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Microsoft

One of the services Windows Server integrates: Microsoft NLB (Network Load Balancing) that serves to balance/distribute/balance TCP and UDP traffic between servers.

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SKUDONET® began its public release in October 2010, and we have not stopped refining security, scalability, and high availability technology ever since.

Strengths & Weaknesses: Microsoft & SKUDONET

See how SKUDONET and Microsoft NLB compare across some of the most critical ADC capabilities.

Microsoft’s Strengths

  • Microsoft NLB has increased its investment and commitment to delivering enterprise ADC services and we anticipate this trend to continue.
  • Within Azure, basic ALB services are included free with the vendor’s “standard” tier of VMs.
  • Microsoft´s AAG service can balance traffic destined for servers that are outside the server cloud, including on-premises.
  • In the future it is anticipated that Azure´s ADC functionality will be extended to support on-premises workloads in conjunction with Azure stack.

SKUDONET’s Strengths

  • Disruptive vision with a stable growth as challengers in the ADC market, with an agile team and engaged community.
  • Innovation driven with Open Source technology with no vendor lock-in and broad platforms integration (hardware, virtual, bare metal and cloud).
  • Very high cost-effective solutions without limitation products and services, suitable for both midsize organizations and large enterprises.
  • Investment in R&D to deliver a technology driven by easiness, performance and security.
  • Is a complete ADC (Application Delivery Controller) that could manage all kinds of network protocols (UDP, TCP, HTTP/S, SCTP, SIP, T/FTP, …) but also with a combination of all of them simultaneously and multiport capabilities; and it’s not oriented to licensed features.
  • Its operating system is fully optimized for networking so it is capable to move in layer 7 more than 140 thousand concurrent users and in layer 4 more than 10 million concurrent users with only 2 dedicated cores.
  • Ability to create configuration backups, easy cluster configuration, automatic replication from one node to another and stateful cluster with real time sessions replications that permits a failover between nodes without losing any connection.
  • Provides an integrated IPDS security system with real time black hole lists, DoS protection, black/white listing and protection of the most common network attacks.
  • Provides a very UX graphic interface for both operators and network engineers in Angular 2 technology.
  • Automation capabilities thanks to it’s fully programmable REST+JSON API.

Microsoft’s Weaknesses

  • Cisco has demonstrated limited application knowledge compared with its competitors.
  • Next generation service architectures are not complete and not encompassed ADC functionality.
  • Decline in clients request concerning Cisco’s ADC solutions-reflected in continuing marketing decline.

SKUDONET’s Weaknesses

  •  Young brand as an open source company and yet to develop a big influence than other more established vendors.
  •  Needs to develop a broader partnership network.

*Summarised from the latest Gartner ADC report.

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