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It's Time to Say "Goodbye" to the Load Balancer Appliance

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Posted on Jan 8, 2019 2:33:47 PM

The start of a New Year serves as a great reminder to re-evaluate objectives, initiatives, and technologies. As we move forward into 2019, it is important to leave the past in the past and begin building towards the future. And appliance load balancers are something enterprises need to say “goodbye” to ASAP — and for good reason!
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Topics: software-defined load balancing, f5 vs avi networks, hardware load balancer vs software load balancer

Announcing Universal Service Mesh: Avi Networks Integration with Istio

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Posted on Dec 4, 2018 10:14:17 AM

Today, Avi Networks announced plans to integrate with Istio to create a Universal Service Mesh that spans traditional and containerized applications on cloud, VM, and bare-metal infrastructure.
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Topics: service mesh, universal service mesh, istio service mesh, Istio integrations, integration with istio

5 Ways to Recycle Your Old F5 Load Balancers

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Posted on Nov 19, 2018 10:42:58 AM

Last year, I had a bit of fun defending hardware appliances with my article Avi vs. F5: 9 Reasons Why Hardware is Better than Software. If you couldn’t tell, sarcasm is my first language.
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Topics: Hardware

Introducing Avi SaaS — The First SaaS Load Balancer with Multi-cloud Capabilities:

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on Oct 30, 2018 9:51:50 AM

Today, we are excited to announce the launch of Avi SaaS, a cloud managed solution to deliver Avi's load balancing, WAF, GSLB, and service mesh across multi-cloud environments.
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Topics: Multi-cloud Load Balancing, saas

Load Balancer Automation: Avi Networks is to the Jetsons as F5 Networks is to the Flintstones

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on Aug 16, 2018 10:41:45 AM

Visit AviNetworks.com or F5 Networks’ website and there will be no shortage of the word “automation”. In fact, both load balancing solutions sound very much alike according to their marketing teams, but in practice they couldn’t be more different.
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Topics: Autoscaling, automation, load balancer automation

Multi-Cloud Load Balancing: Separating Fact from Fiction

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on Jul 11, 2018 10:02:54 AM

We now live in a multi-cloud world. And it makes sense. Enterprises need highly available applications that can support customers all over the globe. Hybrid and multi-cloud environments, the concept of managing multiple infrastructure environments together as one, give businesses choice and flexibility with their infrastructure. Why would you lock themselves into a single data center or a single cloud?
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Topics: Software Load Balancer, multicloud traffic management, Multi-Cloud, intent-based load balancer, Multi-cloud Load Balancing

What is "Intent-Based" Anyway? The 3 Components of an Intent-Based Load Balancer

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on Jun 19, 2018 9:47:18 AM

Chances are you’ve seen the phrase “intent-based application services” or “intent-based load balancer” (hint: that language is used all over Avi Networks' website). Application services refer to load balancing, WAF security, and service mesh. But what about “intent-based”? Is “intent-based” just a bunch of marketing fluff? Actually, no. I’m well-versed in the fluff of industry peers. The story behind intent-based is straight forward.
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Topics: Software Load Balancer, software-defined load balancing, software load balancing, Elastic Load Balancing, intent-based application services, intent-based networking, intent-based load balancer

Ask Avi: Load Balancer Security

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on May 30, 2018 1:08:35 PM

Applications don’t just support the business; applications are the business. The number of applications and end-users who rely on these applications are increasing exponentially. As such, your applications remain a popular target of attackers, and a successful attack could significantly harm your business.
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Topics: Security, load balancer security, application services security, application delivery controller security, security in load balancing

With GDPR, Let the Load Balancer Take the Lead

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on May 7, 2018 1:10:00 PM

It’s go-time for GDPR. The EU’s sweeping new General Data Protection Regulation is set to take effect May 25. Any business that controls or processes the personal data of customers in the European Union has less than a month to comply.
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Topics: Software Load Balancer, Compliance

Azure Cloud Migration: Q&A with Mitch Chen of Avi Networks

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on May 3, 2018 3:07:56 PM

Avi Networks Solutions Engineer Mitch Chen works with many enterprises moving to the cloud. We sat down with him to get some insights and tips about migrating applications to Microsoft Azure.
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Topics: Load Balancing, Public Cloud, Cloud Migration, Microsoft Azure

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