In an age where we’re finally beginning to realize Software Defined Everything, and where software load balancers are currently providing near line rate (we’ve achieved near-line rate of 9.6Gbps on VMware based SDN) ... Cisco decides to jump back into the game of hardware based load balancers. At least this seems to be catered to the unmet needs of the huge market demand for multi-terabit load balancing !

Cue Bob Uecker asking if anyone is listening ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9myYc8Pn8o