F5 Networks today rolled out a raft of new and more powerful Application Delivery Networking tools, including its most capable device to date, the Viprion 4800, and an advanced firewall that, when deployed on the 4800, is said to offer industry leading performance.

Network appliance maker F5 will officially announce a new virtual edition of its flagship BIG-IP technology specifically designed for use with Amazon Web Services cloud instances at the AWS re: Invent conference in Las Vegas at the end of the month.

Back up and disaster recovery vendor, StorageCraft has appointed Noel Allnutt as Sales Manager across A/NZ.

Open source console service provider, Opengear has partnered with information asset protection provider, IPSec.

F5 is making file virtualization more cloud friendly with the introduction of software that translates storage protocols, making it possible to store files in public or private cloud networks using a range of technologies.

Networking vendor, F5, has released its Unity partner program to reward value-added resellers.

European cloud users see email as the first technology to be ported to the cloud, in stark contrast to North Americans who see software testing as the main reason to go down the cloud route. Furthermore, European companies are giving a massive thumbs-up to cloud with 70 per cent of IT execs agreeing that "cloud services are becoming more important to organisations as solutions to practical problems"

IT search software provider, Splunk, has appointed its first Australia and New Zealand regional manager, Daniel Miller. He previously worked for Frontline Systems, Sun Microsystems, Tech Pacific and itX.