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Key IIS metrics to monitor

August 2, 2018

Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) is a web server that has traditionally come bundled with Windows (e.g., versions 5.0, 6.0, and beyond). IIS has numerous extensibility features. Swappable interfaces like ISAPI and FastCGI make it possible to use IIS with a variety of backend technologies, from micro-frameworks like Flask to runtimes like Node.js, along with […]

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Citrix: Whither ADC?

August 1, 2018

There are many changes underway in networking architectures, driven by increasing cloud adoption, the trend towards microservices based applications, and software eating the world. In this context, many people are uncertain about future of Application Delivery Controllers. Here is my view. The Load Balancing Era The internet grew at a dramatic pace by adopting simple, […]

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How to Use Microsoft SCOM for End-to-End Performance Monitoring

July 16, 2018

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) deployments have been on the rise in recent years mainly due to its tight integration with other Microsoft servers and applications in the enterprise. While SCOM has native support to monitor Microsoft infrastructures, there is no out-of-the-box support for non-Microsoft technologies, such as VMware, Oracle, Citrix, SAP, and so […]

Citrix NetScaler Priority Load Balancing Configuration – Video

June 5, 2018

This video provides information about the NetScaler Priority Load Balancing feature and its configuration. This video is from the fine folks at Citrix

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Citrix Synergy TV Video – Networking in the age of DevOps

June 1, 2018

Developers are increasingly driving the conversation and buying decisions around network equipment such as load balancers and other layer 7 proxies. Many of the changes are driven by fundamental shifts in software architecture such as microservices, automation, self-service, cloud native-ness and containerization. Citrix NetScaler is adapting to meet these new demands with new form factors, […]

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Citrix Synergy TV Video – Discover the NetScaler ADC and AWS advantage

May 30, 2018

Learn how NetScaler can take your AWS deployment to the next level by delivering the benefits of the cloud with the centralized control and security inherent to on-premises deployments. In AWS environments, NetScaler goes beyond basic load balancing and optimization functionality to deliver high application uptime and greater performance with enterprise-grade security and scalability. But […]

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Citrix Synergy TV Video – Adventures in configuration: overcoming NetScaler HA limitations in Azure

May 28, 2018

Citrix Synergy TV – SYN221 – Adventures in configuration: overcoming NetScaler HA limitations in Azure Deploying NetScaler in Azure presents challenges, from HA not working properly to limitations on routing, security and IP addresses, along with other things that can make a NetScaler deployment in Azure fail. This session presents experiences from the field with […]

VMware vSphere 6.7 General Availability – Virtual Insanity

April 20, 2018

As many of you know, yesterday, vSphere 6.7 was released. There are some awesome updates, and while this isn’t an all-encompassing list of features, I wanted to round up the ones I felt were the most important (especially to my customers). First and foremost, it should be noted that you cannot upgrade from vSphere 5.5 […]

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Google Cloud Introducing VPC Flow Logs—network transparency in near real-time

April 9, 2018

By Ines Envid, Product Manager, GCP Logging and monitoring are the cornerstones of network and security operations. Whether it’s performance analysis or network forensics, logging and monitoring let you identify traffic and access patterns that may present security or operational risks to the organization. Today, we’re upping the ante for network operations on Google Cloud […]

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Enhanced Layer 7 Routing for Swarm in Docker Enterprise Edition Beta

March 24, 2018

The beta release of Docker Enterprise Edition has seen incredible activity. The highlight of the upcoming Docker Enterprise Edition (Docker EE) release is the integration of Kubernetes and bringing all of the advanced security, RBAC and management capabilities of Docker EE to Kubernetes. At the same time, we have been working to improve Swarm, delivering the only container […]

VMware: Multi-Tiered Routing with NSX-T: In-Kernel Multi-Tenant Routing

March 5, 2018

Multi-tenancy exists in some shape or form in almost every network. For an Enterprise network, it can be the separation of tenants based on different business units, departments, different security/network policies or compliance requirements. For a service provider, multi-tenancy can simply be separation of different customers (tenants). Multi-tenancy doesn’t just allow separation of tenants, but […]

My thoughts on Citrix buying Cedexis and what it is?

February 14, 2018

IT Blog by Marius Sandbu

Earlier today Citrix announced publicly that they have bought the company Cedexis. (If you didn’t catch the news you can read the official blogpost here –> https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2018/02/12/citrix-acquires-cedexis/) Being the tech-curious mind that I am, and started to read through the official blogpost didn’t give me any clarity in what kind of value it would actually […]

VMware: Routing Deep Dive on VMware’s NSX-T (Distributed Routing and Centralized Routing)

February 5, 2018

In the first part of this blog series, NSX-T: Routing where you need it (Part 1), I discussed how East-West (E-W) routing is completely distributed on NSX-T and how routing is done by the Distributed Router (DR) running as a kernel module in each hypervisor. In this post, I will explain how North-South (N-S) routing […]

ControlUp 7.1 – A minor version number increase, a giant leap for sysadmins

February 5, 2018

ControlUp provides a unique platform that lets you monitor, troubleshoot and optimize your IT infrastructure. We are continually improving our product to help our community run a reliable and optimized IT operation. ControlUp 7.1 brings a ton of new capabilities to systems administrators. Along with enhanced host and VM visibility, this release adds NetScaler monitoring […]

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