Applications are growing fast, and so is the number of users consuming them. These applications are everywhere—in the data centre, on virtual platforms, in the cloud, and as SaaS. More apps are now being moved out of data centers to a cloud-based infrastructure.

To ensure optimized and secure delivery of applications, IT departments needs specific network appliances called Application Delivery Controllers or ADCs. These ADCs are available in hardware, virtual, and containerized form factors and are sized by Network Administrators based on the current and future usage of applications.