How high availability mitigates the risks of application downtime
betanews.comPublished: 5/14/2025
Summary
In today’s fast-paced digital world, downtime in business apps can lead to significant financial loss. Load balancers distribute traffic across multiple servers, ensuring your applications stay up and running during outages caused by hardware failures or cyberattacks. They act as "reverse proxies," keeping clients connected and enhancing security with features like content switching, web application firewalls, and two-factor authentication, ensuring a seamless, uninterrupted experience for users and critical business operations.