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Array Networks	F5 Based on 36 reviews.
Overview
Array Networks is an American networking hardware company. It sells network traffic encryption tools. Array Networks was founded in 2000 and is based in Milpitas, California. In 2011, CRN Magazine noted that most of Array Networks' sales is from Asia and that the company is "particularly strong" in China, Japan, and India. In 2008, Array Networks first introduced its APV Series that consists of Application Delivery Controllers for SSL acceleration, load balancing and traffic managementat layers 2-7 for enterprise data centers and Web sites.	F5 Networks, Inc. is a multinational American company which specializes in Application Delivery Networking technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and the security, performance, availability of servers, data storage devices, and other network resources. F5 is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and has development, manufacturing, and sales/marketing offices worldwide. F5 originally manufactured and sold some of the industry's first load balancing products. In 2010 and 2011, F5 Networks was on Fortune's list of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies worldwide.
Sample Customers
Array APV Series: SoftLayer, Trapp Technology, eClinicalWorks, eMeetingsOnline, YourMembership.com, Cash Depot, Needham Bank, State Bank of India, Yahoo Japan Financial Exchange, TechProcess Array AccessDirect: Krypt, Needham Bank, Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians, Harmon Law Offices, City of Santa Barbara, Norwich University	F5 BIG-IP: Riken, TransUnion, Tepco Systems Administration, Daejeon University, G&T Bank, Danamon, CyberAgent Inc.
Popular Solutions
	F5 BIG-IP 28 reviews F5 BIG-IQ 1 reviews
Top Comparisons
F5 BIG-IP vs. Array APV Series Compared 52% of the time. Check Point SSL VPN vs. Array AccessDirect Compared 29% of the time.	Citrix NetScaler ADC vs. F5 BIG-IP Compared 14% of the time.
Top Industries
No Data Available	Financial Services Firm 30% Comms Service Provider 15% Manufacturing Company 7% Marketing Services Firm 7%

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Paul Reinke
Solutions Architect at a tech services company
What is our primary use case?: It is primarily around internet-facing web application security. It works very well....
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Thomas Hejula
Senior IT Engineer at Lumeris
What is our primary use case?: We use it primarily for WAF. • How has it helped my organization?: The ability...
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KushtrimDautaga
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company
I have never used F5 technical support.
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Sathiya Shunmugasundaram
Site Reliability Engineer at Apple
They provide average enterprise technical support.
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Bachir Elsitt
Network Security Engineer at Data Consult
Technical support is a seven out of 10. They provide quick solutions and they reply to us very fast.
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Rehan Ghayyur Khan
Technical Product Manager at a tech services company
They are very professional. They are highly skilled people.
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Inderjeet Singh
Senior Network Engineer at a financial services firm
Technical support is good. I would rate it seven out of 10.
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Erez Bar On
IT Manager at a tech vendor
I have never used technical support directly. I use F5 through integration services and there were a few times they...
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Paul Reinke
Solutions Architect at a tech services company
The technical support is very good. We have had to use them only on a small number of occasions.
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Eric Foote
Managing Director at a financial services firm
The technical support is very good.
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Girish Vyas
Architect - Cloud Serviced at a comms service provider
Customer Service: We used to work with support three years back and it was not that great then. Hopefully, the...
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Samar Choudhury
Assistant Vice President at a tech services company
F5 tech support is helpful. I would rate the technical support with an eight out of 10.
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Sri Charan Nagaram
Member Technical at a tech vendor
All of the support I require is available on the internet.
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Robert Smith
DevOps Manager at TaxAct
We have support agreements in place, but they are managed by the infrastructure team. I do not contact the technical...
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Anonymous User
Sr. Network Engineer at a non-tech company
Excellent.
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Anonymous User
Network Analyst at a financial services firm
I would give a 10 out of 10. Technical support through F5 is very thorough. On most occasions, the F5 DevCentral and...
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Hu231Anly367
User
Technical support was helpful when we contacted them.
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Pablo Vega
Ingeniero at a comms service provider
The occasion in which we needed technical support, we didn't have problems with them, because they always answered...
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a tech company
F5 support can be rated low on the scale, as there is a problem regarding handover between their engineers when we...
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Anonymous User
Security Architect at a comms service provider
So far, we have not had to contact them.
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Aliaksei Shyshkou
Lead Network Engineer at a financial services firm
The support of F-5 is fine. In comparison with Citrix, F-5 technical support is much better.
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Reviewer702843
Multidisciplinary Entrepreneur
The technical support is good and up to mark. There is a challenge in Pakistan. This is when there is a hardware...
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Anonymous User
Solution Architect/Application Administrator at a energy/utilities company
Customer Service: I usually go via the online support, which is very good. Technical Support: They have been very...
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Alessandro Di Michele
Games, Apps and Web Developer at a media company
Very good.
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Anonymous User
Head of Data Centers Operations at a comms service provider
Technical support is OK. Usually, you don't have direct support from the vendor. You have intermediating in the middle.
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ProductSpec1492
Product Specialist - Security Solutions at a tech services company
Technical support is great.
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Anonymous User
Team Leader Mainframe & Webservices at a financial services firm
Technical support is good. I have had nothing to complain about up until now.
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Anonymous User
Senior Security Specialist
Customer Service: First class. F5 have demonstrated a willingness to support us through all issues, from...
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Network Engineer
F5 is a big company. They have a great community and TAC. The advantage with this product is that it isn't new. They...
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