Global Delivery & Firewall. The global and firewall bundle. Everything in EDS, the full F5 Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Application Security (ASM / Advanced WAF) stack, plus F5 Global Traffic Manager (GTM, now BIG-IP DNS) for multi-data-centre delivery and F5 Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) for network-layer firewalling and DDoS protection. This is the bundle for estates that span more than one site and need protection at the network layer as well as the application layer. Examples are illustrative, not a fixed menu.
Global Delivery & Firewall
Examples grouped by type. These are real examples of the kind of work you can send: illustrative, not a fixed menu. If it is GDF-shaped work, it fits in your queue.
In practice, if the work lives in the System, Network or Local Traffic tab, the Security tab under Application Security (ASM, WAF and Advanced WAF, aWAF), the DNS tab (GTM global load balancing) or the Security tab under Network Firewall (AFM), it belongs in your GDF queue. The examples below just show the shape of that work.
Everything in the EDS bundle: the SDR delivery core (Local Traffic Manager, platforms, AVR) plus Application Security (ASM / Advanced WAF).
Design GTM wide IPs and topology records so applications are load balanced globally across sites, by geography, performance or availability.
Set up DNS-based failover between data centres and prove it fails over cleanly with a written test, not just a config.
Deliver and secure the DNS layer itself: DNS Express, zone management and DNSSEC signing where the estate needs it.
Design and build AFM network firewall rules and policies for a new application tier or a whole self-IP, at the network layer.
Configure AFM network-layer DDoS vectors and protection profiles and review them against real traffic so legitimate users are never caught.
Audit an existing AFM rule base, find the redundant, shadowed and overly broad rules and tighten it without breaking production.
The shorter the commitment, the more flexible the price. The half-yearly rate is the standard, matching how F5 work is normally contracted.
| Monthly | Quarterly | Half-yearlystandard rate | Yearly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDFGlobal Delivery & Firewall | £16,500 | £15,675 | £14,850 | £14,025 |
Guide price. Each monthly figure is the maximum: it assumes every billable day in a normal month is worked, about 22, at the equivalent day rate. Approxee bills per available day, so any week not worked is not charged; see the availability calendar. Prices in GBP, exclude VAT. Commit longer, pay less: 5% off quarterly, 10% off half-yearly, 15% off yearly.
A 30-minute call: describe your estate and we will tell you whether GDF fits and whether a slot is open.
