c07.18 DATA SHEET WHITE PAPER Load Balancing Microservices-Based Applications SUMMARY Applications have evolved from client-server to SOA-based to microservices- based architecture now used in most modern web apps. This evolution has greatly impacted how applications are created, scaled, secured, and managed. Unfortunately, Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), or load balancers, in the industry today still lag behind. An application that previously needed 1 service now requires 10 or more different services. Unless modern ADCs are “microservices aware” and have the right hooks (via APIs, automation, and orchestration frameworks) to provision, configure and manage each microservice, IT teams will struggle to keep up with the lifecycle management of applications. This paper d

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