Like Cars on a Highway.

  Every once in a while, as the number of people following me grows (thank you, each and every one), I like to revisit something that is fundamental to the high-tech industry but is often overlooked or not given the attention it deserves. This is one of those times, and the many-faceted nature of any application infrastructure is the topic. While much has changed since I last touched on this topic, much has not, leaving us in an odd inflection point. When referring to movies that involve a lot of CGI, my oldest son called it “the valley...

Don’t Confuse A Rubber Stamp With Validation

There are many instances in the world where third-party verification of thoughts and ideas are just a useful thing to have. Cases where the vested interest of one party makes their opinion suspect, even if it is unbiased. For those cases we have a whole collection of organizations and corporations that will research and verify, test and certify, validate and verify, whatever, depending upon the issue and the needs of the target audience. A good example of this that I know of for the obvious reasons is gluten-free foods. There is a “certified gluten free” program in the US,...

Advanced Load Balancing for Developers – ADCs, What’s the Difference?

So a while back I covered Load Balancing for Developers, trying to help developers  who don’t yet have exposure to load balancing to understand the when/where/how of load balancing.  I took a bit of a break to do some BIG-IP/TMOS V.10 work, and figure it’s about time (since I’ve been gently prodded by readers a couple of times) to move on with the advanced applications. But first, a moment of silence for Borland, who this time surely is breathing its last. I’ll try not to reminisce too much here, but their DOS IDE was the best out there, hands down. And...