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Archive for March, 2009
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ZXTM: Development Licenses Are Free!
Posted on March 25, 2009 | No CommentsOwen Garret, product manager for Zeus’s ZXTM load balancer/ADC has announced on the load balancing mailing list a Zeus program that allows a free development license for the ZXTM on non-production systems. Â Definitely worth checking out. -
Call For Stuff You Want To See Documented
Posted on March 21, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s been a while since I introduced the lbwiki, and I’ve started cranking out some articles in earnest now. But I’m open to suggestions as to what you’d like to see covered. So, what would you like to know? Feel free to shoot me an... -
Load Balancers Killed Sun
Posted on March 19, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe IT world is abuzz about the possibility of Sun being purchased by IBM, as reported by the WSJ. The author in the linked commentary makes a very good point with regard to the only thing holding up a hostile takeover of Sun is the... -
Best of Both Worlds: Selective Source-NAT
Posted on March 11, 2009 | 1 CommentOne of the most common issues that comes up is something often referred to as the “same subnet” problem. In certain configurations, you cannot connect to a VIP (Virtual IP address, or Virtual Server) if the client you’re connecting from is on the same subnet... -
Ecessa Press Release
Posted on March 11, 2009 | No CommentsAstrocom, a link load balancer vendor, has changed its name to Ecessa, and has the following press release: Ecessa Launches Secure WAN Link Controllers with Integrated Firewall and VPN GatewayNew Shield -
New Segment to Cover
Posted on March 10, 2009 | No CommentsThis blog has covered server load balancing for years, and will of course continue to do so. There is another type of load balancing however, that I’m going to start covering as well, known as “link load balancing”. Link load balancing (sometimes called WAN controllers... -
A10 Networks 2.0 Release
Posted on March 9, 2009 | 1 CommentA10 Networks, a relative new comer to the application delivery/load balancing market, has nonetheless made its mark. Recently, they released the 2.0 version of their firmware for the AX line of ADC/load balancers, and A10 was kind enough to send me an evaluation box to... -
Selina Lo in the News
Posted on March 9, 2009 | No CommentsAlteon has left an interesting mark on the industry, there’s no denying that. And lately, I’m thinking a lot of that had to do with the various personalities behind he company. I was perusing the latest issue of Inc. magazine, and low and behold, there... -
More Info On Nortel Purchase
Posted on March 4, 2009 | No CommentsThe All About Nortel blog had a reference to a Nojitter post on more specific details on the purchase of Nortel. Fascinating stuff, including that the business unit is now worth about $17.65 million with revenues in the $50 million range.