u003cbu003ePrepare for the future of cloud infrastructure: Distributed Services Platformsu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eBy 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. u003cpu003eFocusing 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 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. u003cpu003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eUnderstand the business drivers behind DS Platforms, and the value they offeru003c/liu003e u003cliu003eSee how modern network design and virtualization create a foundation for DS Platformsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eAchieve unprecedented scale through domain-specific hardware, standardized functionalities, and granular distributionu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eCompare advantages and disadvantages of each leading hardware approach to DS Platformsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eLearn how P4 Domain-Specific Language and architecture enable high-performance, low-power ASICs that are data-plane-programmable at runtimeu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eDistribute cloud security services, including firewalls, encryption, key management, and VPNsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eImplement distributed storage and RDMA services in large-scale cloud networksu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eUtilize Distributed Services Cards to offload networking processing from host CPUsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eExplore the newest DS Platform management architecturesu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eBuilding a Future-Proof Cloud Architectureu003c/bu003e is for network, cloud, application, and storage engineers, security experts, and every technology professional who wants to succeed with tomorrow's most advanced service architectures. u003cpu003e u003cbru003e