<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
networking	O
products	O
owned	O
by	O
Cloud	O
Software	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
products	O
consist	O
of	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
,	O
an	O
application	B-Protocol
delivery	I-Protocol
controller	I-Protocol
(	O
ADC	O
)	O
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
AppFirewall	O
,	O
an	O
application	B-Protocol
firewall	I-Protocol
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
Unified	O
Gateway	O
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
Management	O
&	O
Analytics	O
System	O
,	O
and	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
SD-WAN	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
provides	O
software-defined	B-Architecture
wide-area	I-Architecture
networking	I-Architecture
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
Michel	O
K	O
Susai	O
and	O
acquired	O
by	O
Citrix	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
consolidated	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
networking	O
products	O
under	O
the	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
brand	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
30th	O
2022	O
,	O
when	O
Citrix	B-Application
was	O
taken	O
private	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
merger	O
with	O
TIBCO	O
Software	O
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
was	O
formed	O
as	O
a	O
business	O
unit	O
under	O
the	O
Cloud	O
Software	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
line	O
of	O
products	O
are	O
the	O
networking	O
business	O
unit	O
for	O
Cloud	O
Software	O
Group	O
It	B-General_Concept
includes	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
ADCs	O
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
Unified	O
Gateway	O
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
AppFirewall	O
,	O
and	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
Application	O
Delivery	O
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
products	O
can	O
work	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
other	O
Cloud	O
Software	O
Group	O
offerings	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
Citrix	B-Application
and	O
Xen	O
line	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
OpenStack	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
Cloud	O
Software	O
Group	O
's	O
sponsorship	O
of	O
the	O
OpenStack	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
is	O
Cloud	O
Software	O
Group	O
’s	O
core	O
networking	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
application	B-Protocol
delivery	I-Protocol
controller	I-Protocol
(	O
ADC	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
improves	O
the	O
delivery	O
speed	O
and	O
quality	O
of	O
applications	O
to	O
an	O
end	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
business	O
customers	O
and	O
it	B-General_Concept
performs	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
traffic	O
optimization	O
,	O
L4-L7	O
load	B-Application
balancing	I-Application
,	O
and	O
web	O
app	O
acceleration	O
while	O
maintaining	O
data	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
monitors	O
server	O
health	O
and	O
allocates	O
network	O
and	O
application	O
traffic	O
to	O
additional	O
servers	O
for	O
efficient	O
use	O
of	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
also	O
performs	O
several	O
kinds	O
of	O
caching	B-General_Concept
and	O
compression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
made	O
a	O
server	B-Application
proxy	I-Application
,	O
process	O
SSL	B-Protocol
requests	O
,	O
and	O
offers	O
VPN	B-Application
and	O
micro-app	O
VPN	B-Application
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
also	O
includes	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
application	B-Protocol
firewall	I-Protocol
and	O
SSL	B-Protocol
encryption	I-Protocol
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
ADC	O
can	O
manage	O
traffic	O
during	O
DDoS	O
attacks	O
,	O
making	O
sure	O
traffic	O
gets	O
to	O
critical	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
's	O
logs	O
of	O
network	O
activity	O
feed	O
into	O
Citrix	B-Application
's	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
analytics	O
service	O
and	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
analyze	O
and	O
identify	O
security	O
risks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
five	O
versions	O
of	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
:	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
MPX	O
,	O
a	O
hardware-based	O
appliance	B-Architecture
for	O
use	O
in	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
;	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
SDX	O
,	O
a	O
hardware-based	O
appliance	B-Architecture
intended	O
for	O
service	O
providers	O
that	O
provides	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
delivering	O
multitenancy	B-Architecture
for	O
virtual	O
and	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
;	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
VPX	O
,	O
a	O
software-based	O
application	O
that	O
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
and	O
intended	O
for	O
small	O
business	O
use	O
;	O
and	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
CPX	O
,	O
a	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
ADC	O
packaged	O
in	O
a	O
container	B-Application
and	O
designed	O
for	O
cloud	O
and	O
microservices	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
BLX	O
,	O
a	O
bare	O
metal	O
solution	O
that	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
any	O
Linux	O
,	O
while	O
offering	O
line-rate	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
line	O
of	O
products	O
include	O
Citrix	B-Application
SD-WAN	B-Architecture
,	O
formerly	O
CloudBridge	O
SD-WAN	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
provides	O
software-defined	B-Architecture
wide-area	I-Architecture
networking	I-Architecture
and	O
branch	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
SD-WAN	B-Architecture
product	O
was	O
end	O
of	O
sale	O
on	O
December	O
31st	O
of	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
Unified	O
Gateway	O
offers	O
secure	O
remote	O
access	O
of	O
virtual	O
desktops	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
applications	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
point	O
of	O
entry	O
and	O
with	O
single	O
sign-on	O
(	O
SSO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
Management	O
and	O
Analytics	O
System	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
organization	O
and	O
automation	B-Application
of	O
policy	O
management	O
across	O
devices	O
and	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tool	O
is	O
intended	O
for	O
IT	B-General_Concept
professionals	I-General_Concept
to	O
manage	O
the	O
various	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
products	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
dashboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
dashboard	O
is	O
applicable	O
to	O
all	O
5	O
versions	O
(	O
SDX/MPX/VPX/CPX/BLX	O
)	O
and	O
works	O
regardless	O
of	O
whether	O
the	O
device	O
is	O
deployed	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
or	O
on-premises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1997	O
-	O
Entrepreneur	O
Michel	O
K	O
.	O
Susai	O
founded	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
December	O
1st	O
,	O
1997	O
in	O
San	O
Jose	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
created	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
solution	O
for	O
reducing	O
infrastructure	O
