Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, F5 is a global leader in multi-cloud application services and security, committed to delivering a better digital world . The company partners with many of the world's largest and most advanced enterprises to optimize and protect their applications and APIs across any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge .

F5's portfolio of application security and delivery solutions is available in various deployment and consumption models, including perpetual software licenses, subscriptions, and usage-based consumption, as well as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and managed service offerings . This flexibility allows F5 to serve a diverse clientele, including large enterprises, public sector institutions, and government agencies worldwide .