F5 Networks announced it won a Stevie Award for Marketing Campaign of the Year in the Computer Hardware category at the 2011 American Business Awards. The "F5 IT Manifesto" campaign was awarded top honors in June 2011. F5 was also a finalist in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year for Reputation/Brand Management for its "F5 3-2-1-0" campaign. More than 200 executives across the country participated in the judging process to determine the finalists and Stevie Award winners.

"F5 is honored to be recognized with a coveted Stevie Award from such a distinguished panel of judges," said Kirby Wadsworth, VP of Global Marketing at F5. "For Fortune 500 companies, enterprises, and service providers worldwide, F5 offers a strategic approach for implementing dynamic security, storage, virtualization, and cloud computing technologies. We launched the IT Manifesto campaign to position F5 as a forward-thinking IT solution provider that helps organizations deploy innovative technology solutions beyond simple load balancing. F5's strong, consistent marketing messages have been a major factor in the recent success of our programs and helped the company achieve revenue growth of 35 percent in fiscal year 2010."

The Stevie Awards were presented during ceremonies at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York, N.Y. The ceremonies were hosted by Cheryl Casone of Fox Business Network and broadcast nationwide on radio by the Business TalkRadio Network. Awards were presented in over 40 categories, including Best Overall Company of the Year, Executive of the Year, and Best New Product of the Year. More than 2,800 entries from organizations of all sizes and industries were submitted for consideration.