Research Papers

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains Privilege Escalation in web applications and how to automate the process of testing for them.
Posted: December 11, 2008 | Published: December 11, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Software | Testing | Vulnerability Assessments | Web Analytics | Web Applications Management | Web Site Administration | Webmasters

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes 12 of the most common hacker attacks and provides basic rules that you can follow to help create more hack-resistant Web applications.
Posted: December 11, 2008 | Published: December 11, 2008


Topics:  Customer Data Management | Customer Privacy | Hackers | HTTP | Quality Control | Security Threats | Testing | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management | XML

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores how to troubleshoot common application errors, including crashes and functionality failures, for greater application performance and an optimized end-user experience.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2006


Topics:  .NET | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Debugging | Productivity | Software Quality Assurance | TCO | Troubleshooting | Web Applications Management | Web Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This paper elaborates on the changing nature of the PCI DDS landscape and its requirements. It also identifies applicable application network compliance solutions from Citrix Systems Inc..
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Data Security | eCommerce | Identity Theft | Payment Card Industry | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - Is your System i web environment configured to meet compliance regulations and safeguard against common security threats? In this white paper, iSeries expert Jim Mason shows you how.
Posted: September 2, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Security | Authentication | Continuous Data Protection | Cybersecurity | Data Security | Network Security | Security Best Practices | Security Management | Security Threats | System i | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains how the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Phyton/Pearl) stack in combination with Dolphin Express (cluster interconnect) creates a real-time web store, suitable for markets with low latency or real-time requirement.
Posted: August 19, 2008 | Published: August 19, 2008


Topics:  Apache | Bandwidth Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Databases | eCommerce | Ethernet Networks | High Availability | Interoperability | LAMP | Linux | MySQL | PHP | Python | Web Applications Management | Web Applications Software

WHITE PAPER - Though AJAX has a unique impact on the client, server, and the network, these challenges are addressed by existing, proven application delivery methods that address similar challenges arising from other technologies.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  Access Rights | AJAX | Application Development | Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Security | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper introduces a new method for maximizing the performance of web pages, applications, and portals delivered to intranets, the Internet and extranet users, aptly named the F5 WebAccelerator.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2005


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Business Intelligence | LAN | Web Applications Management | Web Protocols | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - When it comes to project collaboration, modern enterprises are caught off guard by the demands placed on their infrastructures by the Internet & advanced intranets/extranets. Learn how F5 WebAccelerator solution resolves this.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Enterprise | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - Many organizations embark on global multi-million dollar web application deployments only to later discover that their users are unsatisfied with the performance compared to their old client server application. This paper provides alternatives.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2007


Topics:  Caching | Content Management | HTTP | HTTPS | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management | Web Caching Appliances

WHITE PAPER - Dynamic Caching completely changes the caching model, making it possible to cache a much broader variety of content including highly dynamic web pages, query responses, and XML objects. This patented technology is completely unique to F5.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Caching | Content Management | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management | Web Caching Appliances

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft SharePoint, Oracle Portal, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, and Siebel CRM 7.7 are applications critical to today's organizations. This paper shows how today's web acceleration products reduce bandwidth and increase efficiency.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: April 28, 2008


Topics:  Caching | Content Management | Mobile Workers | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management | Web Caching Appliances

WHITE PAPER - This white paper highlights advancements in portal technology, exploring their effect on application performance management and their ability to overcome existing management challenges.
Posted: August 27, 2007 | Published: August 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Change Management | Composite Applications Software | Portal Applications Software | Portals | Software Quality Assurance | Web Applications Management | Web Services | Web Services Management

WHITE PAPER - While rich next generation applications promise a radically improved customer experience, they also have the potential to overwhelm your servers. This paper examines a set of sophisticated tools for load testing your new high -powered apps.
Posted: June 14, 2007 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  AJAX | Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Load Testing | Performance Testing | Web Applications Management