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F5 lays off 623 employees, plans office consolidation to cut more costs

F5 is cutting 9% of its workforce as the application security and delivery giant navigates macroeconomic uncertainty. The layoffs impact… Read More

F5 to acquire computer networking startup Lilac Cloud

Seattle application security and delivery giant F5 will acquire Lilac Cloud, a small computer networking startup based in Silicon Valley.… Read More

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Inside the battle against bad bots: Why F5’s CEO believes good technology can ultimately prevail

For anyone reading the news about Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift, or Twitter and Elon Musk, the problem of malicious bots… Read More

F5 cutting about 100 jobs due to ‘current macroeconomic environment’

Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 is the latest tech company to lay off employees. The company confirmed Friday… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 adds cybersecurity vet to board; Icertis hires chief strategy officer; and more

— Marianne Budnik joined the board of directors of Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5. Budnik is currently chief… Read More

F5 shares up more than 14% after earnings beat expectations

Seattle application security and delivery giant F5 beat expectations for its third fiscal quarter, reporting $674 million in revenue, up… Read More

Vote for Workplace of the Year at the GeekWire Awards: Edifecs, Icertis, F5, Flyhomes, Uplevel

Happiness at the job isn’t just kombucha on tap and trendy lounges. For the past two years, companies have balanced… Read More

F5 combines technology from big acquisitions into new Distributed Cloud Services platform

F5 is looking to expand its role in global application security and delivery with a new platform that integrates its… Read More

Tech Moves: Life Science Washington names new CEO; AWS exec departs; Vizio CTO retires

— Life Science Washington announced Marc Cummings as its new CEO and president. He was most recently the trade association’s… Read More

F5 refreshes brand by dropping ‘Networks’ from name, marking ‘huge change’ in its business

F5 Networks will be just F5 from now on. The Seattle-based company, which originally made its mark in networking technology,… Read More

Are tech employees coming back to downtown Seattle? Here’s what companies are planning for

The plywood is coming down, restaurants that survived are adding hours and vehicle traffic in Seattle is growing from the… Read More

F5 Networks posts 10% revenue increase, completes $500M Volterra acquisition

F5 Networks, the Seattle-based application security and delivery company, posted revenue of $626 million for the December quarter, up 10%,… Read More

Shares of F5 Networks jump 5% as focus on cloud software and services continues to fuel growth

Seattle-based F5 Networks saw shares rise more than 5% in after-hours trading Monday after its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report… Read More

Tech Moves: GE Healthcare exec joins Microsoft; Puppet names new CTO; Adaptive Biotech expands

— Microsoft named former GE executive Tom McGuinness corporate vice president of healthcare. At GE, McGuinness was president and CEO… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon ad exec departs; PwC Labs hires director; AI2 names entrepreneur-in-residence

— PwC Labs, the multinational firm’s technology innovation group, is growing its team in Seattle. Jill Beck, previously a senior… Read More

F5 Tower and new Amazon building sold in $1.2B deal as big tech drives Seattle real estate boom

Big real estate companies are paying top dollar to get their hands on brand new office buildings in Seattle leased… Read More

F5 Networks will acquire Shape Security for $1 billion to bolster online fraud protection services

F5 Networks will pay approximately $1 billion to acquire Shape Security, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that sells a fraud… Read More

F5 Networks and Amazon Web Services team up in cloud partnership of Seattle tech giants

F5 Networks and Amazon Web Services inked a multi-year cloud deal that will bring together the sales teams from the… Read More

F5 Networks reports $563M in Q3 revenue with web server NGINX now under its umbrella

In the first quarter with popular web server company NGINX under its umbrella, F5 Networks reported stronger revenue growth but… Read More

Working Geek: F5’s Kara Sprague sees a maddening gulf between tech and government

Kara Sprague’s dad was an attorney and her first choice for college was Harvard University, leading to a career in law.… Read More

Working Geek: F5’s security chief Mike Convertino fights weaponized ‘fear, uncertainty and doubt’

Mike Convertino was not surprised by Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election through its weaponization of social media, allowing… Read More

How F5 is preparing for the application explosion: Interview with CEO Francois Locoh-Donou

New F5 CEO Francois Locoh-Donou has a big job in front of him. One of Seattle’s most prominent public tech… Read More

Tech Moves: Institute for Systems Biology names president to replace Lee Hood; Seattle VC moves to Silicon Valley; new F5 CEO gets started

Seventeen years after founding the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), spurring the creation of systems biology as a field, genomics… Read More

Tech Moves: Outreach brings on former Linkedin, T-Mobile and Salesforce execs; Avvo names new VP of sales; and more

It’s been a big year for sales technology startup Outreach — the company raised $17.5 million in new funding in June… Read More

F5 Networks beats Q4 earnings expectations with $525M in revenue, names new CTO

Shares of Seattle-based network infrastructure and security technology company F5 Networks rose more than 3 percent after beating expectations for… Read More

F5 Networks retains Goldman Sachs to field acquisition inquiries, report says

F5 Networks, the Seattle-based security technology and network infrastructure company, has retained Goldman Sachs to field potential acquisition offers, according to a… Read More

F5 Networks begins search for new office space almost double the size of current HQ

F5 Networks may be feeling a little cramped. The networking technology company headquartered in the Interbay area of Seattle is adding… Read More

F5 Networks announces $1B stock buyback, as patent verdict hits bottom line

F5 Networks released its second quarter earnings for 2016 today. The Seattle-based company announced a 2 percent increase in revenue year… Read More

Tech Moves: Ossia hires new CEO; Avvo taps Spotify exec as CTO; and more

— Ossia, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that makes wireless charging technology, has appointed Didier Le Lannic as CEO. He will take on leadership of Ossia… Read More

F5 Networks expands Seattle offices, continuing rapid growth spurt

F5 Networks, the Seattle-based company that offers application delivery and security services for enterprise customers, has leased new office space in Seattle.… Read More

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