“Our presence is ramping up across the region and our partner-supported sales footprint is expanding. We will benefit greatly from Ehab’s deep experience and leadership. F5 is placed to deliver extraordinary digital experiences” said Abukhater.

According to the Financial Services edition of the 2020 SOAS report, 60% of surveyed organizations in the industry believe public cloud platforms will be strategically important for them in the next two to five years, up sharply from 49% in 2019. That places adoption of the public cloud as the industry’s most important strategic priority.

Together, Shape and F5 will have a greatly expanded ability to gather and share intelligence that will help all customers make well-informed decisions about the very real threats that face their organizations.