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 ...

The network load-balancing (NLB) vendor landscape has consolidated down to five major players and some niche alternative vendors. META Trend: Wide-area network services will transition toward IP VPNs ...

Many of my clients frequently ask me to explain the high availability alternatives included in Windows Server 2008. Basically, you are looking at either Failover Clustering or Network Load Balancing.

KEMP Technologies will now offer its application load balancing product for free. Jason Dover, director of product line management at KEMP, says providing LoadMaster for free should enable the company ...

Load balancing a network is a task that many administrators often overlook—to the detriment of their networks—even in the smallest of environments. Generally, poor network performance is treated by ...

Free load balancers present an excellent opportunity to maximize performance without breaking the budget if you're seeking a solid solution to improve the security and efficiency of your network.