
Andrew Zak
Head of Development
Andrew is a Portsmouth University graduate in Computer Science with a passion for technology. Originally from Brussels, Belgium Andrew has lived in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He maintains a proficiency in Spanish and an understanding of Portuguese. In his free time, Andrew enjoys travelling, working on his side projects, cycling and skiing.
Latest posts

With mTLS, the client is required to present its certificate to the server (and visa versa). Hence mutual certificate authentication occurs. This double layer of authentication provides an additional layer of protection against impersonation attacks...

The Loadbalancer ADC Portal backstory: vendor-agnostic centralized management
Our approach to software development has always been to listen to what our end users and technology providers are saying to us, and develop products that solve their specific issues...
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3 mins

Events
Hack Pompey 2023: The power of innovation
Loadbalancer.org was proud sponsor and participant at the south coast’s biggest hackathon, held at the University of Portsmouth...
Andrew Zak
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3 mins

Comparisons
Will Richard Gabriel's UNIX "worse is better" theory ring true for load balancing software development in 2023?
Which model will meet your needs, and are the established "worse is better" and "right is better" philosophies still relevant?..
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6 mins

Events
What the hack!
Hack Pompey is a Portsmouth based social hack event for people from all backgrounds and disciplines to come together, collaborate and build something awesome...
Andrew Zak
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3 mins

Open source
Load balancing Windows Terminal Server — HAProxy and RDP Cookies or Microsoft Connection Broker
When you have users depending on Windows Terminal Services for their main desktop, it's a good idea to have more than one Terminal Server. RDP, however, is not an easy protocol to load balance...
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7 mins