F5 Inc., a company specializing in application security, has unveiled several innovative solutions during its annual AppWorld 2025 conference. Among these new offerings are the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform, along with various AI-powered solutions.
According to F5, the new Application Delivery and Security Platform is the first of its kind, merging application delivery and security for hybrid and multicloud environments. This platform integrates high-performance load balancing, traffic management, and sophisticated application programming interface (API) security features. The intent is to streamline operations, reduce complexity, and enhance overall security for all applications.
This platform aims to tackle the challenges faced by enterprises that struggle to manage the vast data volumes, intricate traffic patterns, and evolving attack vectors associated with AI-driven applications. The F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform is designed to provide comprehensive delivery and security tailored to every application, simplifying management tasks for both IT and security teams.
Key features of this solution include its ability to be deployed across diverse IT landscapes in various configurations. It also offers a unified management policy applicable across all locations. The primary aim is to decrease complexity, boost efficiency, and provide actionable analytics that can enhance performance and security for complex applications.
The platform boasts fully programmable data planes for automated deployment and customized functionalities, allowing organizations to adapt to evolving demands swiftly. Moreover, full lifecycle automation is included, enabling teams to focus more on innovation rather than being bogged down by maintenance workloads.
On the artificial intelligence front, F5 introduced several solutions aimed at enabling customers to harness AI’s potential to streamline operations, simplify tasks, and bolster security for their business applications. The F5 AI Gateway is now available, assisting organizations in optimizing applications, APIs, and large language models while promoting wider AI usage across enterprises. This containerized solution enhances performance and observability while lowering costs, thereby improving data output quality and user experience for security and operations teams.
Upcoming is the AI Assistant for NGINX One, driven by the F5 AI Data Fabric, designed to support overwhelmed NetOps, SecOps, DevOps, and platform ops teams. This AI assistant utilizes a natural language interface to facilitate operations and enhance ROI. It aids teams in configuring and fine-tuning application delivery, proactively addressing threats, and detecting anomalies before they impact production systems. Furthermore, later this year, F5 plans to introduce an AI assistant for BIG-IP that focuses on automating the generation and explanation of iRule code, enabling faster and more efficient management of application traffic.
