Workloads and Applications: Defined
Enterprise application environments can consist of thousands to hundreds of thousands of workloads. Naturally, we talk a lot about workloads and applications in the context of security segmentation.
But what's the distinction between these common terms? Join Illumio TME Neil Patel for a quick walk as he explains.
For more
- Download our Design Guide to learn about managed vs. unmanaged workloads.
- See how a real-time application dependency map can help you understand connections between workloads and applications.
- Learn why a leading SaaS company chose a single segmentation solution to protect 9,000 workloads – bare-metal, virtualized, on-premises, and cloud – across two data centers.
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