F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company is a provider of application delivery networking products that improves the performance, availability and security of applications running on networks that use the Internet Protocol.

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Player Avatar rrowntree (52.13) Submitted: 12/11/2010 12:33:16 PM : Outperform Start Price: $143.72 FFIV Score: -29.77

Leader in the load balancing ++ category for IT infrastructure for all the big guys. Little competition in this space as Fortune 500 go to the most trusted name in the business. The only caveat is one of the big guys such as IBM, HP just plunking down 15-20 Billion $$$ to buy it out. Not many great little ones left, think what happened with 3PAR and the M&A war that went on with that company. I guess you could say the big buyout premium was worth it but you lose the extra 24-36 months of gains that would have gone to the the 3PAR type takeovers stock owners.

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