We all realize that it is of utmost importance that web services and applications are 100% available to our customers and employees all the time.
In the past, a simple load balancing tool was all you needed to ensure that web traffic was distributed across multiple servers, and also that backup was available if a server went down unexpectedly. As websites evolved with dynamic content and complex web applications, simple load balancing was just not enough anymore. With the complexity of today’s technology everyone can benefit from using an Application Delivery Controller (ADC) to maximize the end user experience. Using an ADC improves server efficiency, application performance, reliability, and security.
Citrix’s NetScaler is the most advanced ADC available today. The NetScaler optimizes, secures, and controls the delivery of both enterprise and cloud services. Along with load balancing, the NetScaler provides a whole host of features to ensure that web applications are securely available 24/7/365. The Citrix advantage is the ease of having one single product providing all these services for your data center.
When you use a NetScaler in your data center the benefits can include:
- Load balancing functionality with high availability for common enterprise products, such as, Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync
- SSL certificate management
- Improved web application response time
- Fail-over support for applications between data centers
- Even Oracle and SQL databases can be accelerated
- Security for corporate web applications
Let’s look at how healthcare organizations can benefit from using the NetScaler. HIPAA compliance is critical in healthcare organizations, and the NetScaler eases the path to compliance. The NetScaler’s App Firewall feature protects patient portals, which is crucial now that healthcare providers are storing all their patient records electronically.
NBC News has reported that the healthcare industry spends 5.6 billion dollars a year as a result of security breaches of patient records. Protecting a patient’s data is essential, and the NetScaler can make that task a whole lot easier by cutting off attack vectors and securing your patient portals. In the healthcare industry, along with security, you need insurance that critical patient services are available at all times — lives can depend on it.
Healthcare is not the only industry that can benefit from a NetScaler — every company has data that they need to safeguard. In banking and finance, it is crucial to secure customer portals and prevent data leakage. E-commerce sites must be protected from data breaches like the ones we have heard about in the news in past couple years.
PCI standards have been set by the credit card industry to protect this kind of data, but the standards are difficult to follow and carry strict penalties for violations. With complete PCI compliance reporting capabilities and protection features specifically designed for the finance industry, the NetScaler can help keep your data safe.
NetScaler is the industry-leading ADC offering advanced load balancing, application security and acceleration capabilities across the broadest range of platforms. It is deployed in thousands of networks all over the world and, as a result, NetScalers sit in approximately 75 percent of all web traffic on the internet. At AdvizeX, we have subject matter experts who can help you get the most out of having a NetScaler in your data center.
We can help you understand all the benefits you can realize by adding a NetScaler to your data center. For more information, call AdvizeX today. ▪