Some of its partners said the potential buyout of application delivery networking vendor #F5 Networks poses a risk to the channel that could end up hurting revenue.
"A buyout, in my mind, leads to significant risk in keeping the focus on the channel," said one top executive from an F5 Platinum partner solution provider who declined to be identified. "Depending on who will pick them up, ... I'm concerned that a sale would hurt our ability to continue accelerated growth together."
The solution provider exec said that if F5 is purchased by a larger vendor whose channel incentives and product R&D investment are geared toward different market segments -- or that is simply not as ind
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