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BIG-IQ Centralized Management significantly eases the burden of managing the BIG-IP system and offers value to NetOps, DevOps, and SecOps users with automated workflows, intelligent device management, role- and user-specific GUIs and dashboards, and tight third-party integrations. In short, BIG-IQ Centralized Management enables you to gain insight into and keep tight control of every BIG-IP application service and device in on-premises, public, and private cloud environments. 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