- F5 (FFIV, Financial) has expanded its collaboration with Red Hat to enhance enterprise AI application deployment and security.
- Key areas of focus include Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), scalable data ingestion, and robust API security.
- F5 aims to simplify AI adoption challenges, with 96% of organizations now deploying AI models as per their latest report.
F5 (FFIV), a global leader in application delivery and security, has announced an expanded strategic collaboration with Red Hat, a leading provider of open source solutions. This partnership is set to enhance the deployment and scaling of secure, high-performance AI applications within enterprises. By integrating the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform with Red Hat OpenShift AI, the collaboration aims to enable faster and more secure AI adoption, focusing on high-value use cases like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), secure model serving, and scalable data ingestion.
The Chief Innovation Officer of F5, Kunal Anand, emphasized the importance of simplifying AI adoption by addressing critical performance, security, and observability challenges. This initiative comes at a time when F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report highlights that a staggering 96% of organizations are deploying AI models, up from 25% in 2023. The report also indicates that 72% of respondents aim to use AI to optimize application performance, while 59% focus on cost optimization and security enhancements.
F5's collaboration with Red Hat will target essential components of operationalizing AI, such as securing data pipelines and optimizing inference performance. The partnership will support AI-powered applications on Red Hat OpenShift AI, ensuring secure data flow, high GPU utilization, and fast response times. Additionally, with solutions like MinIO, customers can accelerate the ingestion of large datasets for training and inference.
F5 provides robust protection against evolving threats through its Distributed Cloud WAAP and BIG-IP solutions. Joe Fernandes, Vice President and General Manager of the AI Business Unit at Red Hat, stressed the need for flexible platforms that do not compromise security, highlighting the importance of open-source innovation for the future of AI.
The collaboration will be showcased at the Red Hat Summit 2025 in Boston, where F5 will demonstrate real-world AI use cases built on Red Hat OpenShift AI.
