F5 Networks introduces BIG-IP GTM

Name: F5 Networks introduces BIG-IP GTM
Start: 1999-01-01
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

F5 Networks launched its Global Traffic Manager (GTM), a dedicated product designed to perform intelligent, DNS-based load balancing across geographically dispersed data centers.

Significance

This marked one of the first commercially successful and widely adopted dedicated GSLB solutions, moving the industry beyond rudimentary DNS round-robin and manual failover procedures to a dynamic, health-aware global traffic management.

Key facts

Date: 1999-01-01
Type: release
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA