ABSTRACT -There are two key issues that prevent
Application Service Providers (ASPs) from fully leveraging
the cloud “advantage.” First, in modern enterprise and
Internet-based
application
environments,
a
separate
middlebox infrastructure for providing application delivery
services such as security (e.g., firewalls, intrusion detection),
performance (e.g., SSL off loaders), and scaling (e.g., load
balancers) is deployed.