Cloud-Native Modernization for the AI and 5G/6G Era
F5, Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
F5 positions BIG-IP Cloud-Native Edition as a Kubernetes-native foundation for service providers moving to 5G, 6G and AI workloads.
F5's Ahmed Guetari says service providers' cloud-native transition is accelerating as 5G standalone deployments grow, Kubernetes matures and production-ready cloud-native functions arrive.
AI adds urgency as operators evaluate AI factories, GPU clouds, sovereign AI and distributed inference, all of which make CPU, power and rack space more valuable.
F5 argues operators should modernize without recreating VNF-era cost and complexity inside Kubernetes, positioning BIG-IP Cloud-Native Edition as a common Kubernetes-native foundation for BIG-IP networking and security services.