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Riverbed announces plans for virtual appliance to accelerate, optimize cloud

Virtual appliances are the FUTURE!Enterprise is going to change yet again, the days of maintaining/buying/licensing MS Software are going to start slowing down.With Google and other Vendors stepping into the future leveraging a companies SAN and utilizing the unlimited potential of this concept.It is going to force MS into a...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Appliances, Riverbed Technology Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Riverbed announces plans for virtual appliance to accelerate, optimize cloud

At Interop in New York City, Riverbed announced its plans to offer tools that optimize networks in the cloud, starting with a virtual appliance named Steelhead in 2010. by Sam Diaz

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Productivity, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-17

The 2009 Handbook of Application Delivery

Ensuring acceptable application delivery will become even more difficult over the next few years. As a result, IT organizations need to ensure that the approach that they take to resolving the current application delivery challenges can scale to support the emerging challenges. This handbook elaborates on the key tasks associated...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Handbook, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-09-15

Accelerating Server Consolidation in the Branch Office

Businesses looking to leverage server resources and save costs have increasingly turned to virtualization to consolidate their IT infrastructure while enabling greater flexibility. While the cost saving benefits of consolidation are clear, many businesses are leery of going down this path because of the potential performance hit their users in...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, WANs, Servers, Hardware, Networking

Webcasts 2009-08-27

Yankee Group Mobile WAN Optimization Report

Mobile work continues to evolve. Your organization must keep up with the demands of its mobile workforce. This report introduces the concept of mobile WAN optimization and provides three case studies including RCM, PRTM and Einstein that highlight how this emerging technology can help IT departments achieve what previously appeared...

Tags: The Yankee Group, Riverbed Technology Inc., Mobile, Optimization, Workforce, WANs, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Advertising & Promotion, Payroll Solutions, Network Technology, Networking, Human Resources, Marketing

White papers 2009-07-09

Low Cost, High-Performance Disaster Recovery for VMware Environments With Riverbed

With the increased reliance on information technology, the success of an organization is dependent on the high availability of its IT infrastructure, data and applications. Today, data is the lifeline for organizations, and any unplanned downtime affects the company's bottom line. Because of this, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery BCDR...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Environment, High-performance, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-05-20

The Value of Network and Application Visibility by Aberdeen

This survey-based paper analyzes best practices for improving application visibility and analysis. This paper can help serve as a guideline for organizations looking to achieve higher levels of business performance for applications

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Riverbed Technology Inc., Network, Marketing Research, Marketing

White papers 2009-05-14

Application Delivery over the WAN: Acceleration Alone is not Enough

Looking to maximize IT performance by leveraging WAN optimization solutions across your entire organization? Today, the simple fact is that acceleration alone is not enough. In this report, Aberdeen Group report examines best practices for managing application performance over the wide area network. No matter where your company is at...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., WANs, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2009-05-01

ESG - Why Sharepoint Needs Riverbed WAN Optimization

Many SharePoint implementations are mission critical, yet access to these sites is often thwarted by poor network performance. In this analyst report from ESG, you'll discover how, much like Microsoft Exchange and other collaboration applications, companies deploying SharePoint can benefit from WAN optimization solutions, ensuring that they make the most...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Optimization, Microsoft SharePoint, Groupware, Collaboration, WANs, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Networking, Software

White papers 2009-04-01

Riverbed Raises the Ante Again in WAN Optimization with RiOS 5.0

Do your remote workers have a desire for higher performance computing? In this paper by the Taneja Group, learn how Steelhead appliances from Riverbed, with its enhanced RiOS 5.0 operating system, provides a number of improvements across major areas of WAN optimization, delivering LAN-like functionality to your WAN. Download today...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Optimization, WANs, Performance Management, Network Technology, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2009-04-01

Extreme Savings: Cutting Costs with WAN Optimization

Did you know it's possible to cut IT costs without impacting day-to-day IT operations? In fact, when you download this white paper from Riverbed on cost-savings through WAN optimization, you'll discover how businesses of all different sizes have realized a return on investment in just a few months through significant...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Optimization, Information Technology, WANs, Strategy, Networking, Management

White papers 2009-03-13

Accelerating Network-based Backup

Learn the secrets to successfully implementing network-based backup. In this free Riverbed solution brief, discover how you can finally eliminate tape backup in your branch offices.

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Network, Backups

White papers 2009-02-28

Recession not so scary to Riverbed; It pays to deliver ROI

Recession not so scary to Riverbed; It pays to deliver ROIUnderstandableThe Riverbed kit is the first equipment I have bought in a very long time that just slots in, does what it says and actually outperforms expectations. I have no other affiliation with Riverbed than a reasonably happy customer.

Tags: ROI/TCO, Riverbed Technology Inc., recession, ROI

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Recession not so scary to Riverbed; It pays to deliver ROI

If you are a company that offers technology that can cut costs this recession may not look so bad after all. Exhibit A: Riverbed, a wide area network optimization company, that said earnings will be better than expected and announced the acquisition of Mazu Networks for $25 million. ...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Recession, ROI, Earnings, Mazu Networks, WANs, Network Technology, Networking, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-21

An In-Depth Look at ROI

In this economy, as IT budgets remain flat or get reduced, doing more with the infrastructure you have has never been more important. But is investing more money in the same old networking infrastructure wise? In this whitepaper, Riverbed discusses its compelling and powerful return on investment in hard dollars,...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., ROI, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management

White papers 2008-12-12

Steelhead Mobile Demo

View this short video demonstration to learn how Riverbed Steelhead Mobile speeds Windows File Sharing and SharePoint File Sharing.

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing

Presentations 2008-10-16

Riverbed CIO Bundle

Discover how wide-area data services WDS can help your company stay competitive. In these three bundled whitepapers (available as PDFs together in .ZIP format), CIO Magazine discusses how WDS can help you remain competitive in a world without boundaries, how to keep remote and mobile workers productive no matter where...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc.

Download resources 2008-08-30

Case Studies - Extreme Savings with Riverbed

Want to understand how other companies are turning their Riverbed investments into cost-saving machines? Download this case study bundle and uncover the money-saving secrets of WAN optimization solutions from Riverbed. These four enlightening case studies about very different organizations show how enterprises can slash network and IT costs while simultaneously...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., WANs, Networking

Case studies 2008-04-21

Accelerating the Next Phase of Virtualization

How do you make virtualization a reality for your enterprise without your users taking a performance hit? Start by downloading this white paper from Riverbed. Wide-area data services WDS is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to deal with the challenges of bandwidth...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Remote Site, Wide-area Data Services, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage

White papers 2008-04-21

Accelerating Virtualized Environments

How do you make virtualization a reality for your enterprise without your users taking a performance hit? Start by downloading this white paper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to deal with the challenges of bandwidth limitations and...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Environment, Remote Site, WAN Optimization, WANs, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2008-04-16