Definition:
A comprehensive solution consisting of hardware, software and IT strategies utilized within an organization’s technology infrastructure to effectively and efficiently deliver business critical applications and information securely over an IP network.
Application delivery is used by many companies to manage the safe and timely distribution of applications across a business IP network in an effort to make that network more responsive and adaptive to dynamic business and IT needs. By implementing a network solution for the efficient delivery of business critical information, organizations can not only increase the availability of the applications accessed through the network, but can also enhance the reliability of an IT infrastructure through secure traffic flow management. Protecting against potential network threats is crucial to providing the highest level of traffic connectivity and network performance available. Whether a company simply requires local access for central offices or needs to provide availability to partners around the globe, delivery of business-critical applications should be efficient. Optimized application delivery networking solutions can also provide further functionality and scalability through load balancing, multiWAN (Wide Area Network) switching, web application firewalling, XML acceleration and other valuable IT strategies.
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