NEW DELHI, INDIA: F5 Networks Inc., a provider of application delivery networking (ADN), announced a new Big-IP Edge Gateway product, providing enterprise organizations remote access solution that delivers LAN-speed application performance for remote and mobile workers.

With Big-IP Edge Gateway, F5 provides application delivery controller (ADC) that unifies secure SSL VPN access, dynamic access and optimization control, and application acceleration for remote users—regardless of the device or access network—on a single, scalable platform.

The Big-IP Edge Gateway is said to provide approximately five times the scaling capability and up to eight times improvement in application performance at less than half the cost of alternative, disparate technologies.

Mark Vondemkamp, director, product management, security, F5, said: “Explosive growth of mobile workers creates a huge challenge for enterprise IT teams who must make sure their access networks can scale and support a superior user experience. By unifying SSL VPN access, powerful security policy and access control, and application acceleration on a single ADC, organizations can expect to reduce costs."