The actor dwell time inside their network is being quoted as 393 days. Let that sink in. Then consider this is being attributed to APT27 (China). I’m working from a position that they have everything (EVERYTHING) and are potentially still inside the... — read more 

Nothing else matters

F5 is poised for recovery as it doubles down on the technologies that power and protect today’s digital world. With businesses rapidly adopting hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, F5’s expertise in application delivery, security, and traffic... — read more 

Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA began as a graphics processing company focused on improving video game visuals. Its breakthrough came in 1999 with the launch of the GeForce 256, the world’s first GPU... — read more 

Taking requests now. Thank you so much. The Apple IIe (styled as Apple //e) is the third model in the Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer. It was released in January 1983 as the successor to the Apple II Plus. The e in... — read more 

The first hard drive was the IBM 350 Disk Storage Unit, introduced in 1956 as part of the IBM 305 RAMAC computer system. It could store 3.75 to 5 megabytes of data on 50 24-inch platters, weighed over a ton, and was roughly the size of two large... — read more 

A subdivision of my team specialises in F5 devices and we talked about this issue yesterday. Our Global Competency Lead for the technology believes that F5 is pretty much cooked and they don’t even have the mechanisms to trace all the configuration... — read more 

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) resulting from allegations that F5 may have issued materially... — read more 

https://www.livescience.com/technology/communications/science-history-first-computer-to-computer-message-lays-the-foundation-for-the-internet-but-it-crashes-halfway-through-oct-29-1969 This is a time I wish I could have been a part of. It started... — read more 

$FFIV blames the recent breach for weak guidance, but the real story looks secular. Hyperscalers are commoditizing load balancing, and $NET / $AKAM are squeezing F5’s security edge. 1q rev growth turning negative, FY26 EPS down mid-singles. Stock -5%... — read more 

https://thenewstack.io/ken-thompson-recalls-unixs-rowdy-lock-picking-origins/ I had the honor of interviewing at Bell Labs in 1980. This type of environment will never happen again.

In every company that I have ever worked for, my focus has always been advocating for the customer, whether that be in new product development, maintenance of existing products, resolving issues that are encountered, or being available when the... — read more 

There’s talk of more layoffs coming, although the last round didn’t address the real issues and was just a quick fix to cover overspending. Cutting experienced employees with deep knowledge of the systems has created gaps that are hard to fill. The... — read more 

The only thing more consistent than their quarterly all hands metings is their biannual migration between Teams and Zoom. Every six months, executives, fresh off a “strategy retreat” involving buzzwords, golf carts, and a suspicious amount of... — read more 

FLD - You Have A Decision To Make By The End Of October 2025 Do you continue the financial charades to keep the stock price up for maybe another 6 to 8 months, or do you do what is necessary to make F5 a world class Security Firm. There are many... — read more 

Not sure what defines highly sophisticated hacker or not but clearly they went for the Jackpot Bingo. Application Delivery Controller or ADC is a single point of exposure of all traffic that goes through F5 that would be a magnet for hackers. It... — read more 

Attorneys Encourage Investors and Potential Witnesses to Contact Law Firm https://www.gurufocus.com/news/3147604/bank-first-corporation-receives-regulatory-approval-to-acquire-centre-1-bancorp-inc

Cyber: F5 experienced the same breach in March 2021. In Nov 2021 they announced they’re doubling their India staff which is now 20% of their headcount. The WFH engineering is entirely in India. Only pre-sales and service engineers in US. None of... — read more 

lets fire more american and european engineers and replace them with more indian engineers, middle managers and VPs they will rescue f5 from crumbling

so much for f5 being a security company https://www.securityweek.com/f5-blames-nation-state-hackers-for-theft-of-source-code-and-vulnerability-data/

I liked to say it was a good experience - it wasn't. I'd liked to say that we helped each other thrive - we didn't I'd like to say that F5 puts out new and innovative products - they don't I'd like to say that F5 puts out quality products - it... — read more 

I think it’s a copy of the 14.1 user manual and all of FLD’s crayon drawings

Do not let anyone gaslight you into thinking constant layoffs are normal. This is not normal.

Its quite regrettable and didn't need to happen.

Employees were told the layoffs were about redundancy and not being strategic enough. Sure, some low performers were cut. Plenty of solid, capable people were let go in HR, Marketing, and Sales all over the world. Meanwhile, the company SPENT A LOT... — read more 

Man it’s been a couple months since o checked in on this sh—tshow. Hoping some of yall jumped ship. Eff Eff Five. Get ooout

Who saw that one coming? Ki-ling the golden goose is never good for longterm stability.

As of this week some major customer and partner events scheduled for October were cancelled in NAMER - not for low attendance - for something else. What’s going on?

Probably doesn’t help that hiring managers and recruiters use services that look at and summarize FB, Instagram posts, etc., and company-identified boards like this one, to not only get a sense of personal characteristics of applicants, but the... — read more 

Personally feeling, it seems like the execs talked a lot but in the meantime it means nothing to me in the end.

Got up this morning, went for a walk – logged on to see if there were any replies to my employment applications. None. Been doing this almost everyday mon-fri for coming up to two years since my RIF from F5. Found two more software... — read more 

So many dissatisfied employees comment here. Why don’t they leave F5? Can’t find another job? Hmm. So many former employees comment here. Why are they wasting their time? Can’t find another job? Hmm. Seems like the answers are obvious. Dose of... — read more 

Nathan Pearce worked at F5 for a number of years. Some of you might want to check out his webinar https://www.professionalindependence.com/layoff-recovery

FLD - listen up....AI is failing big time.... https://futurism.com/ceos-ai-disaster

The recent F5 RIF was needed to pay for these acquisitions this year F5 Networks has made several acquisitions in 2025 to expand its cybersecurity and AI capabilities. The recent constantly changing strategy has focused on integrating AI-native... — read more 

# Questions About Executive Accountability: The F5/HackerOne Case Study An objective timeline raising questions about corporate governance and executive hiring practices* ## The Timeline 2019-2023: BIG-IP Next Development F5 Networks... — read more