Unlike traditional application deployment, a microservice architecture enables developers to implement smaller, deployable units, push updates faster, and deliver autonomous, self-contained units in less time. While this is essential to agile application development and deployment, it also results in more complexity since the network must continue to support legacy applications.
To bridge the gap between traditional and microservices architectures, networking leaders must deliver an Application Delivery Controller (ADC) platform that gives DevOps the agility they need without sacrificing network security, visibility, and control. Failure to deliver this solution often results in DevOps teams engaging in Shadow IT — spinning up their own cloud environments to develop, test, and deploy apps.
This eBook discusses how a hybrid application delivery system provides DevOps teams with the agility they demand while giving networking teams the control and centralized management they need.