AWS / Azure / GCP — Platform-agnostic v cloud-native load balancing

Working with this medical imaging vendor to provide a tailored load balancing solution for their medical imaging platform in the public cloud.

Cloud may be a developers best friend, but it can also be a programmer's worst enemy.

For those visiting our website for the first time, I should start by saying we're definitely NOT anti-cloud. But we most definitely ARE anti-herd mentality.

The tailored HyperBalance load balancer will optimize Cloudian's object storage applications, allowing them to seamlessly deliver the high availability their customers demand.

Talking about the cloud and actually moving to the cloud are two very different things.

Gartner predicts that by 2025 almost two-thirds of spending on application software will have shifted to the cloud, driven by the demand for integration capabilities, agile work processes, and interchangeable architecture.

We'd all rather prevent a disaster than have to live with the consequences of one.

Load balancers are built to help scale up your back end servers, to allow for the growth of users. But what if the load balancer could also grow with you?

!!WARNING!! This blog contains the generic phrase "IT modernization" which some of our readers may find distressing.

In this blog we put public cloud provider AWS under the lens, and highlight some important considerations for those weighing up their cloud options.

The assumption is that the load balancer is inherently provided with your cloud infrastructure but this is not always the case.

There are a number of considerations around when and when not to use cloud, and I don't think there'll ever be a single 'this is the right time or the right scenario' to use it.

The process of maintaining, supporting, and securing Print environments can be complicated and expensive – even for organizations that have the staff and budget to devote to it.

From CRMs that store customer information and ERP systems that track product data to cloud-computing platforms that can host websites and run multiple applications – organizations are using more and more cloud-based solutions to meet various business requirements.

If you're building a brand new application today and you were delivering that out en masse to consumers, you would, in most cases, choose to deploy that in the cloud.

Organizations are moving away from the traditional data center model, and favoring a hybrid approach to hosting their systems and applications, that involves multiple sites, providers and even cloud environments.

Our expertise enabled a leading cloud provider for IT resellers optimize their Microsoft Exchange environment making it highly available for 130,000+ users.

Learn why containerization has exploded in popularity, along with Kubernetes – the open source platform for managing containerized workloads.

How did our cloud load balancer go from one of the first on the market to a trusted solution for hybrid and multi-cloud environments?

For businesses looking at building a resilient and future-proof tech setup, we highlight the top five things to consider while reengineering IT systems and processes.

In this ever-evolving business world, flexibility is the key to long-term success.

Find out how we helped Fluid Networks deliver easy access and scalability.

If you think migrating your load balancers to virtual or cloud would cost you big bucks, we've got some good news. Our Freedom License offers customers seamless migration – absolutely free!

Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, Disney and Apple recently began streaming content at lower bit rates - but is it actually improving performance or just good PR?

I often hear that AWS seems expensive, in most cases, this is because people are not fully aware of the best cost-saving practices. Amazon offers many tools to help keep costs down and is always working to improve on these. One such recent improvement is the new "AWS Savings Plans".