Cisco is leaving the ADC market and recommends NetScaler from Citrix

The networking giant Cisco is leaving the competitive Application Delivery Controller (ADC) market. The Cisco CSS and Cisco ACE products were not able to keep the pace with the competitors like F5 Networks, Citrix, Radware and Brocade.

The doc [3] provides some guidance how to choice the right hardware.

References

1. http://www.citrix.com/products/netscaler-application-delivery-controller/how-it-helps/cisco.html
2. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/ciscos-exit-adcs-should-come-no-surprise
3. http://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/products/ACE_Product_Migration_Guide_final.pdf