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Citrix ADC (formerly NetScaler ADC)

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High-performance, secure application delivery and load balancing platform

About Citrix ADC (formerly NetScaler ADC)

Citrix ADC (formerly NetScaler ADC) is a comprehensive application delivery controller designed for enterprises requiring reliable, scalable, and secure application delivery across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. It supports a variety of deployment form factors including hardware, virtual machines, containers, and bare metal, ensuring consistent behavior and management across platforms. The solution is tailored for organizations delivering applications to large user bases, including consumers and employees, across diverse industries such as healthcare, financial services, retail, and public sector.

Citrix ADC offers advanced capabilities like high-performance load balancing, intelligent traffic management, SSL/TLS offloading, and dynamic scaling to optimize application responsiveness and availability. Security features include a web application firewall, API protection, DDoS mitigation, bot protection, and zero trust network access, providing uniform protection without compromising performance. Real-time observability and analytics enable CIOs to monitor application health, troubleshoot issues quickly, and optimize infrastructure usage. Integration with popular automation and monitoring tools further enhances operational efficiency and agility.

Key Capabilities

✓High-performance load balancing and traffic management
✓Comprehensive web application firewall and API protection
✓Dynamic scaling for hybrid and multi-cloud workloads
✓Real-time application and infrastructure observability
✓Automation via Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes ingress

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