VMware embraces Google Cloud, Kubernetes with load-balancer upgrades
Continuing to target enterprises that use legacy load-balancing hardware, VMware has upgraded the cloud and Kubernetes support in its core software-based load-balancing controller.
VMware’s NSX Advanced Load Balancer 20.1, available at the end of the month, has has features to help customers further scale applications across any infrastructure from data centers and private and public clouds while eliminating the need for hardware-based load balancers, said Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager, Networking and Security Business Unit at VMware.
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