The operational logistics of deploying physical application delivery controller (ADC) appliances, and the cost of dedicating physical appliances just for development and testing, prevents the widespread incorporation of ADCs into application development and test environments. As a result:

• Applications frequently don’t take advantage of the full benefits the application delivery infrastructure offers
• Application change management cycles are lengthened
• Application changes aren’t fully tested with the production network configurations, leading to conflicts and potential outages

As a virtual appliance, NetScaler VPX is easily and cost-effectively incorporated into application development and test labs, enabling widespread coverage of the application delivery infrastructure across the entire non-production environment.

Development teams can easily tap all of NetScaler’s advanced functionality via a flexible software-based, virtual appliance form factor. NetScaler VPX can even be installed on the same physical infrastructure as the application being developed, ensuring that network optimization and application delivery considerations become embedded in the development and test process. By making the identical functionality deployed in production available across the entire non-production environment, NetScaler VPX can help tighten change management cycles and ensure successful application rollouts.

Download the Incorporating NetScaler VPX into Application Development and Test Environments solution guide here.