solution offers continuous dynamic penetration testing with actionable insights, seamlessly augmenting traditional manual testing programs. Protect even the most complex web applications more efficiently, saving time, resources, and money.

This webinar is ideal for security professionals, IT managers, developers, CISOs, and compliance officers who are involved in the security and management of web applications and APIs.

Learn how to:

-  Unlock the Power of Continuous Security Testing: Discover how dynamic runtime security testing can enhance your existing manual efforts and keep your applications safe
-  Experience F5 Distributed Cloud Web App Scanning in Action: Join us for an exciting demo to see how our innovative solution can protect your web apps.
-  Get a Complimentary App Security Assessment: Learn how you can evaluate the current security posture of your organization's web apps with F5's free assessment offer.

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Stay Secure: Embrace Continuous Testing for Modern Web Applications

Quantum computing is progressing at an unprecedented pace, and cybercriminals are already collecting encrypted data with the intention of decrypting it once quantum technology becomes viable. This puts sensitive information—such as customer data, financial records, and proprietary intellectual property—at significant risk.

The longer organizations postpone preparing for the quantum era, the greater their vulnerability becomes. The future of cybersecurity lies in being quantum-ready, and the time to act is now.
Backed by decades of cryptographic leadership, the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) is ready now to help you embrace end-to-end post-quantum cryptography (PQC) with NIST-approved algorithms across hybrid, multicloud, and legacy environments .

Key learning objectives:

-  Understand the quantum threat landscape: Master the fundamentals of PQC and uncover the potential security risks posed by quantum computing advancements.
-  Assess and strengthen your organization’s PQC readiness: Learn how to evaluate your organization's preparedness for PQC and the importance of planning a quantum-resilient security roadmap now.
-  Simplify your transition to quantum-safe security with F5: Explore how F5 ADSP helps streamline the adoption of quantum-safe cryptography and secure your most critical assets 
with ease.

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Future-Proofing Cybersecurity: Navigating PQC

Are you ready to unlock the full potential of AI in your organization? Join our exclusive webinar to discover how F5’s AI Security Solution, part of the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform, can revolutionize your approach to AI operations. 

AI innovation is transforming industries, but it brings new security challenges. Protecting Large Language Models (LLMs), securing APIs, ensuring safe RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) data connectivity, and mitigating shadow AI risks require a holistic approach to safeguard AI workloads. 

This webinar is your gateway to understanding how F5 provides unparalleled visibility, robust security controls, and seamless scaling across hybrid, multi-cloud, and edge environments. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from real-world use cases and gain practical knowledge that will empower you to operationalize AI securely and efficiently. 

Whether you're a Cloud Architect, AI Ops team member, or Security leader, this webinar is designed to equip you with the tools and insights needed to protect your AI innovations and drive success in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Key Highlights:
-  Gain insights into securing LLMs with observability and dynamic model routing.
-  Learn how to optimize AI accuracy with secure RAG data source connectivity and discover tools to automatically detect, monitor, and protect APIs powering AI applications.
-  Understand how to securely deploy scalable model inference across hybrid environments.
-  Explore shadow AI detection strategies to prevent unauthorized usage.

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Securing Al: Protecting Models, APIs, and Data

Modern enterprises face significant challenges in deploying, scaling, and securing applications across hybrid multicloud environments. Rising operational complexity, ballooning costs, and compliance demands make it difficult to ensure seamless application availability for customers and partners.

With F5 Distributed Cloud Services on Equinix Network Edge, enterprises can now simplify global application deployment, enable zero-trust partner access, and achieve centralized observability and management, all without the need for physical infrastructure. Our solution enables businesses to reduce their time-to-market for new services while maintaining robust security. F5 and Equinix give you the flexibility to adapt to evolving business needs, ensuring long-term scalability and resiliency while optimizing costs and maintaining compliance.
Join Rahul Phadke, Director of Product Management at F5, and Mandar Joshi, Director of Product Management at Equinix, to discover how this solution empowers industries like financial services, healthcare, and retail to securely expand globally, connect with partners seamlessly and simplify infrastructure for distributed AI applications., all while optimizing costs and compliance.

Join us to:

-  Explore the key market trends fueling the demand for secure, scalable application access on a global scale.
-  Discover how you can drive innovation, agility, efficiency, connectivity & compliance via key use cases.
-  Learn how you can seamlessly begin your journey with F5 and Equinix today.

Simplify App Delivery and Security with F5 and Equinix

In an increasingly complex digital landscape, securing sensitive data has never been more critical—especially as healthcare, financial institutions, retail and other industries face expanding API attack surfaces and the imminent threats posed by quantum computing.

Join security experts Chuck Herrin (F5) and Rich Morrow (Trace3) for an in-depth discussion on safeguarding APIs in today's volatile environment while preparing for tomorrow's quantum-driven challenges. Attendees will gain actionable insights into overcoming API discovery and observability hurdles, addressing the fivefold risk amplification caused by generative AI, and understanding the urgency of adopting post-quantum cryptography to mitigate "harvest now, decrypt later" threats from advanced nation-state actors.

Don't miss this opportunity to future-proof your security strategies and gain clarity on adapting to an evolving threat landscape. Choose your path to a more secure future: Watch today.
 
What You'll Learn
-  Uncover Hidden Vulnerabilities: Identify gaps in API observability and learn how to address them.
-  Stay Ahead of AI Risks: Understand how generative AI expands API attack surfaces and how to mitigate emerging threats.
-  Prepare for the Quantum Era: Explore the impact of quantum computing on data security and the importance of post-quantum cryptography.
-  Future-Proof Your Strategy: Learn strategies for building a resilient API security framework to stay ahead of evolving threats.

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Future-Proofing API Security in the Age of AI and Quantum Computing

Join us for an insightful webinar where we'll dive into scaling and modernizing your BIG-IP operations with innovative tools like Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), GitOps, and automation frameworks.

Whether you’re a BIG-IP operator, network administrator, or IT professional looking to streamline your workflows and improve operational scalability, this session is for you. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to take your BIG-IP administration to the next level and support your organization’s growth with confidence.

Discover practical insights including how to:

-  Scale, automate, and ensure consistency in BIG-IP infrastructure and application delivery/security service administration
-  Utilize seamless tools for BIG-IP administration, including automation frameworks, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), GitOps, and more
-  Optimize your automation strategy and lifecycle management for your BIG-IP estate, now and into the future

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Scale, Enhance, and Evolve BIG-IP Administration

Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent and more advanced, and recovery is taking longer, putting intense pressure on healthcare organizations (HCOs) to strengthen their data protection strategies. As HCOs race to adopt agentic and generative AI in their applications to stay competitive and cut costs, the value of their data—and the risk of a breach—continues to grow. The impact of a cyberattack now goes far beyond financial loss; it can damage operations, reputation, and patient trust.

In this webinar, F5 and guest speaker Forrester Principal Analyst Arielle Trzcinski will present recent research on healthcare trends.

We’ll cover:
-  How AI adoption is changing the risk landscape—and what to expect in 2026
-  Why consumers are demanding stronger protection for their personal health and financial data
-  Why meeting compliance standards isn’t enough—and how to make cybersecurity best practices your foundation

Learn how to shift from reactive defense to proactive resilience—and prepare your organization for what is next.

Beyond Compliance: Building the Future of Healthcare Resilience

Join us for an insightful webinar where we explore the critical factors that organizations must consider when optimizing their AI ecosystems.

Discover the concept of "power gravity," where computational resources gravitate to regions with abundant and cost-effective power, and "data gravity," where data attracts applications and services. Learn how to balance these forces and make informed decisions for designing AI infrastructure that balances performance, reliability, and latency.

Equip yourself with the knowledge to build scalable, efficient, and sustainable AI infrastructures.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the strategies and technologies that can help your organization effectively balance these critical infrastructure drivers.

Join our webinar to explore:

-  Strategies for AI infrastructure that balance power and latency needs
-  Managing data gravity and ensuring compliance
-  Developing an AI strategy that is optimized for hybrid cloud deployments
-  Insights into current trends and future directions, including the role of renewable and nuclear energy sources

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Optimizing AI Infrastructure: Power, Latency, Data

Shadow AI is growing fast—and it might be slipping under your radar. Unauthorized generative AI tools are rapidly emerging as a critical blind spot for SecOps teams, increasing the risk of data leaks, compliance violations, and costly breaches. Want to get ahead of the threat?

Join us for this webinar where we’ll break down the emerging risk of Shadow AI—and show you how F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator can help you take control. 

Learn how to regain visibility, easily deploy multi-layered security, and protect your organization from AI-driven threats.

Key learning objectives:

-  Understanding Shadow AI: Explore the concept of Shadow AI and uncover why it poses a significant blind spot for security operations.
-  Enhancing Visibility and Control: Discover how F5's advanced solutions provide deep insights into encrypted traffic and dynamic security orchestration to effectively manage Shadow AI threats.
-  Strengthening Security Measures: Learn practical strategies to streamline and fortify your security approach, ensuring robust protection against AI-driven risks.

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Shadow AI: The Hidden Security Risk

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Peter Silva, from F5 lights up the various types of proxies. In networking and web traffic, a proxy is a device or server that acts on behalf of other devices. It sits between two entities and performs a service. Proxies are hardware or software solutions that sit between the client and the server and do something to requests and sometimes responses.

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