Application Load Balancer

Today’s consumers have a higher expectation that the applications and devices they interact with will always work, and for any information they need to be available instantly. In the workplace, this has translated to employees having the same expectations for their work devices and applications. In addition, employees want the flexibility to be able to use their personal devices at work, and to be able to work at any hours of the day or night.

This has created unique pressures on businesses. Companies are striving toward creating business applications that are as intuitive and user-friendly as those that are widely available for personal use. They are also investing in the infrastructure to ensure that employees always have access to the resources they need. By planning for seamless failover by bringing on additional servers, businesses can avoid a scenario that a server would go down and take the accessibility of its associated applications with it.

For years, application delivery controllers have been heavily relied on in business environments. They adapt applications to current networks and protocols, as well as ensure an application’s availability, security, and performance. When application delivery controllers were first developed, they provided limited functionality. Today, the core functionality of the ADC is provided by load balancers.

RiseIT®’s load balancers excel at the core function of the ADC by distributing application traffic across a server cluster. The load balancer can check the health and availability of individual servers, and route incoming requests to healthy servers according to their configured algorithm. By providing this function, the load balancer can avoid any potential disruptions.

When used at scale, load balancers also have the ability to enhance application delivery across server clusters in geographically dispersed locations. RiseIT®’s global load balancers can select the appropriate site that will minimize latency, and work in tandem with local application delivery controllers to maximize overall user experience.

Relying on RiseIT®’s load balancers for your application’s delivery has a number of advantages. Here are some of the benefits:

RiseIT® is a load balancing software company offering solutions that provide superior application delivery for our clients. We offer local and global products that can be used together or in conjunction with third-party solutions to meet any need. We are able to provide increased availability and optimal performance for applications running in a variety of environments. To learn more about enhancing the delivery of your business applications, contact us today.