I have been taking some training recently on web accelerators, WAN optimization, proxies, and other security devices, and one of the trends I have been noticing is the increase in devices that can ...

Free load balancers present an excellent opportunity to maximize performance without breaking the budget if you're seeking a solid solution to improve the security and efficiency of your network.

A practical guide to server load balancing by a Network World reader. Details server load balancing technologies and applications for systems managers. This piece was contributed by a reader. If you ...

My current Arrowpoints, (yes, arrowpoints) aka Cisco CSS 11000 series boxes are growing a little long in the tooth, dont support SSL offloading, and I am not looking at new technology and replacements ...

Load balancers used to be fairly simple, distributing user requests from the Internet to a group of servers instead of just one. Between the drive to differentiate themselves and the increasing ...

The network load-balancing (NLB) vendor landscape has consolidated down to five major players and some niche alternative vendors. META Trend: Wide-area network services will transition toward IP VPNs ...

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Savvy network managers are using open-source software to provision new, inexpensive virtual servers, fueling the exponential growth of server clusters, server farms and Web applications. However, just ...