Exclusive Networks and F5 announce new global partnership

The new global agreement covers the complete F5 portfolio and includes additional locations

Exclusive Networks has signed a new global agreement with F5 which includes North America and additional EMEA and APAC locations.

The new agreement replaces its existing 18 country-level distribution partnerships with F5 and covers the complete F5 portfolio, with a particular focus on application security and delivery solutions tied to F5's recent acquisitions of NGINX, Shape Security, Volterra, and Threat Stack.

"This is a major development in our relationship with F5 that creates a truly global partnership, aligning the ambition, vision and strategy of both organisations," Andy Travers, EVP worldwide sales and marketing at Exclusive Networks, said.

"Extending global coverage and reach will take us to the next level, particularly around the enhanced product set. This is where we see new kinds of partners being attracted to the F5 proposition and benefiting from our specialist expertise to become further empowered and enabled.

"Similarly, we're committed to onboarding and energising existing F5 partners to extend opportunities around solutions that may be new to them."

The announcement comes after Exclusive Networks underwent an IPO on the Euronext Paris exchange which saw the distributor raise approximately €366m, which could increase to €421m if an over-allotment option is fully exercised.

F5's global channel boss, Lisa Citron, said the expanded partnership will create more opportunities for partners to benefit.

"Given the ever-changing landscape of modern app development, distribution partners like Exclusive Networks provide F5 with greater outreach opportunities within the DevOps space," she said.

"We are excited to deepen our partnership with an organisation that possesses such a unique focus there and look forward to working with the Exclusive Networks ecosystem to help guide customers on their journey toward adaptive applications."