To thrive and survive in the new Digital World, businesses are becoming software companies and having to innovate rapidly to respond to ever evolving customer requirements. This rapid pace in application innovation is driving IT to go Mode 2: Adopt Agile and DevOps practices, scale out micro services application architectures and leverage on-premise / off-premise private/hybrid cloud architectures. The Application Delivery network sits between a business’s applications and its customers and plays a critical role in secure and reliable delivery of applications. As IT goes Mode 2, so must the application delivery network. Just going Mode 2 isn’t enough, the application delivery network MUST bridge the transition from Mode 1 (traditional) to Mode 2 (Agile IT).