Booxware Wins Big with NGINX Plus, Gaining Security, Simplicity, and Performance Situation Booxware Software Development GmbH is a German-based company that develops and operates gaming applications for Tipico, an international provider of sports betting and casino games. Sports betting is extremely popular, with millions of bets being placed each day through Booxware’s systems. Booxware runs approximately 200 applications on 120 servers to provide high-quality services to sports enthusiasts across Europe. Sports betting is heavily regulated, and gaming companies like Booxware regularly upgrade their systems to stay in compliance with industry requirements as they evolve to incorporate the latest best practices in software security. For several years, Booxware had successfully used the open source NGINX software for basic load balancing and SSL termination. Previous upgrades to new versions of open source NGINX had all gone smoothly, but the last [ more… ]