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Tue, July 14, 2009
Mon, July 13, 2009
Riverbed Technology: Riverbed: The Q109 Global Market Share Leader in WAN Optimization
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - July 13, 2009) - Riverbed Technology (
"Organizations of all sizes are working to build efficiency into their existing IT infrastructure while also embarking on cost-cutting initiatives such as bandwidth reduction, data center virtualization and branch IT consolidation," said Eric Wolford, senior vice president, marketing and business development at Riverbed. "As enterprises embark on these projects and move their data further from their employees, however, they are often faced with poor application performance over the WAN and slow file transfers. Major initiatives are stalled and money wasted. Success requires an easy-to-install and manage WAN optimization solution that delivers up to 100X data and application acceleration to knowledge workers while standing up to the demands of the data center. Riverbed delivers on all fronts."
In a separate report published by Gartner in June 2009, Riverbed was positioned in the leaders quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controller (WOC), 2009" published in June 2009 and authored by Andy Rolfe, Joe Skorupa and Severine Real. To download the complimentary report visit: [ http://www.riverbed.com/lg/whitepaper-gartner-2009.php?CID=70170000000IqIo ].
According to Gartner's "Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide 1Q09" report, WOCs are designed for networks, are typically deployed symmetrically (in data centers and remote locations) and improve the performance of applications that are accessed across a WAN. Advanced Platform WOCs [are] WOCs that address multiple WAN problems including limited bandwidth and excessive latency. AP WOCs incorporate TCP optimizations, delta-based byte caching and compression, and protocol-specific optimizations for HTTP(S), MAPI and CIFS. AP WOCs may also include application-specific optimizations such as SharePoint over HTTP, or AutoCAD using CIFS to further boost performance.
Riverbed Technology Leadership: Speed, Scalability and Simplicity
Riverbed WAN optimization solutions enable organizations of all sizes to overcome a wide range of IT infrastructure performance bottlenecks, including poor application performance, slow database backups and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. By speeding the performance of applications between data centers, remote offices and mobile workers by up to 100 times, the Riverbed award-winning Steelhead products enable companies to consolidate IT, improve backup and replication processes to ensure data integrity, and improve staff productivity and collaboration.
"We believe our leadership in the WAN optimization market is a reflection of our close relationship with our customers and the integral role that relationship plays in our product development and bringing relevant solutions to market." continued Wolford. "Based on our experience with over 6,000 customers, it's clear that what enterprises are looking for in a WAN optimization solution is speed, scale and simplicity."
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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 (
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