Archive for November, 2007

  • I put together a list of all of the active load balancing vendors that I’m aware of, and dayom, there’s a lot. A10 Networks Array Networks (corrected) Barracuda Networks BalanceNG...

    Holy Crap, There’s A Lot Of Vendors

    I put together a list of all of the active load balancing vendors that I’m aware of, and dayom, there’s a lot. A10 Networks Array Networks (corrected) Barracuda Networks BalanceNG...

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  • You’re an application developer. You work in a world of untyped variables, debugging, and hitting reload over, and over, and over, and over again, all in the name of churning...

    What Application Developers Need To Know About Load Balancers

    You’re an application developer. You work in a world of untyped variables, debugging, and hitting reload over, and over, and over, and over again, all in the name of churning...

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  • I got this email today from Don Keller in New Orleans regarding PHP interacting with a load balancer: I read somewhere that the load balancer you run must support sessions,...

    PHP and Load Balancers

    I got this email today from Don Keller in New Orleans regarding PHP interacting with a load balancer: I read somewhere that the load balancer you run must support sessions,...

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  • Sometimes, I wonder if there’s a talent crisis coming. Networking and security devices are no longer simply Layer 2 through 4. It used to be that you could throw up...

    Coming Talent Crisis?

    Sometimes, I wonder if there’s a talent crisis coming. Networking and security devices are no longer simply Layer 2 through 4. It used to be that you could throw up...

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  • I get a lot of questions on what’s the best load balancer to choose. There are currently over 20 vendors too choose from, so buyers can experience a little bit...

    How To Choose A Load Balancer

    I get a lot of questions on what’s the best load balancer to choose. There are currently over 20 vendors too choose from, so buyers can experience a little bit...

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  • I recently received an email from Steve in the UK, and he had this question: As we are in the UK, Barracuda has an office here, Kemp only 1 distributor...

    Support Questions

    I recently received an email from Steve in the UK, and he had this question: As we are in the UK, Barracuda has an office here, Kemp only 1 distributor...

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  • I’ve closed the load balancing survey. I’ve received over 100 responses, which is a fantastic response from this niche-ian market. I’ll be munging through the final responses in the next...

    Survey Closed

    I’ve closed the load balancing survey. I’ve received over 100 responses, which is a fantastic response from this niche-ian market. I’ll be munging through the final responses in the next...

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  • Just saw this article in Fortune: Confessions of a CEO. It’s an account of Dominic Orr, the CEO of Alteon networks (sold to Nortel for $8 Billion), and pulls back...

    Confessions of a Former Alteon CEO

    Just saw this article in Fortune: Confessions of a CEO. It’s an account of Dominic Orr, the CEO of Alteon networks (sold to Nortel for $8 Billion), and pulls back...

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