bPrepare for the future of cloud infrastructure Distributed Services Platformsb pBy moving service modules closer to applications, Distributed Services DS Platforms will future-proof cloud architectures-improving performance, responsiveness, observability, and troubleshooting. Network pioneer Silvano Gai demonstrates DS Platforms' remarkable capabilities and guides you through implementing them in diverse hardware. pFocusing on business benefits throughout, Gai shows how to provide essential shared services such as segment routing, NAT, firewall, micro-segmentation, load balancing, SSLTLS termination, VPNs, RDMA, and storage-including storage compression and encryption. He also compares three leading hardware-based approaches-Sea of Processors, FPGAs, and ASICs-preparing you to evaluate solutions, ask the right questions, and plan strategies for your environment. p ul liUnderstand the business drivers behind DS Platforms, and the value they offerli liSee how modern network design and v