F5 Distributed Cloud Services provides a SaaS platform that unifies security, networking, and application management for workloads across data centers, public clouds, and edge locations. It offers a single policy engine and console for consistent configuration, automated provisioning, and integrated observability, along with built‑in protections such as WAF, DDoS mitigation, bot and API security, and web‑app scanning, plus networking features like global private backbone, multi‑cloud connectivity, load balancing, DNS, CDN, and monitoring.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
EIFounders
Product
Problem
Enterprises must protect and manage applications that are distributed across data centers, multiple public clouds, and edge locations, while dealing with complex networking, security policies, and fragmented tooling.
Solution
F5 Distributed Cloud (formerly Volterra) delivers a SaaS platform that unifies security, networking, and application management for workloads wherever they run. A single policy engine and management console provide consistent configuration, automated provisioning, and integrated observability across multi‑cloud and edge environments. Built‑in services such as web‑application firewall, DDoS mitigation, bot defense, API security, and automated web‑app scanning protect applications from threats. Integrated networking features—including global private backbone, multi‑cloud network connect, app connect, DNS, load balancing, CDN, and synthetic monitoring—enable reliable, high‑performance delivery. The platform’s managed SOC and optional managed services add operational expertise, allowing customers to accelerate time‑to‑service while reducing total cost of ownership.
Target Audience
Target customers are large enterprises, cloud‑native developers, and service providers that run applications across multi‑cloud, data‑center, and edge environments and require unified security and networking controls.
Features
- SaaS‑delivered, single‑pane‑of‑glass console with unified policy engine for security, networking, and app management
- Web Application Firewall, DDoS protection, bot defense, API security, client‑side defense, and automated web‑app scanning
- Multi‑cloud network connect and app connect for secure, low‑latency connectivity across clouds and edge sites
- Global private high‑performance backbone with DNS, load balancing, CDN, and synthetic monitoring for performance and reliability
- Integrated data‑intelligence and fraud‑risk services, including aggregator management and user‑behavior analytics
- Managed Security Operations Center (SOC) and optional managed security services for 24/7 monitoring and support