F5 is headquartered in Seattle, Washington in F5 Tower, with an additional 75 offices[2] in 43 countries[2] focusing on account management, global services support, product development, manufacturing, software engineering, and administrative jobs.

As ransomware, data leaks, DDoS, and other attacks on businesses of all sizes are arising, companies such as F5 have continued to reinvent themselves.

These offer organizations running the BIG-IP the ability to deploy load balancing, Layer 7 application firewalls, single sign-on (for Azure AD, Active Directory, LDAP, and Okta), as well as enterprise-level VPNs.

F5 employees include Dahl-Nygaard laureate Gilad Bracha; Google click fraud czar Shuman Ghosemajumder; and Defense.Net founder Barrett Lyon.

48 of the Fortune 50 companies use F5 for load balancing, Layer 7 application security, fraud prevention, and API management.

[2] F5's BIG-IP product family comprises hardware, modularized software, and virtual appliances that run the F5 TMOS operating system.

F5 Distributed Cloud Services enable organizations to deploy, secure, and manage their applications across various environments, including data centers, multi-cloud setups, and the network or enterprise edge.

[24] The strategic intent behind F5 Networks' acquisition of uRoam was to diversify its product offerings beyond its core application delivery and security services.

This move aimed to address the growing demand for secure remote access to corporate networks and applications, aligning with industry trends.

In September 2005, F5 announced they had acquired Swan Labs for a total of $43 million to incorporate WAN optimization and application acceleration technology into the BIG-IP platform, specifically to improve their load balancing offering.

[34] In October 2021, F5 acquired Threat Stack, Inc., a Boston cloud computing security startup company for a reported $68 million.

[38] In January 2023, F5 announced they had entered into an agreement to purchase Lilac Cloud, an application services delivery provider.

In July 2023, Suborbital Software Systems, a technology startup building cloud-native platforms on WebAssembly, announced they had been acquired by F5, Inc.

[39] In March 2024, F5 announced they acquired Heyhack ApS, a Denmark-based and operated security penetration SaaS company.