Cisco vs F5
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 Cisco Based on 1275 reviews. |  F5 Based on 118 reviews. |
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 Compared 0% of the time. Compared 3% of the time. Compared 56% of the time. |  Compared 0% of the time. Compared 7% of the time. |
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| Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, and it supports, manages and operates business systems for various and major third parties. Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science (CS) department's computers, and Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers. | 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. |
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WAAS: Dimension Data, National Rugby League Cisco Application Control Engine [EOL]: LightEdge Cisco Umbrella: Chart Industries, City of Aspen, Eastern Mountain Sports, FLEXcon, George Washington University, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Ohio Public Library Information Network, PTC, Richland Community College, Smart Motors, Tulane University, VeriClaim | F5 Traffic Management Operating System: TransUnion F5 BIG-IP: Riken, TransUnion, Tepco Systems Administration, Daejeon University, G&T Bank, Danamon, CyberAgent Inc. NGINX Plus: Locaweb, AppNexus, Wix, Reliam, Montana Interactive, MuleSoft, Warpwire, Discovery Education, InkaBinka, WordPress.com, Gogo, GOV.UK, NASA F5 VIPRION: City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office F5 DNS Delivery: Ricacorp Properties, Bangladesh Post Office, Shawbrook Bank, Shinsegae Internet Duty Free |
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81 reviews 73 reviews 65 reviews | 17 reviews 16 reviews 7 reviews |
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33% 23% 5% 4% | 28% 23% 7% 6% |
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