— Michel Combes, a longtime telecommunications and finance executive, rejoined F5’s board of directors. He previously stepped down from the board in 2021 after serving for about three years. Combes… Read More
— James Phillips, a former corporate vice president and president at Microsoft, joined Google Cloud as a vice president. Phillips left Microsoft last year after spending a decade at the… Read More
Shares of F5 were up more than 8% in after-hours trading Monday after the Seattle-based company application security and delivery giant reported its fiscal third quarter earnings.
F5 is cutting 9% of its workforce as the application security and delivery giant navigates macroeconomic uncertainty. The layoffs impact 623 workers. F5 is also reducing executive bonuses, consolidating more… Read More
Seattle application security and delivery giant F5 will acquire Lilac Cloud, a small computer networking startup based in Silicon Valley. F5 made the announcement as part of its quarterly earnings… Read More
For anyone reading the news about Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift, or Twitter and Elon Musk, the problem of malicious bots might seem insurmountable. These automated programs can snap up concert… Read More
Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 is the latest tech company to lay off employees. The company confirmed Friday that it’s cutting about 100 roles, or about 1% of… Read More
— Marianne Budnik joined the board of directors of Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5. Budnik is currently chief marketing officer for Talon Cyber Security, and held the same… Read More
Seattle application security and delivery giant F5 beat expectations for its third fiscal quarter, reporting $674 million in revenue, up 4% year-over-year, and non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.57, slightly… Read More
Happiness at the job isn’t just kombucha on tap and trendy lounges. For the past two years, companies have balanced concerns with COVID-19 and integrating workers back into offices. The… Read More
F5 is looking to expand its role in global application security and delivery with a new platform that integrates its homegrown software and services with those scooped up in a… Read More
— Life Science Washington announced Marc Cummings as its new CEO and president. He was most recently the trade association’s VP of public policy and external affairs. Former CEO Leslie… Read More
F5 Networks will be just F5 from now on. The Seattle-based company, which originally made its mark in networking technology, said this week that it’s dropping the “Networks” from its… Read More
The plywood is coming down, restaurants that survived are adding hours and vehicle traffic in Seattle is growing from the ghost-town levels of one year ago. But as downtown, Belltown,… Read More
F5 Networks, the Seattle-based application security and delivery company, posted revenue of $626 million for the December quarter, up 10%, and profits of $87.7 million, down 11%, as the company… Read More
Seattle-based F5 Networks saw shares rise more than 5% in after-hours trading Monday after its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report beat expectations. The company posted revenue of $615 million, up… Read More
— Microsoft named former GE executive Tom McGuinness corporate vice president of healthcare. At GE, McGuinness was president and CEO of GE Healthcare Imaging which offers imaging technologies, analytics and… Read More
— PwC Labs, the multinational firm’s technology innovation group, is growing its team in Seattle. Jill Beck, previously a senior technical product manager at Payscale, has joined as director. “I… Read More
Big real estate companies are paying top dollar to get their hands on brand new office buildings in Seattle leased to tech titans. The latest example in that trend came… Read More
F5 Networks will pay approximately $1 billion to acquire Shape Security, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that sells a fraud prevention platform to banks, airlines, retailers, government agencies, and more.… Read More
F5 Networks and Amazon Web Services inked a multi-year cloud deal that will bring together the sales teams from the two Seattle tech giants and open the door for future… Read More
In the first quarter with popular web server company NGINX under its umbrella, F5 Networks reported stronger revenue growth but came up short of Wall Street expectations on profits. Revenue:… Read More
Kara Sprague’s dad was an attorney and her first choice for college was Harvard University, leading to a career in law. But when that offer didn’t come through and a spot… Read More
Mike Convertino was not surprised by Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election through its weaponization of social media, allowing it to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt among voters. And… Read More
New F5 CEO Francois Locoh-Donou has a big job in front of him. One of Seattle’s most prominent public tech companies, F5 is facing a classic dilemma. Growth in its… Read More
Seventeen years after founding the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), spurring the creation of systems biology as a field, genomics and biotechnology pioneer Lee Hood is stepping down as its… Read More
It’s been a big year for sales technology startup Outreach — the company raised $17.5 million in new funding in June and has also brought on a slew of notable investors… Read More
Shares of Seattle-based network infrastructure and security technology company F5 Networks rose more than 3 percent after beating expectations for its fourth quarter earnings report. F5 reported revenue of $525 million… Read More
F5 Networks, the Seattle-based security technology and network infrastructure company, has retained Goldman Sachs to field potential acquisition offers, according to a Reuters report this afternoon, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.… Read More
F5 Networks may be feeling a little cramped. The networking technology company headquartered in the Interbay area of Seattle is adding 20,000 square feet of office space this summer, but that… Read More
