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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, 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: intent-based networking, intent-based application services, Elastic Load Balancing, software load balancing, software-defined load balancing, Software Load Balancer, intent-based load balancer

Cisco Partnership and $60 Million Series D Fuels Avi Networks’ Next Stage of Growth

avatar Amit Pandey
Posted on Jun 6, 2018 12:14:29 PM

Today is an exciting day in the history of Avi Networks. We just announced our $60 million Series D with the addition of Cisco Investments who is joining our existing investors. This brings our total funding to $115 million.
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Topics: cisco, intent-based application services, intent-based networking

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: load balancer security, application services security, application delivery controller security, security in load balancing, Security

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: Compliance, Software Load Balancer

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: Microsoft Azure, Load Balancing, Cloud Migration, Public Cloud

Avi iWAF Wins “Stevie” Medal at 2018 American Business Awards

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on May 2, 2018 1:16:38 PM

We’re proud to share the news of our recent Stevie award. Avi won a bronze medal at the 2018 American Business Awards for its role in revolutionizing application performance and security with its Intelligent Web Application Firewall (iWAF).
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Topics: Innovation Award, WAF

Three Lessons Application Managers Can Learn from the Electric Scooter Invasion

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on Apr 26, 2018 10:32:22 AM

San Francisco is an uproar over electric scooters. Thanks to startups like Bird, LimeBike and Spin, the motorized two-wheelers invaded San Francisco’s streets, seemingly overnight, and quickly became the Tech Bus issue of 2018. While commuters and tourists enjoy the environmentally friendly transport, residents bemoan broken toes, near-miss collisions and abandoned scooters littering the sidewalk. Meantime, the city legislators are struggling to know how to deal with the new and high-profile roll-out, which apparently has no formal permits.
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Topics: Load Balancing, Software Load Balancer, Application Delivery Controller, Hardware, WAF

Avi Networks Saves Companies Millions In Application Delivery

avatar Chandra Sekar
Posted on Apr 11, 2018 10:32:24 AM

We know companies that use our intent-based application services are happy they chose Avi Networks. But we wanted to find out exactly how much benefit comes from using Avi Networks versus physical or virtual application delivery controllers.
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Topics: Research, Application Delivery Controller, Software Load Balancer, software load balancing, software-defined load balancing, Hardware

Guru’s Guide to Excel-ing as a Network Engineer

avatar Guru Chahal
Posted on Apr 5, 2018 9:05:22 AM

While it’s tempting to make fun of it, the reality is that Excel is a pretty good tool to consolidate the data from your network in one place, analyze it, generate reports, and much more. Unfortunately, importing data from network appliances into Excel is a laborious, manual process and keeping the data up-to-date is almost impossible.
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Topics: Network Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring, Analytics, 100% REST API

Make Your New Cloud House a Cloud Home - The State of the Cloud: An Application-Centric Guide to Cloud Migration (Part 3 of 3)

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on Mar 30, 2018 10:21:25 AM

In the two previous posts in this series, we’ve explained cloud migration using the analogy of moving to a new home. The analogy presents applications as personal belongings and infrastructure as the properties you’re moving between.
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Topics: Application Services, Cloud Migration

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