F5 announced the release of F5 NGINX for Microsoft
Azure, an Azure-native service offering developed in partnership with
Microsoft, that helps customers deliver modern applications on Azure
with just a few clicks. With
NGINX for Azure,
developers can lift and shift on-premises applications to Azure and
deploy new, born-in-the-cloud services using NGINX, the familiar and
trusted load balancing solution.
According to F5's 2022 State of Application Strategy Report,
the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated cloud migration-with
three-quarters of organizations deploying applications in public cloud
environments. With increasing cloud adoption, more than 25% of
organizations also host application security and delivery services in
the cloud. Developers, cloud architects, system architects, and other
practitioners who want to run their applications on Azure need an easy
migration path to the cloud, fast and continuous delivery of secure
digital services at scale, and consistency in application performance
between on-premises and cloud environments.
NGINX for Azure addresses these needs by enabling enterprises to:
- Seamlessly lift and shift applications from on-premises to cloud by bringing their existing NGINX configuration
- Employ advanced traffic management capabilities for delivery of secure and reliable applications and services
- Reduce
learning curve and simplify cloud adoption with built-in deep
integrations: Azure Monitor for app insights and visibility and Azure
Key Vault for SSL/TLS certificate management
By
using the same load balancing solution across their estate of
applications on-premises and on Azure, enterprises achieve consistency
in performance and security, resulting in a superior digital experience
for their customers.
"NGINX
powers the world's busiest websites with a suite of advanced
connectivity, traffic management, and security solutions-all of which
bring additional value to the Microsoft Azure ecosystem," said Eric
Braun, Vice President, NGINX Product Management, F5. "The combination of
Microsoft's trusted cloud and NGINX's trusted software offered as a
service on Azure enables developers and DevOps teams to optimize the
performance, reliability, and security of their distributed applications
and services at a global scale."
"Development
teams are constantly pushing the envelope as they innovate. Getting up
and running on any project in minutes with a fully configured, secure,
cloud-hosted environment empowers teams to achieve the goals of their
business faster," said Julia Liuson, President of the Developer
Division, Microsoft. "Our collaboration with F5 will make it easier for
application developers, IT operators, and service operation teams to
respond more quickly to their customers by providing NGINX networking
capabilities integrated natively into Microsoft Azure so they can
deliver their applications with improved performance, reliability, and
security."
NGINX for Azure is now available for public preview in the Azure Marketplace.