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The application delivery controller is a key component within enterprise and cloud data centers to improve availability, security and performance of applications. Application delivery controllers (ADCs) provide functions that optimize delivery of enterprise applications across the network. ADCs provide functionality for both user-to-application and application-to-application traffic, and effectively bridge the gap between the application and underlying protocols and traditional packet-based networks. This market evolved from the load-balancing systems that were developed in the latter half of the 1990s to ensure the availability and scalability of websites. Enterprises use ADCs today to improve the availability, scalability, end-user performance, data center resource utilization, security of their applications.

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SEO MANAGER

It's great for scalable apps, and a great way to handle web traffic.

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Senior IT Support Technician

Route 53 looks great on the surface but it lacks a bunch of features and ease of use setting most DNS providers have.

Lead - Platform & Automation

We have been using AWS Elastic load balancing for manage service platform hosted in AWS EC2. We have hosted the CloudFX manage service platform which includes SelectFX, SinglePaneFX and KeyCloak for SSO in AWS EC2 servers. All CloudFX manage service platform application console configured to access through AWS Elastic load balancer and configured traffic management through load balancer. Also verifying application availability through load balancer. Elastic load balancer acting as network bridge for applications to access over internet. As of now, we have configured rule for port-to-port mapping to access all 3 application consoles using 443 over internet as all 3 CloudFX application running on different port locally. Overall, AWS Elastic Load Balancer is mature, dependable and scalable load balancing platform.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries are taking advantage of our low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform.

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Reliable traffic management with seamless AWS integration but tricky initial setup

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Great product but missing some core features for a DNS provider.

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