An application delivery controller (ADC) is a network device that manages client connections to complex Web and enterprise applications. In general, a controller is a hardware device or a software program that manages or directs the flow of data between two entities.
Virtual application delivery controllers are particularly useful in highly virtualized data centers and cloud computing environments where customers need to be able to scale capacity up and down as application demand fluctuates. Many ADC vendors are working with cloud providers to deliver cloud load balancers for application acceleration, availability assurance and rapid scalability.
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