Riverbed Technology to Showcase IT Performance Solutions at Computerworld Storage Networking World Fall 2011

Riverbed Technology, the IT performance company, announced its participation at Computerworld Storage Networking World Fall 2011, taking place October 10-13, 2011 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida. Storage Networking World is the world's largest conference focused on managing information infrastructure, where IT management and professionals learn, network, and maximize their organization's storage capabilities.

The company will showcase its IT performance solutions, including its Whitewater cloud storage gateway for data protection and its Steelhead family of WAN optimization products. Riverbed customers Mitchel Weinberger, IT manager at GeoEngineers, and Christopher McPeek, manager of global systems and infrastructure at International Justice Mission, will present case studies on how their organizations are optimizing data protection in the public cloud and leveraging a hybrid cloud for greater performance and lower cost. Josh Tseng, technical director for Riverbed, will present on the role of wide area network (WAN) optimization in cloud infrastructures.

Riverbed's solutions have been widely adopted by over 13,000 organizations worldwide, enabling them to accelerate applications and reduce bandwidth requirements. The company's Whitewater gateways and Steelhead appliances have helped customers achieve significant data protection benefits, including faster recovery times and reduced costs.

Key Takeaways:

• Riverbed Technology will showcase its IT performance solutions at Computerworld Storage Networking World Fall 2011, highlighting its Whitewater cloud storage gateway and Steelhead WAN optimization products.
• Customers Mitchel Weinberger and Christopher McPeek will present case studies on optimizing data protection in the public cloud and leveraging a hybrid cloud for greater performance and lower cost.
• Josh Tseng will present on the role of WAN optimization in cloud infrastructures, emphasizing the importance of this technology component for cloud adoption.
• Riverbed's solutions have been adopted by over 13,000 organizations worldwide for accelerating applications and reducing bandwidth requirements.
• Whitewater gateways and Steelhead appliances have helped customers achieve significant data protection benefits, including faster recovery times and reduced costs.
• GeoEngineers expects to save over $100,000 over the next two years by migrating to remote-office-to-data center-backups and cloud-based storage using the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Whitewater gateways.
• IJM operates 15 field offices across South America, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, with network performance being a significant challenge in some locations, contributing to the need for WAN optimization and data protection with the public cloud.

Statistics:

• Over 13,000 organizations worldwide have adopted Riverbed's IT performance solutions for accelerating applications and reducing bandwidth requirements.
• Riverbed's Whitewater gateways have helped customers achieve faster recovery times, with some customers experiencing recovery times up to 55 times faster.
• Steelhead appliances have reduced WAN bandwidth requirements by up to 95 percent for some customers.
• GeoEngineers expects to save over $100,000 over the next two years by migrating to remote-office-to-data center-backups and cloud-based storage using the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Whitewater gateways.

Sources:

• Riverbed Technology (press release)
• Computerworld Storage Networking World Fall 2011 (conference information)
• Amazon Web Services (Simple Storage Service (S3))
• Riverbed Technology (product information)