during	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000	O
-	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
ships	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
WebScaler	O
3000	O
,	O
a	O
transmultiplexer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2001	O
-	O
The	O
company	O
repositioned	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
security	O
and	O
optimization	O
tool	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
releases	O
the	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
6000	O
,	O
a	O
load	B-Application
balancer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2002	O
-	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
releases	O
the	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
9000	O
,	O
a	O
load	B-Application
balancer	I-Application
with	O
integrated	O
SSL	B-Protocol
and	O
compression	O
offload	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2004	O
–	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
offers	O
a	O
complete	O
Load	B-Application
Balancer	I-Application
with	O
integrated	O
SSLVPN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Security	O
Weekly	O
tests	O
the	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
RS9800HA-T	O
and	O
states	O
“	O
This	O
was	O
the	O
fastest	O
unit	O
in	O
the	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2005	O
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
estimated	O
75	O
percent	O
of	O
Internet	O
users	O
used	O
its	O
systems	O
through	O
clients	O
including	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Amazon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
in	O
2005	O
for	O
approximately	O
$300	O
million	O
in	O
cash	O
and	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006	O
–	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
offers	O
the	O
11000	O
series	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
and	O
ubiquitous	O
HW	O
Load	B-Application
Balancer	I-Application
of	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007	O
–	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
offers	O
the	O
MPX-17xxx	O
series	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
with	O
10G	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2008/2009	O
–	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
transitions	O
from	O
the	O
uniprocessor	O
to	O
the	O
multiprocessor	O
packet	O
engine	O
implementation	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
nCore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
nCore	O
allowed	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Intel	O
multicore	O
chips	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
increase	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
offers	O
the	O
MPX-10500-FIPS	O
platform	O
for	O
high	O
security	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
-	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
introduced	O
the	O
VPX	O
edition	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2011	O
-	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
offers	O
the	O
MPX-115xx	O
series	O
of	O
systems	O
,	O
an	O
enormously	O
popular	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
also	O
releases	O
the	O
first	O
multi-tenant	B-Architecture
ADC	O
hardware	O
platform	O
,	O
the	O
SDX	O
which	O
combined	O
the	O
flexibility	O
of	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
with	O
powerful	O
,	O
purpose	O
built	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012	O
–	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
introduces	O
the	O
MPX/SDX-22000/24000	O
series	O
systems	O
,	O
capturing	O
the	O
extreme	O
high	O
end	O
of	O
SSL	B-Protocol
performance	O
integrated	O
with	O
complex	O
load	B-Application
balancing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetScaler	B-Protocol
introduces	O
the	O
MPX/SDX	O
-8000	O
series	O
systems	O
,	O
a	O
low	O
end	O
platform	O
suitable	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
customers	O
and	O
use	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2013	O
-	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
announces	O
the	O
ultimate	O
in	O
scalability	O
with	O
active-active	O
clustering	O
with	O
5.4	O
Tbps	O
of	O
Layer	O
7	O
throughput	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2016	O
-	O
Citrix	B-Application
transitioned	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
delivery	O
products	O
under	O
the	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
CloudBridge	O
SD-WAN	B-Architecture
became	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
SD-WAN	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
introduced	O
“	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
Management	O
and	O
Analytics	O
System	O
”	O
,	O
a	O
console	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
manage	O
all	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
products	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ADCs	O
and	O
SD-WAN	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
a	O
containerized	O
version	O
of	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
called	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
CPX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
released	O
a	O
free	O
developer	O
version	O
of	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
CPX	O
called	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
CPX	O
Express	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
released	O
a	O
new	O
bare	O
metal	O
solution	O
called	O
that	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
any	O
Linux	O
,	O
while	O
offering	O
line-rate	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
ADC	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
InfoWorld	O
gave	O
it	B-General_Concept
a	O
score	O
of	O
8.6	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
noted	O
that	O
it	B-General_Concept
was	O
easy	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
administer	O
,	O
and	O
provided	O
performance	O
improvements	O
in	O
load	B-Application
balancing	I-Application
and	O
Web	O
application	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
,	O
InfoWorld	O
said	O
that	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
is	O
best	O
suited	O
for	O
"	O
organizations	O
making	O
corporate	O
applications	O
available	O
over	O
the	O
Web	O
for	O
internal	O
or	O
external	O
customers	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
large	O
,	O
heavily	O
trafficked	O
Web	O
sites	O
"	O
but	O
was	O
more	O
costly	O
than	O
other	O
available	O
solutions	O
for	O
a	O
"	O
small	O
,	O
three-node	O
Web	O
farm	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
lightly	O
loaded	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GCN	O
wrote	O
in	O
2011	O
that	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
is	O
"	O
much	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
load	B-Application
balancer	I-Application
;	O
it	B-General_Concept
’s	O
really	O
an	O
all-in-one	O
Web	O
application	O
delivery	O
system	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
gave	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
an	O
A+	O
rating	O
for	O
features	O
,	O
B−	O
for	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
A+	O
for	O
performance	O
and	O
a	O
C	O
for	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
article	O
noted	O
that	O
it	B-General_Concept
was	O
difficult	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
expensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
annual	O
net	O
revenue	O
from	O
sales	O
of	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
products	O
and	O
services	O
was	O
.	O
</s>
