F5 and Microsoft - Creating An Application-Aware Network With Microsoft Application Center and iControl

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With this highly available, extremely secure solution in place, enterprises can expect increased ROI from their Web applications. Today's applications consist of many bits and pieces that a limited workforce of skilled Web administrators may not have the time or resources to adequately manage and control. And efficiently managing application deployment and availability for large-scale web applications from multiple locales has been difficult at best.

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