1. F5 Data SolutionsDecember, 2010 Nigel Burmeister Director, Product Marketing

2. Today’s News F5 announces enhancements to award-winning Data Solutions portfolio, including: ARX Cloud Extender product Qualification of 3rd party cloud storage offerings New ARX Virtual Edition (VE) iControl® storage management API Press release date: December 6, 2010

4. Founded 1996 / Public 1999

5. Approx. 2,010 employees

6. FY09 Revenue: $653M

7. FY10 Revenue: $882M

10. Mobility: seamless cross platform, cross vendor data movement

12. New applications

13. Multiple copies

14. Longer retention

16. Managing change

17. Proliferation of new storage technologies

18. Align IT to businessBudgets and Staffing

20. Virtualize file storage resources

21. Enable seamless mobility and optimal data placement based on policy

23. Major Release Elements Cloud Storage Support ARX API ARX Virtual Edition (VE)

24. Cloud Storage Support Cloud storage is a promising additional tier Identifying and moving appropriate data to the cloud is a potential inhibitor Tiering to the cloud is a natural evolution of ARX’s automated tiering capability F5 enables seamless integration of cloud and provides proven benefits today Would you consider private cloud as an alternative to traditional NAS Storage? Source: F5 Networks, July 2010

25. F5 Tiering to the Cloud Model Applications and Users F5 ARX ARX Cloud Extender 3rd Party Gateway Public Cloud Private Cloud Tier 0 Tier 1 Tier 2

26. Customer Example Existing Storage Iron Mountain VFS

27. Details of Initial Cloud Storage Support F5 ARX Cloud Extender New software product Native support for cloud, object storage and NAS Availability: CYQ4, 2010 3rd Party Gateway Support Iron Mountain VFS NetAppStorageGRID Availability: Now

28. Major Release Elements Cloud Storage Support ARX API ARX Virtual Edition (VE)

29. F5 iControl Storage Management API Allows partners and customers to leverage strategic points of control for data traffic Leverages ARX detection of file system changes Allows for registration of file / directory level changes Removes the requirement for integration with each NAS system Adds value to existing data management applications E.g. Classification, Quota, Replication, Backup, etc. Similar evolution to F5 BIG-IP iControl / iRules Availability: Now (ARX version 5.2)

31. Search / Index

32. Quota

33. Auditing

34. Backup

35. DR Coordination

36. Customer solutionsARX API Private / Public Cloud Tier 0 Tier 1 Tier 2

37. API Example: Data Classification Application App. Metadata Perform full treewalk and build app. metadata Scan filesys and update app. metadata Filesys1 Filesys2 Filesys3 Filesys4 Filesys5 FileSrv1 FileSrv2 FileSrv3 FileSrv4 FileSrv5

39. Process and act on updatesApplication App. Metadata Change Notifications ARX ARX API Policy actions Filesys1 Filesys2 Filesys3 Filesys4 Filesys5 FileSrv1 FileSrv2 FileSrv3 FileSrv4 FileSrv5

40. Major Release Elements Cloud Storage Support ARX API ARX Virtual Edition (VE)

41. ARX Virtual Edition (VE) Extends reach of F5’s strategic points of control e.g. distributed facilities Enables new hybrid solutions with OEM partners, allowing this intelligence to be integrated with other offerings Availability: Q1 CY2011 OEM / partner version Trial version Production version

42. New Deployment Options Partner-Integrated Solution Product and Trial Versions VM Guest ARX-VE VMware VMware VM VM VM Guest Filer Guest GW Guest ARX-VE Expand awareness: Let everyone experience the power of ARX first hand… Expand market: Enable partner solutions where consolidation matters…

43. Summary An agile storage infrastructure is critical to meeting the challenges of growth and change F5 provides strategic points of control that enable this agile infrastructure F5 Data Solutions Fall ‘10 release augments these solutions with 3 major additions: Cloud support provides a seamless path to private and public cloud Data management API enables partners and customers to leverage F5’s strategic points of control Virtual Edition extends application for F5’s strategic points of control Fall release is part of F5’s broader agile IT vision