F5 Networks acquires NGINX to Bridge NetOps and DevOps with consistent application services across an enterprise’s multi-cloud environment. Majority of sites on the Internet today, including The Hacker News, and hundreds of thousands apps, like Instagram, Pinterest, Netflix, and Airbnb are hosted on web servers running the popular open-source web server of the same name. F5 is the industry leader in cloud and security application infrastructure that helps businesses secure and manage their software and web applications. The deal is expected to close in the second calendar quarter of 2019.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/f5-networks-acquires-nginx.html