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As the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, F5 brings significant increases in performance, scalability and availability for applications that run on VMware. However extracting the full benefit of running an application in a virtual environment requires intelligent and automated load balancing of the virtual machines. To demonstrate the benefits and deliver increased integration between F5 BIG-IP and VMWare technology, F5 is a VMware Technology Alliance Partner. This collaboration enables F5 to leverage VMware APIs and SDKs to integrate the two lines of products, ensuring maximum support for customers of the joint solution.

F5 Networks confirms that we will support customers using BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM), BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), WANJet or ARX in conjunction with applications running on VMware ESX. As part of this we have produced a Deployment Guide which explains how to maximize performance from our products when working with ESX.