As a dynamic application gateway, NGINX Plus combines several application-delivery tiers – proxying, SSL termination, WAF, caching, API gateway, and load balancing – into a single, dynamic ingress-egress tier for traffic to and from any application and across any cloud.
An Open Memo to IBM: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
A veteran of both companies, NGINX CEO Gus Robertson reflects on IBM’s proposed acquisition of Red Hat. The deal is key to boosting IBM’s relevance in a multi-cloud landscape, but that will happen only if Big Blue preserves Red Hat’s open source culture and community.
Not All Software Load Balancers Are Created Equal
Load-balancing software appliances are derived from hardware ADCs, a legacy that limits their usefulness in modern application environments. A true software load balancer integrates into the broadest range of compute infrastructure and breadth of application types.
Consolidating Your API Gateway and Load Balancer with NGINX
Software has replaced hardware in many application delivery stacks, but a set of single-purpose solutions is nearly as complex and hard to manage as hardware. NGINX Plus consolidates API gateway and load balancing functions into a single, lightweight platform.
NGINX and Gartner’s Top 10 Trends Impacting Infrastructure & Operations
Gartner analyst David David Cappuccio has identified ten top trends in Infrastructure & Operations for 2018. The enterprise-grade products in the NGINX Application Platform help you keep on top of these trends as you continue your journey to digital transformation.
How Hardware Load Balancers Are Killing Agile Development (and Competitive Advantage)!
Agile development has become crucial to development and delivery of new software and new features. But hardware load balancers, with their complex configurations, block progress. A software load balancer - used with, or in place of, hardware - makes the whole delivery chain agile.
Three Ways NGINX Scales Applications Running in Docker Containers
Docker and NGINX go together like bananas and peanut butter. NGINX is the #1 download on Docker Hub; the NGINX Kubernetes Ingress controller, NGINX Unit, and NGINX Controller all have strong interest from the Dockersphere. Try our solutions, and come visit us at DockerCon in booth S22.
Why the Fall of Net Neutrality Could Smother Innovation
NGINX CEO Gus Robertson explains why eliminating net neutrality could impede the kind of innovation that has fueled the digital revolution.
7 Key Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2017
NGINX CMO Rob Whiteley discovers container wars, multi-cloud, serverless, AI/ML, IoT, and a new focus on the enterprise at AWS re:Invent 2017.
nginx.conf 2016: Keynote with Gus Robertson and Igor Sysoev
Gus Robertson, NGINX: "The world is changing and I think we all know that, but I believe the world is changing quicker than we all anticipated."