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Radware Joins the Vendor Forum

Pete Goldin
Editor and Publisher
APMdigest

Kent Alstad, VP of Acceleration at Radware, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.

Alstad is an entrepreneur, software architect, and technology innovator. Before taking the role of VP Acceleration at Radware, he was CTO at Strangeloop Networks, where he was instrumental in authoring all of Strangeloop's issued and pending patents. Prior to helping create Strangeloop, he served as CTO at IronPoint Technology. Alstad also founded Eclipse Software, a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, which he sold to Discovery Software in 2001.

In more than 25 years of professional development experience, Alstad has served as architect and lead developer for successful production solutions with The Active Network, ADP, Lucent, Microsoft, and NCS. "Port View", an application Kent architected for the Port of Vancouver, was honoured as "Best Administrative System" at the 1996 Windows World Open Competition.

Radware is a provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual, cloud and software defined data centers. The Radware solutions portfolio delivers service level assurance for business-critical applications, while maximizing IT efficiency. Radware's solutions empower more than 10,000 enterprise and carrier customers worldwide to adapt to market challenges quickly, maintain business continuity and achieve maximum productivity while keeping costs down.

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Radware Joins the Vendor Forum

Pete Goldin
Editor and Publisher
APMdigest

Kent Alstad, VP of Acceleration at Radware, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.

Alstad is an entrepreneur, software architect, and technology innovator. Before taking the role of VP Acceleration at Radware, he was CTO at Strangeloop Networks, where he was instrumental in authoring all of Strangeloop's issued and pending patents. Prior to helping create Strangeloop, he served as CTO at IronPoint Technology. Alstad also founded Eclipse Software, a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, which he sold to Discovery Software in 2001.

In more than 25 years of professional development experience, Alstad has served as architect and lead developer for successful production solutions with The Active Network, ADP, Lucent, Microsoft, and NCS. "Port View", an application Kent architected for the Port of Vancouver, was honoured as "Best Administrative System" at the 1996 Windows World Open Competition.

Radware is a provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual, cloud and software defined data centers. The Radware solutions portfolio delivers service level assurance for business-critical applications, while maximizing IT efficiency. Radware's solutions empower more than 10,000 enterprise and carrier customers worldwide to adapt to market challenges quickly, maintain business continuity and achieve maximum productivity while keeping costs down.

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