Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud is a cloud service from Amazon aimed specifically at the United States government. It is designed to enable US government agencies and customers to move sensitive workloads into the cloud by addressing specific regulatory and compliance requirements - for example, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which governs how defense-related data is managed and stored. Specifically, GovCloud segregates the data both logically and physically to ensure that it is only accessible by designated individuals within the United States.

The Progress Kemp Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Virtual LoadMaster, is available in AWS GovCloud Marketplace. Providing resilient pervasive secure delivery of applications within the AWS GovCloud, the Virtual LoadMaster guarantees high availability, ensures security of the application servers, and simplifies integration with on-premises infrastructure.

The AWS GovCloud platform enables existing on-premises applications to be easily provisioned in the cloud, providing customers the benefit of scalability, elasticity, and shift of capital expenses to operational ones.

Progress Kemp’s Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) is a full-featured, advanced Layer 4-7 load balancer that supports a variety of workloads. Available in two versions, Bring Your Own License (BYOL) and the perpetual free license, the VLM provides the required throughput at the right price.

Along with advanced scheduling methods, intelligent traffic steering and support for multiple protocols, the VLM also provides Global Site Load Balancing (GSLB), RESTful, Python and PowerShell Application Program Interfaces (APIs).

In addition, the LoadMaster includes integration of the FIPS 140-2 certified encryption module, and supports security features such as access control lists, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, and multiple authentication methods, including: Kerberos Constrained Delegation (KCD), Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC) and Federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart card, and Single Sign-On (SSO).

Some of the features and associated benefits of the VLM are listed in the table below.

Feature

Benefit

Application ubiquity

Regardless of where the applications are deployed (cloud, on premises, or in hybrid environments) the VLM can load balance them.
Hybrid enhancement The VLM manages applications deployed in hybrid infrastructures on premises and in AWS GovCloud.
Scalable Highly available ADCs, deployed on-demand to meet load requirements.
Resilient VLM GEO load balancing supports application instances across multiple sites to accommodate growth and deliver additional resilience.