Many IT departments deployed Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) as a reverse proxy for business applications like Exchange and SharePoint, and to help provide security for the application servers. TMG was a pretty unique product that is no longer developed and maintained by Microsoft. So what can you do to replace TMG with... Read More
Automating build and deployment processes is a central pillar of DevOps. When multiple builds are being deployed from Dev to Test to Production everyday it’s vital to automate as much as possible. This can be achieved by using scripts to create workflows that link together the tools used for development, provisioning, and configuration management... Read More
It’s quite common for organisations to be divided up into groups based on their function. For example, there could be groups for developers, server operations, product testing, a sales team, a marketing team, or many other groups, with a senior management layer above them. Many organisations have discovered that these functional divisions can lead... Read More
Understanding the differences between a load balancer and software features like Microsoft IIS’s ARR and a Web Application Proxy (WAP) can be confusing. We’ve created a handy comparison chart showing the full feature set of a Load Balancer appliance / ADC (Application Delivery Controller) versus Application Request Routing, especially for application availability, scalability and... Read More
A fresh and exciting concept is taking hold within software development and operation teams around the world. It’s called DevOps. It aims to bring these traditionally siloed departments into closer contact and allow them to collaborate more effectively, with the ultimate goal of delivering a better product to customers while allowing faster delivery and... Read More