McAdam was somewhat less forthcoming about rival vendor Radware Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDWR); the Scottish exec made no reference to the long-running cookie patent lawsuit with Radware that was finally resolved last month (see Radware/F5 Cookie Lawsuit Crumbles).
This could be due to the fact that the two vendors have only partially patched up their differences -- another patent infringement lawsuit is still outstanding. In July, Radware filed a lawsuit in a New Jersey court alleging that F5 infringed one of its key technology patents (see Radware Fixes Legal Guns on F5).
For the first quarter of 2005, F5 predicts it will earn 20 to 21 cents a share on revenues of $52 million to $54 million.
The market responded positively to the results. In after-hours trading, F5 shares rose $2.92 (8.89 percent) to $35.75.
James Rogers, Site Editor, Next-gen Data Center Forum
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