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 ...

The volume of online transactions continues to grow exponentially, together with the number of web enabled endpoints like mobile and IoT devices. At the same time, privacy and cybersecurity concerns ...

It’s probably not a big surprise that Secure Sockets Layer capabilities are becoming increasingly important in Layer 4-7 switches and load balancers. What may be somewhat surprising is that in most ...

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 ...

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 ...