BIG IP F5 History

 

BIG IP Module	Function	Year
BIG-IP	F5 introduces the BIG-IP module, a load balancer and application delivery controller (ADC) for managing network traffic.	1996
BIG-IP Traffic Shield	F5 releases BIG-IP Traffic Shield module, providing protection against DDoS attacks and traffic management capabilities.	2000
BIG-IP Web Accelerator	F5 launches BIG-IP Web Accelerator module, designed to optimize and accelerate web application performance.	2001
BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM)	F5 introduces the ASM module, offering web application firewall (WAF) and application security features.	2004
BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)	F5 releases BIG-IP GTM module, enabling global server load balancing (GSLB) for distributing traffic across data centers.	2006
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	F5 introduces BIG-IP APM module, providing secure remote access and single sign-on (SSO) capabilities.	2010
BIG-IQ	BIG-IQ is a centralized management and orchestration platform developed by F5 Networks. It is designed to provide organizations with a comprehensive solution for managing and monitoring their F5 infrastructure, including load balancers, application delivery controllers (ADCs), and security devices	2012
BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)	F5 launches BIG-IP AFM module, offering advanced firewall and network security capabilities.	2013
BIG-IP Secure Web Gateway (SWG)	F5 releases BIG-IP SWG module, providing secure web gateway features like URL filtering and malware protection.	2016
BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator	F5 introduces BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator module, enabling centralized SSL/TLS decryption and inspection for enhanced security.	2018
BIG-IP Cloud Edition	F5 launches BIG-IP Cloud Edition, a cloud-native ADC solution designed to support modern application deployments.	2021