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F5 and Scality Expand Partnership for AI Data Infrastructure


F5 and Scality Expand Partnership for AI Data Infrastructure
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  • February 19, 2026

F5 and Scality have deepened their collaboration to deliver a joint solution that combines F5’s Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) with Scality’s S3-compatible, scale-out object storage. The integrated architecture accelerates secure, resilient data access for AI training, inference, analytics, and other data-intensive workloads across on-premises, hybrid, and multicloud environments.

Quick Intel

  • F5 and Scality expand partnership to integrate F5 BIG-IP with Scality RING, creating a high-performance, cyber-resilient S3 environment optimized for AI and analytics.
  • F5 provides intelligent traffic routing, load balancing, DNS control, WAF, DDoS protection, TLS offload, and policy-based access controls to enhance security and performance.
  • Scality RING delivers petabyte-scale, self-healing storage with enterprise-grade durability, multi-site replication, and cyber-resiliency features.
  • Solution supports multi-site disaster recovery, hybrid/multicloud architectures, long-term retention, and high-throughput AI/ML workflows with predictable latency.
  • Quote from John Maddison, Chief Marketing Officer at F5: “AI workloads place unprecedented demands on infrastructure, particularly when it comes to moving, protecting, and accessing data at scale.”
  • Quote from Paul Speciale, Chief Marketing Officer at Scality: “Enterprises adopting AI need data infrastructure that grows seamlessly without compromising cyber resilience, data protection, or uptime.”

Addressing AI Data Delivery Challenges

As enterprise AI adoption surges, organizations require infrastructure capable of handling massive data volumes with low latency, high availability, and strong security across distributed environments. Traditional setups often introduce bottlenecks, single points of failure, or inadequate protection. The F5-Scality solution eliminates these issues through intelligent traffic management, built-in security services, and scalable object storage, enabling consistent performance and compliance for modern AI applications.

Key Integrated Capabilities

  • Intelligent Traffic Management — F5 BIG-IP routes and load-balances S3 traffic across storage nodes and sites, ensuring high availability and eliminating failures.
  • Enhanced Security — F5’s WAF, DDoS mitigation, policy controls, and hardware-accelerated cryptography protect data in transit while optimizing throughput.
  • Cyber-Resilient Storage — Scality RING provides durable, self-healing object storage with multi-site replication and enterprise-grade protection.
  • Hybrid/Multicloud Flexibility — Supports seamless data access across on-premises, cloud-native, and hybrid deployments with simplified management.

Use Cases and Business Benefits

The joint architecture supports critical scenarios including AI/ML training and inference, multi-site disaster recovery, secure long-term retention, and hybrid cloud storage. Organizations gain improved operational efficiency, reduced complexity, lower total cost of ownership, and stronger protection against evolving threats—accelerating time-to-value for data-driven initiatives.

Supporting resources include:

  • F5 blog: Powering advanced AI data delivery with F5 and Scality
  • Scality blog: Validated Design: Integrating F5 BIG-IP with Scality RING
  • Solution sheet: F5 BIG-IP with Scality RING

F5, Inc. is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry’s premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments.

Scality is a global leader in cyber-resilient storage software, delivering secure, scalable object storage for the world’s most demanding data environments. With Scality RING, organizations can build S3-compatible, scale-out data infrastructure designed for durability, performance, and operational continuity—across on-premises, hybrid, and multicloud deployments.

  • AI InfrastructureHybrid CloudCyber ResilienceData Security
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