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F5 Expands Strategic Collaboration With NetApp to Enhance AI Application Performance and Safeguard Data With Post-Quantum Cryptography
SEATTLE, December 09, 2025--F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced an expanded collaboration with NetApp, the intelligent data infrastructure company, to drive high-performance AI data delivery and prepare enterprises for the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) era. This builds on a long-standing collaboration between F5 and NetApp, and aims to address the increasing demand for secure, resilient, and scalable solutions for AI workloads and S3 storage environments.
About this update from Netapp, Inc.
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