F5 has been the undisputed No. 1 in Gartner's ADC Magic Quadrant for the past 6 years.

As customers increasingly look towards best-of-breed solutions to speed up client or employee application access, reduce network downtime and improve overall performance, F5 continue to deliver an industry-leading solution.

F5's No.1 position is validated by quantifiable facts - In the recently published Gartner report, Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment Worldwide, 1Q08 (June 2008), F5 leads the ADC market with a 38.1% share in calendar 1Q08, compared to Cisco at 33% and Citrix at 7.6%. F5 continues to
dominate the advanced platform ADC sub-segment, with a market share of 61.1%, compared to Citrix in 2nd place with a 12.1% share.

F5 continue to dominate this dynamic, growing market. Here is what Gartner highlights as F5's key strengths:

1. F5 offers the most feature-rich advanced platform ADC, combined with excellent performance and programmability via iRules and a broad product line.
2. Strong focus on applications, including long-term relationships with major application vendors, including Microsoft, Oracle and SAP.
3. Strong balance sheet and cohesive management team with a solid track record for delivering the right products at the right time.
4. Strong underlying platform allows easy extensibility to add features.
5. Support of an increasingly loyal and large group of active developers tuning their applications environments specifically with F5 infrastructure.

As a F5 Premiere Partner, System Professional can assist with the design and installation of F5 solutions.

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