F5 expands strategic collaboration with NetApp to enhance AI application performance and safeguard data with post-quantum cryptography
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India Dec 11: F5 today announced a deepened partnership with NetApp, a leader in intelligent data infrastructure, to accelerate secure AI-driven data delivery and prepare organizations for the post-quantum cryptography era. This initiative extends the companies’ longstanding collaboration, targeting the urgent demand for high-performance, secure solutions tailored to AI workloads and S3 storage environments.
The integration of F5’s Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) with NetApp’s data infrastructure for AI enables enterprises to achieve superior throughput, scale AI data delivery, and defend against next-generation cyber threats—including those emerging from quantum computing.
For AI applications, the combined solution optimizes large-scale dataset transfers through intelligent load balancing, traffic prioritization, and analytics. This ensures resilient, secure, and high-performance delivery of AI/ML workflows across NetApp’s enterprise-grade S3 storage. The collaboration also addresses “harvest now, decrypt later” threats by securing S3 data flows with minimal operational impact.
“Modern enterprises must reconcile soaring demands for application performance with unyielding cybersecurity requirements,” said John Maddison, Chief Marketing Officer at F5. “Our partnership with NetApp simplifies high-stakes AI data delivery while enabling phased post-quantum readiness. Through innovations in TLS 1.3, modern encryption, and traffic management, we’re equipping organizations to scale infrastructure without compromising security.”
Future-proofing data security and AI scalability with PQC innovations
The collaboration further empowers enterprises to counter quantum computing risks. Quantum advancements threaten to dismantle current cryptographic standards, prompting concerns over attackers stockpiling encrypted data for future decryption. To mitigate this, F5 BIG-IP now supports hybrid key agreements and NIST-approved quantum-resistant algorithms for NetApp StorageGRID, enabling secure S3 communications resilient to quantum threats.
Organizations can transition smoothly to quantum-safe encryption with minimal disruption by adopting TLS 1.3 for faster, more efficient communications. F5 ADSP facilitates deployment via hybrid cryptography, allowing interoperability while prioritizing quantum-resistant measures for sensitive assets like financial records and healthcare data. This strategy balances security with operational efficiency across diverse datasets.
“This partnership reflects our dedication to empowering enterprises with cutting-edge solutions,” said Spencer Sells, Vice President, Global Alliances at NetApp. “By integrating NetApp StorageGRID’s latest innovations with F5’s traffic management and quantum-secure encryption, customers can maximize AI potential while safeguarding critical data.”
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