A practical guide to server load balancing by a Network World reader. Details server load balancing technologies and applications for systems managers. This piece was contributed by a reader. If you ...

Reverse proxy startup ngrok Inc. today debuted a GSLB, or global server load balancing, tool that promises to speed up application response times and reduce the risk of outages. The network traffic ...

A blade system without a load balancer would be like Chicago’s O’Hare without air traffic control. One of the core applications for server blades is to serve as the front end to Web hosting, firewalls ...