Choosing the Proxy Architecture for Micro-Services Based Application Delivery

With the rate micro-services are being delivered and changes deployed choosing the right architecture for the way traffic is proxied into and between those services is critical to the long-term success of an application. The number of stakeholders and their varying interests mean that the architecture needs to offer something different to everyone. In this talk we will go over:

• L4 and L7 load balancing
• 4 different architectures we have identified
• 7 key attributes our stakeholders are looking for
• Pros and cons for each architecture
• A brief overview of Citrix solution

Speaker: Tommy Neubauer works for Citrix Systems as an Enterprise Networking Sales Engineer and has worked in IT for the last 10 years. Before working for Citrix, he was a systems engineer for Pilot Flying J for 6 years working with Citrix ADC, AWS, and a variety of on premises technologies to help deliver their API’s and other digital technologies using Agile and cultivating a DevOps culture. At Citrix he has gained visibility into a variety of large enterprise IT organizations. To that end he has been able to see the struggles these organizations go through to deliver world class applications and services at scale and the ever-growing business demands on IT.

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