BIG-IP Next Service Proxy for Kubernetes

BIG-IP Next SPK manages traffic to and from multiple networks. Without SPK, multiple external firewalls are required for each network, without a way to manage those connections. “Secure SPK” allows for a zero-trust architecture and a single point for ingress and egress to the Kubernetes clusters for firewall and DDoS security. It significantly simplifies security implementation which otherwise would need to take place at multiple locations throughout the network.

• Secure Ingress and Egress BIG-IP Next SPK enables security services applied at ingress and egress such as firewalling and DDoS.
• Hide Topology Topology hiding at ingress obscures the internal structure within the cluster.
• Visibility of Traffic As a central point of control, per-subscriber traffic visibility at ingress and egress allows traceability for compliance tracking and billing.

BIG-IP Next SPK delivers high-performance traffic management and security for large scale AI infrastructure. It enables greater data ingestion performance and GPU utilization during model training and better user experience during inferencing through improved performance for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

• Optimizes AI Infrastructure Performance High-performance traffic management for large scale AI infrastructure. Maximizes AI infrastructure investment by removing internal network infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Supports Multi-Tenancy Support for multi-tenancy and network isolation for AI applications, enabling efficient deployment of multiple users and workloads on a single AI infrastructure.
• Applies Zero-Trust Security Integrates critical security features and a zero-trust architecture, including Edge Firewall, DDoS mitigation, API protection, Intrusion Prevention, Encryption, and Certificate Management.