Still ringing a bell: F5 marks its 30th year in business

F5 CEO François Locoh-Donou (center) and members of the company’s leadership team with Nasdaq’s Jeff Thomas (in front of F5 logo) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square on Friday, marking F5’s 30th anniversary by ringing the opening bell. (Screenshot via webcast) Nearly 27 years ago, in June 1999, a 3-year-old Seattle-based internet traffic-management company called F5 Networks Inc. went public on the Nasdaq, boasting customers such as PSINet, MCI WorldCom, StarMedia Network, Vanstar, Frontier