To provide the best application performance, reliability, scalability, and
security for J2EE applications, many large organizations utilize network
load-balancing appliances and application switches. However, coordinating the
deployment of applications between application developers and network
managers can be a slow, painstaking process for companies choosing the many
advantages of the network-based, load-balancing switches.
By developing an application to manage the time-consuming coordination
between these two teams, developers can self-serve their needs more quickly,
network managers can save valuable time previously spent performing manual
tasks, and companies can experience more flexible application deployment and
updates.
Budget-conscious IT departments can also save enormous amounts of scarce
financial resources and time. On a network basis alone, conservati... (more)
There are many dynamic things happening every day on DevCentral. While
innovative, powerful technology (IMO) helps,it all starts with incredible
people. Customers. Industry partners. Resellers and Consultants. F5 staff.
And, the DevCentral Team. The work that Joe, Don, and Colin have done and
continue to do amazes me. Based upon how many people are reading the Blogs
and Tech Tips, posting to the forums, and more, I'm guessing you agree.
They've set the bar pretty high.
However, it's just been kicked up another notch with the addition of a new
member to the DevCentral Core Team. ... (more)
For those not able to tune in to our live launch event at DevCentral this
week, here is a great video to watch. It features F5’s Dan Matte, Johnson
Chen, and Fred Wu presenting at the local China launch event for
DevCentral-China in Shanghai.
You can watch it at Network Chinabyte here!
Here is another article from China’s IT168 that includes some great pics.
Technorati Tags: f5, devcentral, china, chinabyte, shanghai, jeff browning
... (more)
Just wrapped up a great session with the F5/Microsoft team discussing
Microsoft Lync Server and designing deployments for optimal availability and
scale. As companies start to deal with the major wave of mobile/remote
workers (in one report, IDC suggests that 75% of the U.S. workforce will be
mobile in coming years – I think that’s high but I doubt few argue it’s
a legitimate trend), Lync seems to pose some nice enhancements and quite
possibly a better, more centralized (i.e. IT desired!) approach to support
mobile workers vs. the many free IP-based tools users could begin using ... (more)
Election Day 2008 represented many “firsts”. As more people document
President Obama’s campaign team and their creative use of social media
(Twitter, etc.), one aspect few have explored is the web infrastructure used
to support the flurry of online activity. For MSNBC.com, Election Day 2008
represented the biggest day of traffic in it’s 12-year history with over 20
million unique viewers and 250 million page views. Wow.
When it comes to IT, it’s always fun to throw around big numbers. Well,
these are indeed BIG numbers.
Here is a particularly interesting aspect that really speaks... (more)