The software-defined rebirth of the load balancer>
Channel Partner Insight – Frank J. Ohlhorst
Software-defined technologies have quickly transformed traditional WAN optimization solutions and load balancers into solutions now referred to as application delivery controllers (ADCs). ZK Research revealed that software defined technologies, along with cloud native applications, are being deployed more frequently, with 50 percent of UK businesses and 29 percent of US businesses expecting to move over half of their applications into the cloud within the next 12 months. It’s a transformation that ZK expects to have a profound impact on the ADC Market. According to ZK Research, F5 and Citrix are the most commonly used ADCs by today’s businesses, yet ZK opines that cloud native ADCs are beginning to show strength as applications transform into cloud-based entities. Forrester’s Application Experience (AX) for Asia Pacific Enterprises in Multi-cloud Environments report reveals that 84 percent of CIOs in APAC believe that a multi-cloud deployment will constitute up to half of their web and application hosting environment in the next three years.
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