F5 Announces Unity Partners of the Year

Award-winning partners demonstrate outstanding sales engagement, technical expertise, and customer service

WASHINGTON D.C. – F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced its 2015 Unity® Partners of the Year for the Americas region. Presented at the company’s annual customer and partner conference, F5 Agility Americas, these awards honor channel partners who show exemplary performance in sales engagement, customer service, and technical acumen.

Unity Partners of the Year award winners:

• Partner of the Year: CDW Corporation
• Security Partner of the Year: Milestone Systems
• Canada Partner of the Year: Scalar Decisions
• LATAM Partner of the Year: Agility Networks
• Distributor Partner of the Year: Ingram Micro
• Innovation Partner of the Year: World Wide Technology
• Federal Partner of the Year: GuidePoint Security
• Growth Partner of the Year: Software House International (SHI)
• Rising Star Partner of the Year: CompuNet
• Guardian Partner of the Year: Milestone Systems
• Authorized Training Center: Scalar Decisions

SUPPORTING QUOTES

“As a channel-first company, we recognize that our partners provide tremendous value to our customers both during and after the sales cycle,” said Keith McManigal, regional vice president of channel sales at F5. “The winners of the Unity Partners of the Year awards represent the companies that have invested in our mutual success, in the core ADC business, software sales and security solutions. The resulting technical and service excellence has driven their impressive sales performance and customer service. We both congratulate and thank the winners for their partnership.”

“We are very excited to be recognized as F5’s Unity Partner of the Year for the Americas region,” said Tom Cahill, vice president of product and partner management, CDW. “Our goal is to deliver world-class solutions that meet our customers' increasingly complex IT needs. Our collaboration with F5 helps us meet this goal and simultaneously increase revenues and customer satisfaction. We look forward to working with F5 for many years to come.”

About F5

F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) makes apps go faster, smarter, and safer for the world’s largest businesses, service providers, governments, and consumer brands. F5 delivers cloud and security solutions that enable organizations to embrace the application infrastructure they choose without sacrificing speed and control. For more information, go to f5.com. You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on LinkedIn and Facebook for more information about F5, its partners, and technologies.

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