ADC

What is ARN? Get your questions answered We're exceptionally acronym-compliant around here. But, what technology company isn't, right? We get some interesting questions regarding our ARN initiative (Application Ready Network). Common questions include: What is it? Aren't those just templates? How does a company actually use ARN? What are the technical impacts and benefits? How is ARN different from other solutions? How do they actually work? To get these answers from the experts, I set up an interview with some F5 folks that work with our ARN efforts day in and day out to ask them these questions and others. However, I'm sure you have... posted @ Monday, February 04, 2008 11:43 AM | Feedback (0)

The Forgotten Network Tier? An interesting article has been published on www.devx.com by Ty Anderson, a consultant at Cogent Company. Check it out - he does a great job of pointing out how application developers can take advantage of the network (and specifically - iRules and iControl) when writing apps. Here's a snippet... "The reality is developers can build better, more effective applications by utilizing Application Delivery Controller (ADC). These devices are deployed in your network and track all network traffic. This includes in-coming, out-going, and internal traffic. Once installed and configured, these devices know everything that occurs in your network. This means they also know... posted @ Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:58 PM | Feedback (0)