Prepare for the future of cloud infrastructure: Distributed Services Platforms By moving service modules closer to applications, Distributed Services (DS) Platforms will future-proof cloud architecturesimproving performance, responsiveness, observability, and troubleshootingNetwork pioneer Silvano Gai demonstrates DS Platformsremarkable capabilities and guides you through implementing them in diverse hardware. Focusing on business benefits throughout, Gai shows how to provide essential shared services such as segment routing, NAT, firewall, micro-segmentation, load balancing, SSL/TLS termination, VPNs, RDMA, and storageincluding storage compression and encryptionHe also compares three leading hardware-based approachesSea of Processors, FPGAs, and ASICspreparing you to evaluate solutions, ask the right questions, and plan strategies for your environment. Understand the business drivers behind DS Platforms, and the value they offer See how modern network design and virtualization c