F5 opening new office space in 2026 to bring 250 Spokane, Wash.-area employees together F5 is consolidating its office footprint in the Spokane, Wash., area, with plans to bring employees together in a new… Read More
Tech Moves: F5’s first chief digital officer; Seattle-area EV charging startup acquired; and more — Alvina Antar is the first chief digital officer for Seattle-based networking and security giant F5. Antar comes to the… Read More
Tech Moves: F5 and Esper hire marketing leaders; Amperity adds chief revenue officer — Seattle-based networking and security giant F5 hired John Maddison as chief product marketing and technology alliances officer. Maddison was… Read More
Tech Moves: Qualtrics taps Microsoft vet as CFO; F5 names innovation chief — Qualtrics appointed Microsoft veteran Rachita Sundar as its chief financial officer and member of the executive leadership team. Sundar… Read More
F5 reports $747M in quarterly revenue as stock surges 10%; company names new CFO Shares of F5 were up more than 10% in after-hours trading Monday after the company beat estimates for its fourth… Read More
Tech Moves: Expedia names new CTO; F5 adds board members; Humanly hires sales exec Ramana Thumu has taken the role of chief technology officer for Expedia Group. Thumu will oversee engineering operations at Seattle-based… Read More
Tech Moves: Nintex founder named CEO at WellSaid Labs; F5 hires CISO; Slalom appoints execs — Brian Cook, former CEO of Nintex and founder of Incredible Capital, is now CEO of WellSaid Labs, a Seattle startup… Read More
Seattle cloud giant F5 lays off 120 employees Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 this week laid off 120 people, the company confirmed to GeekWire.
Tech Moves: Former Sprint CEO rejoins F5 board; Flexport engineering exec departs; and more — Michel Combes, a longtime telecommunications and finance executive, rejoined F5’s board of directors. He previously stepped down from the… Read More
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more — James Phillips, a former corporate vice president and president at Microsoft, joined Google Cloud as a vice president. Phillips… Read More
F5 stock spikes 8% after earnings; CEO cites ‘early signs of demand stabilization’ Shares of F5 were up more than 8% in after-hours trading Monday after the Seattle-based company application security and delivery… Read More
F5 lays off 623 employees, plans office consolidation to cut more costs F5 is cutting 9% of its workforce as the application security and delivery giant navigates macroeconomic uncertainty. The layoffs impact… Read More
F5 to acquire computer networking startup Lilac Cloud Seattle application security and delivery giant F5 will acquire Lilac Cloud, a small computer networking startup based in Silicon Valley.… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Inside the battle against bad bots: Why F5’s CEO believes good technology can ultimately prevail Play For anyone reading the news about Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift, or Twitter and Elon Musk, the problem of malicious bots… Read More
F5 cutting about 100 jobs due to ‘current macroeconomic environment’ Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 is the latest tech company to lay off employees. The company confirmed Friday… Read More
Tech Moves: F5 adds cybersecurity vet to board; Icertis hires chief strategy officer; and more — Marianne Budnik joined the board of directors of Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5. Budnik is currently chief… Read More
F5 shares up more than 14% after earnings beat expectations Seattle application security and delivery giant F5 beat expectations for its third fiscal quarter, reporting $674 million in revenue, up… Read More
Vote for Workplace of the Year at the GeekWire Awards: Edifecs, Icertis, F5, Flyhomes, Uplevel Happiness at the job isn’t just kombucha on tap and trendy lounges. For the past two years, companies have balanced… Read More
F5 combines technology from big acquisitions into new Distributed Cloud Services platform F5 is looking to expand its role in global application security and delivery with a new platform that integrates its… Read More
Tech Moves: Life Science Washington names new CEO; AWS exec departs; Vizio CTO retires — Life Science Washington announced Marc Cummings as its new CEO and president. He was most recently the trade association’s… Read More
F5 refreshes brand by dropping ‘Networks’ from name, marking ‘huge change’ in its business F5 Networks will be just F5 from now on. The Seattle-based company, which originally made its mark in networking technology,… Read More
Are tech employees coming back to downtown Seattle? Here’s what companies are planning for The plywood is coming down, restaurants that survived are adding hours and vehicle traffic in Seattle is growing from the… Read More
F5 Networks posts 10% revenue increase, completes $500M Volterra acquisition F5 Networks, the Seattle-based application security and delivery company, posted revenue of $626 million for the December quarter, up 10%,… Read More
Shares of F5 Networks jump 5% as focus on cloud software and services continues to fuel growth Seattle-based F5 Networks saw shares rise more than 5% in after-hours trading Monday after its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report… Read More
Tech Moves: GE Healthcare exec joins Microsoft; Puppet names new CTO; Adaptive Biotech expands — Microsoft named former GE executive Tom McGuinness corporate vice president of healthcare. At GE, McGuinness was president and CEO… Read More
Tech Moves: Amazon ad exec departs; PwC Labs hires director; AI2 names entrepreneur-in-residence — PwC Labs, the multinational firm’s technology innovation group, is growing its team in Seattle. Jill Beck, previously a senior… Read More
F5 Tower and new Amazon building sold in $1.2B deal as big tech drives Seattle real estate boom Big real estate companies are paying top dollar to get their hands on brand new office buildings in Seattle leased… Read More
F5 Networks will acquire Shape Security for $1 billion to bolster online fraud protection services F5 Networks will pay approximately $1 billion to acquire Shape Security, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that sells a fraud… Read More
F5 Networks and Amazon Web Services team up in cloud partnership of Seattle tech giants F5 Networks and Amazon Web Services inked a multi-year cloud deal that will bring together the sales teams from the… Read More
F5 Networks reports $563M in Q3 revenue with web server NGINX now under its umbrella In the first quarter with popular web server company NGINX under its umbrella, F5 Networks reported stronger revenue growth but… Read More
