Top 6 Pitfalls to Avoid when Selecting a Load Balancer

Load balancers, also known as Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), are often being deployed with today’s enterprise and web applications. What should you look for in an ADC?  What factors must you consider?  What benefits should you make sure an ADC has to offer?  In this post, I break down the top six pitfalls to avoid when selecting a load balancer to help guide your ADC purchasing process.

5 Tips to Keep Your eCommerce Running During Online Shopping Peaks

Daniel R. Scoggin, former President and CEO of TGI Fridays, said it best: “The only way to know how customers see your business is to look at it through their eyes.” Although Quality of Experience (QoE) is a subjective measurement, it is the only measurement that counts for customers.

Is Social Media the New Application Delivery Tipping Point?

Let’s start by answering a simple question: which social media services do you use?

• YouTube
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• All of the above

How Application Delivery and Security Work Hand-in-Hand

At first glance, application delivery and security might seem unrelated because they appear to solve and address different challenges from different domains. But a closer look actually reveals that they are entwined. In this post I’ll break down the ways in which application delivery and security work hand-in-hand.

The Mobile Momentum: How Can Carriers Manage Increasing Traffic in the Mobile Space?

As their revenues decline and mobile carriers continue to struggle with the increasing traffic demand from their customers, Long Term Evolution (LTE) looks like a good candidate to reduce the cost per bit. I recently read a nice analysis from Deloitte that claims that 2013 will be a strong year for LTE adoption, predicting that more than 200 operators in 75 countries will launch LTE networks alongside their existing HSxPA networks. With a diverse range of LTE handsets and tablets available in the consumer market, overall LTE subscription is expected to exceed 200 million clients.