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25 July 2024
How Load Balancing Algorithms Work, and How to Choose the Right One
An introduction to the most widely used algorithms and use cases where they excel.
18 July 2024
How Load Balancers Differ From Reverse Proxies, and When to Use Each
While reverse proxies do balance loads, they do a lot more than that, and there are often good reasons to use both.
11 July 2024
How to Speed Up and Secure Your Apps Using DNS Load Balancing
It’s a low-cost way to improve scalability of web apps that requires no additional hardware and can be effective for orgs of all sizes.
18 June 2024
What Load Balancers Do at Three Different Layers of the OSI Stack
Understand load balancing methods at each of the layers and what to keep in mind when deciding which type of load balancer to deploy for your infrastructure.
06 June 2024
How API Gateways Differ from Load Balancers, and Which to Use
Get a deeper understanding of what these essential technologies behind web services do, and how and when they can be used together.
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Jacob Smith
VP, Digital Services Strategy & Marketing
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