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F5 Networks Wins "Best Workplace" Award from Puget Sound Business Journal

  2010 AUG 30 - (VerticalNews.com) -- F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), announced it has been named the winner of Puget Sound Business Journal's Best Workplace award in the extra-large company category (500+ employees). F5 was chosen from 80 finalists based on its excellent employee benefit offerings, leadership culture, and work/life balance philosophies. The award was presented to F5 at Safeco Field on Thursday, August 12 at a special event honoring all finalists.

  "Receiving this award is particularly meaningful to us, given the abundance of quality companies based in the area," said John McAdam, President and CEO of F5. "The honor truly belongs to our employees, who are passionate and committed to their work at F5. Keeping our employees happy and challenged is vital to F5 because they give us their best. In turn, we reward hard work and superior results with great benefits and employee recognition programs. That's what makes F5 such a great place to work."

  F5 employs about 1,900 people worldwide and over 800 in Washington. The company specializes in making enterprise applications fast, secure, and reliable. Whenever you send a text message, use an online banking system, book an airline reservation, or visit a social networking site, you're likely to be using F5 technology.

  For more information about the F5 award, view the complete article at the PSBJ website.

  F5 Networks is hiring. Please visit www.f5.com/about/careers/ for more information. About Puget Sound Business Journal Puget Sound Business Journal is the region's premier source of business information, serving an unparalleled audience of business and community leaders. In addition to the weekly newspaper, the Business Journal provides daily updates via its website and email alerts. The company also plays a vital role in bringing the area's leadership community together by hosting a wide variety of events throughout the year, from the Washington's Best Workplaces event at Safeco Field to the annual 100 Fastest Growing Companies celebration to the Women of Influence awards event. Puget Sound Business Journal is a unit of American City Business Journals, which operates 41 local business newspapers throughout the United States. Visit Puget Sound Business Journal on the web at www.pugetsoundbusinessjournal.com. About F5 Networks F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. F5's flexible solution portfolio enables organizations to enhance IT agility and dynamically deliver application and data services that generate true business value. Global enterprise organizations, service and cloud providers, and Web 2.0 content providers trust F5 to keep their business moving forward. For more information, go to www.f5.com.

  F5 and F5 Networks are trademarks or service marks of F5 Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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