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Riverbed Technology: Riverbed to Showcase Award-Winning IT Infrastructure Performance Solutions at Microsoft Tech·Ed 2009

^{Published on 2009-05-08 06:08:49, Last Modified on 2009-05-08 06:10:18 - Market Wire}
 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - May 8, 2009) - Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: [ RVBD ]), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation in the annual Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2009 conference, taking place May 11-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. At the conference, Riverbed® will showcase its WAN optimization products, which provide end-to-end network and application visibility and which enable organizations running Microsoft environments to dramatically improve application performance and achieve consolidation without disruption. In addition, Riverbed will be one of the vendors in the Windows Services for the Branch booth featured in the Microsoft Technical Learning Center. This booth will showcase the Windows Server on the Steelhead® appliance.

For years enterprises have depended on Riverbed to dramatically accelerate and optimize Microsoft Windows-based applications over the WAN, in some cases up to 100 times faster. To further the benefits provided to customers, Riverbed has worked closely with Microsoft. Most recently, Riverbed announced a licensing agreement to integrate Windows Server 2008 on the Riverbed Steelhead appliance through the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP). The RSP is a virtualized partition within the Steelhead appliance that allows customers to deploy applications critical to the branch office as virtualized services on the appliance, enabling them to further consolidate their IT infrastructure.

In August 2008, Riverbed joined the Microsoft Protocol Optimization Licensing Program (POLP). Through this protocol implementation agreement, Microsoft gives Riverbed access to its intellectual property so that Riverbed can build on its expertise and success accelerating and optimizing Windows-based applications over the wide area network (WAN). Participation in POLP, combined with Riverbed's licensing of Windows Server 2008, gives enterprises that have standardized on Microsoft a proven platform for IT consolidation.

To find additional information about Riverbed WAN optimization products, please visit the Riverbed booth (#247) at Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2009.

 What: Riverbed Exhibits at Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2009 Where: Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Booth #247 When: May 11 - 15, 2009 

Microsoft Tech·Ed provides developers and IT professionals the most comprehensive technical education across Microsoft's current and soon-to-release suite of products, solutions and services. This event provides hands-on learning, deep product exploration and opportunities to connect with industry and Microsoft experts one-to-one. For more information, please visit [ http://www.msteched.com/teched/default.aspx ].

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and services, and statements relating to Riverbed's ability to meet the needs of distributed organizations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed's business are set forth in our Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on April 30, 2009. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any future product, feature or related specification that may be referenced in this release are for information purposes only and are not commitments to deliver any technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time.

About Riverbed

Riverbed Technology is the IT infrastructure performance company. The Riverbed family of wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions liberates businesses from common IT constraints by increasing application performance, enabling consolidation, and providing enterprise-wide network and application visibility -- all while eliminating the need to increase bandwidth, storage or servers. Thousands of companies with distributed operations use Riverbed to make their IT infrastructure faster, less expensive and more responsive. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: [ RVBD ]) is available at [ www.riverbed.com ].

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