9000 Series Overview

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Layer7Solutions.com Application Acceleration Solutions:

NetScaler is now the Application Networking Group of Citrix Systems, Inc.:
Citrix NetScaler.

Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Systems combine the features and functions of traditional data center point products - load balancing, caching, compression, SSL acceleration, attack defense, SSL VPN - into a single network appliance, built from the ground up to maximize the performance and security of data center applications.

NetScaler® by Citrix® is an integrated Web application delivery controller appliance that functions as an application accelerator through caching and HTTP compression

It also provides advanced traffic management through Layer 4-7 load balancer and content switching functions and it includes application security via a Web application firewall and SSL VPN.

NetScaler further off loads application and Web servers to ensure application availability, increased security through SSL, and server consolidation.  It reduces the TCO of Web application delivery, optimizes the user experience and makes applications run five times better. NetScaler’s parallel processing nCore™ technology leverages multi-core processors to provide unprecedented performance and scalability for even the most challenging web applications. NetScaler appliances are available in three editions running on a wide ranging array of hardware platforms for any throughput need-from 500 Mbps through 18 Gbps.

Citrix NetScaler Overview:  

In 1998, Citrix NetScaler's founders saw the need to help businesses overcome the weaknesses and inefficiencies of the Internet infrastructure, such as slow load times, security threats, overloaded servers, and others. Today, the company has applied its innovation in Request Switching™ technology to solve the challenges faced by enterprises, e-commerce vendors, and content providers who are overwhelmed by the complexity and expense of securely delivering business-critical applications over the Internet and private networks.

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