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The Honest Avi Networks and NGINX Comparison

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on Sep 3, 2019 9:17:31 AM

Avi Networks was acquired by VMware in July 2019 and the Avi Vantage Platform is now known as NSX Advanced Load Balancer (ALB). But that hasn’t stopped people from talking about Avi Networks — especially competitor F5 Networks and their recent open-source acquisition NGINX. They have been known to spread misinformation when it comes to Avi Networks and NGINX comparisons of features and capabilities.
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Topics: load balancer, Application Delivery Controller, software-defined load balancing, software load balancing, Multi-cloud Load Balancing

Enterprises Demand “Load Balancing-as-a-Service”; Avi SaaS Wins Gold

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on May 7, 2019 11:38:45 AM

Infrastructure is transforming into a services model. For example, enterprises now focus less on physical servers and individual virtual machines; instead, enterprises focus on acquiring compute resources via cloud services. But this shift isn’t just happening with compute, it’s happening all across the tech stack as outlined in Deutsche Bank's recent case study with Avi Networks.
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Topics: Innovation Award, Multi-cloud Load Balancing

What is a Load Balancing Fabric, And Why You Need One

avatar Chris Heggem
Posted on Apr 17, 2019 2:17:11 PM

When you enter a query into the Google Search Engine, thousands of containers distributed across a global network spring into action to give you results instantly. That is also how YouTube and Gmail work too.
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Topics: Software Load Balancer, automation, IT Automation, intent-based load balancer, Multi-cloud Load Balancing, load balancer automation

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

How to Bring Intent-Based Networking to Life

avatar Lei Yang
Posted on Oct 2, 2018 11:37:13 AM

My colleague wrote a blog on What is “Intent-Based” Anyway? To see is to believe and that’s exactly what this blog “intends” to do. Let’s put your fingers on something tangible while catching you up on the next big thing that is “intent-based networking”.
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Topics: Multi-Cloud, intent-based application services, intent-based networking, intent-based load balancer, Multi-cloud Load Balancing

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

  
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