F5 and NetApp expand partnership for faster, quantum-safe AI data delivery

F5 has expanded its long-standing collaboration with NetApp to help enterprises accelerate AI application performance while preparing for the emerging risks posed by quantum computing. Announced today, the partnership strengthens the integration between F5’s Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) and NetApp’s intelligent data infrastructure, positioning the two companies to meet the rapidly growing demand for secure, scalable AI data delivery.

As enterprises deploy larger and more complex AI models, data movement has become a critical bottleneck. By combining F5’s advanced load balancing, traffic prioritization and global traffic management with NetApp’s enterprise-grade S3 architectures, the joint solution supports high-throughput, resilient, and secure delivery of massive datasets. This helps organisations ensure seamless performance across AI/ML pipelines—from training to inference—while maintaining strong protection for sensitive data.

A major focus of the expanded partnership is preparing customers for the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) era ...