Office of the CTO

What is F5’s latest thinking?

Securing digital experiences without disrupting business is more than a technology challenge: it’s a matter of survival. However, today’s apps are built on multiple architectures, distributed over various cloud environments, and connected by an exploding number of APIs. This unprecedented level of complexity requires more skill and resources to manage, and creates more points of vulnerability.

Stay up to date on the latest trends in app and API protection, secure multicloud networking, the future of application services, technology and architectures evolving from the transition to an AI-assisted future, and insights into emerging technologies and threats with articles and blogs from the Office of the CTO.

BLOG | LORI MACVITTIE

Extranets aren’t dead; they just need an upgrade

Modernize your extranet: Explore how F5 and Equinix deliver repeatable, secure, and scalable partner connectivity without traditional network complexity

BLOG | JAMES HENDERGART

An application-aware triumvirate for agentic AI governance

Generative AI adoption is surging, but governance gaps persist. Learn how securing models, data, and agents can protect businesses from emerging risks and vulnerabilities.

Office of the CTO Blogs

October 16, 2025

AI, inference, and tokens, oh my!

AI applications run on inference servers, driven by tokens—not traffic. Discover why understanding tokens and JSON data is critical to designing smarter infrastructure.

October 13, 2025

Controlling generative AI applications through context

Controlling generative AI apps means leveraging application, environmental, and business context. Learn why complete context ensures trust and adoption.

September 29, 2025

Inference: The most important piece of AI you’re pretending isn’t there

Scaling AI means scaling inference. Learn why inference servers are critical for managing performance, telemetry, and security in production AI workloads.

September 03, 2025

When the agents walk in, your security model walks out

Agentic AI demands new security controls. Explore shifts in threat modeling, runtime policies, identity management, and observability to protect evolving infrastructures.

August 27, 2025

Managing context windows in AI isn’t magic. It’s architecture.

Discover why AI app builders must manage context, memory, and infrastructure while evolving delivery and security to prevent drift, latency, and prompt attacks.

August 21, 2025

Understanding AI agents: Construction, behavior, and boundary setting

Learn the differences between LLMs and AI agents, and explore how to build, govern, and scale application-bound agents for secure and reliable automation.

August 18, 2025

Classification and the evolution of application delivery

AI and agent-driven requests demand smarter routing. Explore how classification enables modern traffic management and prepares infrastructure for orchestration.

August 13, 2025

Observability in the age of AI agents

Agentic AI accelerates network impact with more traffic, dense pathways, and telemetry needs. Discover how enterprises can prepare for this operational shift.

August 7, 2025

Dipping the toe into agentic AI is better than chasing the wave

Discover five key reasons enterprises should pace agentic AI adoption, from evolving standards and TCO unknowns to critical data quality and observability needs.

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